Stories from Friday, December 28, 2007

Somewhere, sometime during the the last 57 years, someone lost their high school ring. It's a woman's Fort Scott High School class of 1950 ring. Mike Karsovec, Lake Tapawingo, Mo., located near Kansas City, discovered the ring. He found it as he was going through his late mother's belongings that he inherited after she died...

Lois Elizabeth Wilson, age 56, resident of Nevada Medicalodge, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Mo. She was born Dec. 12, 1951, in the state of Virginia, the daughter of Walter Tobler, Sr., and Ester Collins Tobler. She attended and graduated from schools in Virginia. Lois moved from Virginia to the Devon, Kansas area where she lived from 1970 to 1981 until moving back to Virginia. She returned to this area in 2003...

Mercy Health Center, a Spirit of Women hospital, is offering the first in a series of free "health-u-tainment" events for women in 2008 with a program called "A New Year, A New You." The event will be held Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. ...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) C.A. Katzung went over to Richards this morning to tend to some business. Colonel C.C. Turner, who was thrown from a Katy passenger train at this point some time ago, has never effected a settlement with the company. He is going to wait and see just how extensive and lasting his injuries will be...

Local teenagers who may be experimenting with illegal drugs can overcome the addictions by seeking help. According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, www.drugfree.org, parents who educate themselves and make an effort to educate their children about drug usage can make a significant difference in whether or not their children choose to begin abusing drugs...