Stories from Wednesday, May 16, 2007

An important part of Fort Scott history will come alive through a series of programs presented by Fort Scott National Historic Site staff on Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28. Staff and other volunteers will offer hourly programs each day that weekend in recognition of soldiers and women who labored at Fort Scott during the mid-1800s, a crucial time that helped shape the nation's character...

As the current U.S. Highway 69 project from Louisburg to Fort Scott nears completion, officials are looking at the possibility of having a study conducted to find what impact extending the four lane on from there could have on the region. Chris Huffman, a state corridor engineer with the Kansas Department of Transportation, discussed what a corridor study will entail on Monday at the Fort Scott Community College ...

Thomas M. Zibung, age 41, resident of Moran, died Monday, May 14, 2007, at K.U. Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born December 24, 1965 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of William A. and Mary (Miller) Zibung. He was raised in Kansas City and moved to Moran in 2000. ...

VANN -- Lennox Ta'Ron Vann, a boy, was born at 11:55 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2007 at Mercy Health Center to parents Tarrell Vann and Erin Eldridge, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. She joins siblings Malachi and Hannah. Maternal grandparents are Ron and Susan Eldridge, Uniontown. Paternal grandmother is Marsha Vann, Fort Scott. Maternal great-grandparents are Kent and Marilyn Holt, Uniontown. Paternal great-grandmother is JoAnn Vann, Fort Scott...

Six members of Fort Scott Community College's baseball team earned All-Conference honors from the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. Freshman Clay Cuno, who led FSCC with 12 home runs, was named the Freshman of the Year in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division. Cuno, also a First-Team outfielder, signed with the University of Nebraska before the season began...

Records Police report Sheriff's report...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) This is a a brief account of one of the most destructive fires that has occurred in Fort Scott in late years. Last night lightning struck the south barn, the largest structure at the Erwin-Piper Horse and Mule Market. Only the heroic efforts of the firemen, aided by the employees at the barn, together with a force of firefighters, which were augmented by the constant arrival of outsiders, prevented the adjoining buildings from being burned to the ground. ...

Sunday, May 6, was Parish Nursing Sunday at the Methodist church, and a good crowd was present to hear Mrs. Tina Rockhold, from Health For Life at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. She brought an informative message on osteoporosis and talked about prevention and treatment. ...

UNIONTOWN -- The class of 2007 at Uniontown Junior Senior High School ended a 13-year journey and took their first step down another road on Tuesday evening. Following baccalaureate services that evening in the West Bourbon Elementary School gymnasium, friends and family members packed the gym to watch 30 UJSHS seniors walk across the stage to receive their diplomas. ...