Stories from Friday, November 14, 2008

The city commission meeting held Tuesday, Nov. 4, brought bad news to the city. Because of decreased revenue and increase expenditures the city is now facing some budget cuts with two months remaining in the year. At the commission meeting, Director of Finance Susan Brown presented a 2008 budget update to the commission. ...

Fort Scott city crews began suspending a Christmas tree above the intersection of Main and Wall streets on Thursday morning. The tree is just one of the many downtown area decorations that will decorate Main Street for the holiday season. In September, Manneco, an Independence, Mo. based company, completed a Christmas light renovation in the downtown area. According to Manneco owner Hoot Mann, about 1,300 feet of new Christmas lights were strung in downtown Fort Scott...

After three months of availability, some Bourbon County residents are beginning to see the value of the new NACo prescription drug discount card program. The discount drug program, which is being offered to county residents free of charge, is sponsored by the National Association of Counties...

hree Bourbon County projects totaling nearly $2.5 million are part of $203 million worth of projects the Kansas Department of Transportation has suspended for the next two months, a KDOT statement said Wednesday. Due to funding uncertainties at both the state and federal levels, KDOT is suspending most construc-...