Stories from Thursday, November 19, 2009

UMB Bank, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation, recently announced the promotion of Cindy Bowman to the position of community bank president of Fort Scott. Bowman will primarily be responsible for maintaining and servicing existing commercial lending relationships while developing new business in Bourbon County, Fort Scott, and surrounding areas. Bowman most recently served as senior vice president for UMB Bank in Fort Scott, a company statement said...

A respite from daily rainfall for a total of 14 days in November (as of Monday) was a welcome relief from a wet October when it rained on 17 out of 31 days, totaling 7.5 inches for the month. (The average for October is 4.28 inches.) This time of year with the cooler temperatures and shorter days, however, area fields did not "dry out" very fast...

Sixty years ago, John E. Diehl started an accounting office in Fort Scott. It was 1949, and Diehl had returned to Kansas after World War II where he served as a Marine pilot in the South Pacific. As a sole practitioner in the early years, he rented office space in several downtown buildings, eventually moving himself, a secretary and a second accountant, Maurice Fletcher, into the office at 7 E. Wall St...

Charles W. "Charlie" Smith, 73, of Tonganoxie, formerly of Ozawkie, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at Providence Medical Center E.R. in Kansas City, Kan. He was born April 2, 1936 in Linn County, Kan., near Mapleton, the son of Louis W. and Irmal Irene Cowan Smith...

Dennis Gilbert West, 70, of Caballo, New Mexico, passed away Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Chanute, Kan. Dennis was born on Dec. 7, 1938 in Bronson, Kan., the son of Gayle "Buck" Dusky West and Mary Jewel (Anderson) West. He attended schools in Bronson, Kan., and graduated from El Paso High School, El Paso, Texas...

Arrest Reports: Brady, Bernard Francis, 49, 802 Shepard No. 2, Fort Scott, was arrested by Bourbon County Sheriff's Office on Nov. 13, 2009 at 8:21 a.m. for driving while suspended, transporting an open container and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. He was released the same day at 8:21 a.m. on Nov. 15, for nothing filed...