Stories from Friday, May 2, 2008

Genevieve Fern Armstrong, age 92, a resident of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. She was born October 31, 1915, at Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Richard Byron Headrick and Mary Frances Barnett Headrick. ...

Viola Ruth Mundell Levering, age 93, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at the Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 5, 2008 at the United Methodist Church, Mound City, Kansas. Visitation will be from 2:30 to 4 p.m., Sunday at the chapel. Contributions are suggested to United Methodist Church, Mound City or Salvation Army...

Pat Farr, 69, of Fort Scott, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2008 at the Mercy Health Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

DRYER-- Jacob Ryan Dryer, a boy, was born at Nevada Regional Medical Center at 8:20 a.m. on Monday, April 21, 2008, to parents Chris and Jennifer Dryer, Nevada, Mo. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces at birth. He joins one brother, Jackson. Maternal grandparents are John and Mary Worsley, Fort Scott. Maternal great--grandmother is Audrey Stewart, Fort Scott and Valorie Worsley, of Liberal, Mo. Paternal grandparents are Loren and Betty Dryer of Louisburg, Mo...

100 YEARS AGO (1908) Leslie Liepman, Dr. M.F. Jarrett, Will Fortney, D.C Congdon and R.C. Campbell went to Yates Center this morning to attend the funeral of their Scottish Rite brother, Dr. Burke, the Episcopal rector whose death was announced yesterday...

Top legislative issues facing Bourbon County residents will be the focus of discussion during an upcoming public forum in Fort Scott. Area legislators, including State Reps. Bob Grant, D-Cherokee, Shirley Palmer, D-Fort Scott, and House Minority Leader Dennis McKinney, D-Greensburg, along with Sen. ...

Area residents who find themselves in need may be able to access help through a local organization. At 1 p.m. on April 22, employees from the Social and Rehabilitation Services Southeast Kansas Region addressed about 35 area residents, who gathered at the Fort Scott Housing Authority to discover what services the local SRS can offer those in need...

In January, 1999, three men became the founders of the Mine Creek Battlefield Foundation, originated with the goal of assisting the Kansas State Historical Society's quest to preserve, protect and interpret the Mine Creek Battlefield for future generations. These three men were John Spencer, Arnold Schofield and Kip lindberg...

A 9-year-old girl has been credited with taking swift action in helping her family following a car accident. Around 8:30 p.m. April 12, Sammie Poyner, a third grader at Winfield Scott Elementary, was riding in the passenger seat of a Chevrolet Corvette driven by her dad, David Gonzales. Heston Poyner, Sammie's 8 year-old brother, was riding in the back seat...