Stories from Friday, January 30, 2009

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune In spite of warmer temperatures across the area, county and state law enforcement officers responded to six separate car wrecks on U.S. Highway 69 Wednesday morning. According to Bourbon County Sheriff Ron Gray, Wednesday's weather conditions were misleading, causing motorists to be taken off guard when they happened onto a slick spot in the road...

By Jason E. Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune The public can now take advantage of special available funding that is designed to boost local tourism and the economy. Applications for grants from transient guest tax funding for 2009 are now available at the Fort Scott Office of Tourism and Visitor Information Center, 231 E. Wall St., and online at www.fortscott.com...

I'm sure many of you have read the news regarding the Post Master General's recent request to a Senate subcommittee to amend the rules established in 1983 that require the U.S. Post Office to deliver mail six days a week. Due to declining revenues and great losses the U.S. Post Office is proposing that it stop delivering mail on Tuesdays or Saturdays. Needless to say, we are quite concerned about this proposal. We currently publish on both of these days...

The Fort Scott Tribune Kansas Department of Transportation leaders want Kansas residents to talk to each other about transportation issues. To facilitate that conversation, KDOT has launched one of the nation's first government-sponsored online communities...

By Justin Messner The Fort Scott Tribune In an unprecedented attempt at gathering information and resources to combat Kansas' growing homeless numbers, United Way with the assistance of numerous other organizations and individuals held the first state-wide homeless count Wednesday...

Kelli Toll is a jogaholic. A committed, never-say-die jogaholic. A few years ago I happened to mention to her that I was thinking about taking up her sport. "Terrific," she replied. "I'll be by your house at 5 in the morning and we'll run together."...