Stories from Tuesday, March 24, 2009

BRADENTON, Fla. -- As a youngster Adam LaRoche would shoot BBs at his little brother, Andy, in mock war games, when they were growing up in Fort Scott. "A lot of times I was that little brother tagging along and it made him mad," Andy LaRoche said...

A project to resurface a section of North National Avenue and to complete other improvements in that area are on the Kansas Department of Transportation's list to receive federal stimulus funding. KDOT announced Monday that 77 projects totaling $34.7 million, including $4.5 million for 13 projects in the agency's Southeast Kansas District, have been chosen to receive federal stimulus funding for road and bridge improvements...

Fort Scott City Manager Joe Turner informed the Fort Scott City Commission during Tuesday evening's regular commission meeting that he will begin taking steps to preserve the city's budget. "A tight financial picture has been created due to cash carryover shortfalls, the declining of sales tax revenues, the uncertainty of legislative decisions, and increased operational costs," Turner said in a statement presented to the commission...

A group of local artistic individuals have recently been practicing their painting skills. However, the artwork is not displayed on a store-bought canvas, nor is it created with regular paints, oils or pastels. Instead, these artists have chosen spray paint as their brush and the sides of several local buildings as their canvases...