Stories from Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Sylvia Anetta Farmer, age 91, formerly of 23 N. Margrave, Fort Scott, died Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born Aug. 28, 1918, in Lockwood, Mo., the daughter of Robert Steeley and Delia York Steeley. Sylvia was a 1937 graduate of Fort Scott High School...

More than a decade of research by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has consistently found that the more often kids eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team dropped its sixth consecutive match Wednesday night, losing in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division match to division-leading Highland, 26-24, 25-22, 25-21. The Greyhounds are 0-4 in the conference and 4-9 overall. They also lost in three games to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Saturday at Arnold Arena. Scores were 25-9, 25-15, 25-23...

Josh Buller scored both goals and freshman goalkeeper Brett Allen posted his third straight shutout as Fort Scott High's soccer team posted a 2-0 victory over Pittsburg in Southeast Kansas League play at Ellis Park Tuesday evening. After an 0-2 start to the season in which they were outscored 12-2, the Tigers have won three straight and outscored their opponents 14-0...

The Fort Scott Community College Greyhounds moved up two spots to No. 6 in this week's NJCAA/ JCFootball. com Top 20 Football Poll. The 'Hounds (2-0 in the Jayhawk Conference, 3-0 overall) come off a 45-35 road victory over Garden City (0-2, 1-3) Saturday night. ...

The upcoming 53rd Annual Pioneer Harvest Fiesta, which begins Thursday evening with a downtown parade, will include a returning favorite -- a quilt show. Area residents who are interested in participating in the quilt show may bring quilts to the Myers Building at the Bourbon County Fairgournds between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday for display and viewing by the public, according to event organizer Jackie Warren...

The attempted murder jury trial for Fred Thornton in the Bourbon County District Court has been postponed. The trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday but was rescheduled to begin Sept. 29. The change was made by Judge Mark Ward because he was worried that the Derek Holt trial might run into Tuesday. The Holt trial concluded about 10 p.m. Monday night (See story to left)...

After nearly five hours of deliberation, a mistrial was declared in a local child molestation trial. Derek Holt, who was accused of raping a 3-year-old girl in 2006, had to wait through five long days of a jury trial to learn if he would be convicted or not. The jury returned to the courtroom about 10 p.m. Monday night to deliver their verdict of a mistrial on the count of rape, however, they found Holt guilty on the second count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child...

Kansas governor in town for Rep. Palmer's fundraiser