Stories from Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Fort Scott Community College sophomores Lucien Antoine and Greg Cross were recently honored with spots on the National Junior College Athletic Association All-American football team. Antoine, a defensive back from Coral Springs, Fla., was named to the second team. ...

A special celebration of Southeast Kansas and several communities in the region, sponsored by the Cherokee-based regional development organization, Southeast Kansas, Inc., is scheduled to take place next month in Fort Scott, agency officials said Monday...

The Kansas Highway Patrol and the Kansas Department of Transportation have issued a statement to remind teenagers and their parents of changes made to the state's seat belt law during the 2007 session of the Kansas Legislature, and that further changes scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2008...

Guests in the Maxine James home in Arcadia were Terry, Debbie and Sarah Vanderpool, Frontenac; Jerry and Marilyn James, rural Arcadia; Juyle James, Pittsburg; Josh Smith, St. Paul; Aaron, Melissa, McKenzie and Alex Coefter, rural Girard; Pat and Craig McMillin, Pitsburg...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Sometime early this morning robbers invaded the Prichard-Blatchley drug establishment at the corner of Wall and Main street and carried away a swag containing $110 in cash. The robbery so cunningly planned and executed completely baffles the authorities. ...

The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office recovered a four-wheeler Friday that was stolen from a Fort Scott man two days after his house burned to the ground in November. Charles Rees got back his 2004 Bombardier all-terrain vehicle. It was valued at $4,000...