Stories from Monday, November 5, 2007

The Kansas Highway Patrol is joining Pulmonary and Sleep Associates of Kansas, the Kansas Association of Sleep Professionals, and the National Sleep Foundation in support of Drowsy Driving Prevention Week; a new national campaign to help save lives by raising awareness of the dangers of drowsy driving...

Within a week of graduating from the Kansas Highway Patrol's K-9 Unit, Fort Scott Police Officer Lance Fabrizious and police service dog Silvy netted back-to-back drug finds that stemmed from traffic stops. Fabrizious and Silvy graduated Oct. 26 from KHP's K-9 program in Topeka...

Donald C. Danley, age 79, resident of Mapleton, Kansas, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at his home. He was born June 2, 1928 in Mapleton, Kansas, the son of James Walter Danley and Emily Frances Chewning Danley. Don was a 1946 graduate of Fulton High School. He marreid Eleanor Wunderly on March 9, 1957 at Miami, Oklahoma...

KEATING -- Shawn Gerard Keating II, a boy, was born on Oct. 16, 2007, at St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City, Mo., to parents Shawn and Sandi Keating. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 20 1/4 inches at birth. He joins sisters, Grace and Faith, and brothers Vincent, Jesse and Andrew Woods. Paternal grandparents are Ed and Pat Keating, Fort Scott. Maternal grandparents are Nancy and Joe Decker, Foster, Mo...

Molly Foster Berry Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, met in the DAR Room at 1 p.m. at Memorial Hall with Bernita Hill as hostess. Regent Mary Ann French called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. A recitation of the "Ritual," "Pledge of Allegiance" to the flag and "The American's Creed" was recited. There were six members present...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Ed Gates dropped in at last night's council meeting and after the council had taken favorable action towards one of his claims he retired and purchased a large sack full of candy which the assembly partook of at intervals throughout the session. Ed had asked for the payment on the Crawford street paving debt...

The Kansas Department of Revenue announced Thursday that Kansas residents are being asked to help design the new personalized license plate scheduled for production in 2010, according to a KDOR written statement. The plate should reflect and promote a positive reflection of all that Kansas has to offer its residents and visitors. The new plate will replace the current personalized license plate that features a buffalo, the KDOR statement said...

Local property and home owners who owe delinquent taxes on their land or homes are running out of time to pay up. At 10 a.m. Nov. 30, property owners who are three years behind on their taxes will lose the property on which they are delinquent. The Bourbon County Sheriff will conduct a tax foreclosure sale at the Bourbon County Courthouse, 210 S. National, where property will be auctioned off to the highest bidders, according to Bourbon County Treasurer Susan Quick...

By Scott Nuzum Tribune Sports Editor _ Fort Scott Community College's football squad outdid itself Sunday afternoon. The Greyhounds, who beat Garden City on the road last weekend by four points, did so again in an even more convincing fashion by a 55-28 score in the semifinals of the Region VI Playoffs at Frary Field...

COLUMBUS -- It's been told to these ears that in 1968, when it was announced that there would be high school football playoffs in Kansas beginning the following season, that at least one coach pointed out how unfair this was going to be. Under the old system, half the teams in the state, barring ties, could finish their season with a victory. This new-fangled playoff system meant that all but one team in each class was going to finish with a loss...