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'Hounds picked third in KJCCC
(College Sports ~ 07/31/09)
WICHITA -- With the college football season right around the corner, the head football coaches from the Kansas Jayhawk Conference met at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame here Saturday for their annual media day. It came to no one's surprise that the Butler County Grizzlies (11-1 in 2008) were picked to win the conference title after posting their eighth straight conference championship and their second consecutive NJCAA national title in 2008...
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Hurricane championship results (Community Sports ~ 07/31/09)
The Fort Scott Hurricanes swim team won its eighth consecutive Southeast Kansas Swimming League championsip Saturday when they hosted the league meet at the city pool. The Hurricanes also finished their eighth consecutive season without a loss in a dual... -
2009 Bourbon County Fair Results
(Local News ~ 07/31/09)
RESULT KEY: GC -- Grand Champion RGC -- Reserve Grand Champion C -- Champion RC -- Reserve Champion P -- Purple B -- Blue R -- Red W- White P-2 represents 2 purples in that division, P-3 is 3 purples, etc. ARTS AND CRAFTS Barnstormers 4-H Club: Brenton Esslinger P; Chance Fuhrman B-2; J. W. Meech P; Kole Wagner R-3...
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2009 Bourbon County Fair Champions
(Local News ~ 07/31/09)
Arts and Crafts: Champion (7-11): Mary Kerr Reserve Champion (7-11): Kelsie Nelson Champion (12-14): Brenton Esslinger Reserve Champion (12-14): Jonah Ericson Champion (15+): JW Meech Reserve Champion (15+): Cassie Schwalm Beef: Grand Champion Market Steer: Koltan Schaaf...
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Damage assessment meeting slated for Monday morning
(Local News ~ 07/31/09)
Bourbon County Emergency Management will host a Preliminary Damage Assessment Meeting at 11 a.m., August 3, in the Emergency Operation Center located in the basement of the Bourbon County Courthouse, 210 S. National Ave. Representatives of the Kansas Department of Emergency Management and Federal Emergency Management Agency will be present for representatives of local public safety departments, city officials, school districts, certain non-profit agencies, and public utility agencies to present preliminary information regarding damage estimates and cost of repairs from the storms which took place July 1-4.. ...
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138th Annual Linn County Fair begins Saturday
(Local News ~ 07/31/09)
MOUND CITY -- The 138th version of the Linn County Fair, one of the oldest fairs in Kansas, begins Saturday and continues through Aug. 8. "The biggest news about this year's fair is that apparently we are the only county fair in Kansas with both a PRCA-approved rodeo and an Outlaw Truck and Tractor Pullers Association-sanctioned pull", fair board president Shane Wakefield, Mound City, said. ...
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Mitigation planning meeting scheduled for Wednesday
(Local News ~ 07/31/09)
Bourbon County will be hosting a planning meeting for the purpose of developing a Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, August 5, in the Heritage Room at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton. This meeting is for Bourbon County public agencies, city and township officials, school and school districts, non-profit agencies and public utility agencies representatives...
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FSPD applies for enhanced 911 grant
(Local News ~ 07/31/09)
The Fort Scott Police Department could receive a much needed technology boost in the near future. FSPD officials recently applied for a $50,710 Kansas Wireless Enhanced 911 grant in order to complete needed upgrades to the department's computers and telephone equipment that are used to help FSPD staff determine the origin of emergency calls...
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USD 234 busses pass KHP inspection (Local News ~ 07/31/09)
Parents of children who will be riding the bus to school on August 17, need not worry about their safety. According to Kansas Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brad Carpenter and Trooper Jeff Scott, all of the vehicles used by USD 234 to transport students passed their safety inspections. Forty-one of the local district's vehicles were examined for any defects in their safety equipment, brakes, lights, emergency exits, windshield wipers, and horns... -
ONLINE UPDATE: Adam LaRoche is a Brave again
(Local News ~ 07/31/09)
Updated at 5:15 p.m., Friday ATLANTA, Ga. -- Fort Scott's Adam LaRoche has been traded by the Red Sox to the Atlanta Braves, marking a return to LaRoche's first major-league team.
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