Stories from Saturday, September 3, 2011

The Golf Course Advisory Board will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 1:30 p.m. at Woodland Hills Golf Course. The meeting is open to the public.

Andrew and Kenda Warner of Nevada, Mo., and older sibling Kadence are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Briley Marie Warner. Briley was born at 12:06 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Jimmy "Jim" Dean Carr, 65, of Blue Mound, Kan., died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at his home. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home Pleasanton, Kan. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. ...

August 16 Michael I. Cook, Nevada, expired license plate. August 19 Roberta C. Bailey, Nevada, expired license plate. Jaynee D. McNeely, Nevada, speeding 32/15. Christine R. Nessle, Nevada, speeding 30/15. Jacquelin S. Spratt, Nevada, speeding 27/15...

Bourbon County attorney requests independent investigation into allegations involving treasurer's office.

Nevada, Mo. -- City and county officers were on the lookout Friday for a 22-year-old Nevada man who had reportedly run from the Missouri Department of Probation and Parole office and escaped in a Jeep to the Rolling Acres neighborhood of west Nevada...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A Bourbon County District Court judge on Friday granted a continuance in the case of a male juvenile charged with second-degree murder in May. During a motion hearing Friday morning, Judge Rebecca Stephan granted a request from Gil Gregory, the defense attorney for the juvenile, for a continuance of a motion filed by Bourbon County Attorney Terri Johnson's office June 6 to prosecute the defendant as an adult...

Editor's note: This is the second of five weekly articles reflecting on Mercy's health care ministry in southeast Kansas. In 1886, Fort Scott's Mercy Hospital opened, staffed by two Sisters and two lay women. Today, 125 years later, Mercy is the largest employer in Bourbon County. The hospital averages 2,000 admissions per year, sees more than 7,000 emergency room visits and employs more than 400 co-workers who consider health care their calling...

Students at Truman Elementary have been preparing a special surprise -- heartfelt messages from home for a soldier who was once a student at Truman himself. Sgt. Jeff Fanning wasn't the best student, art teacher Lisa Melton confides. Nicknamed Buck, the now 25-year-old was sometimes a handful, but all that changed as he grew older. ...

PARSONS, Kan. -- A first-place finish by the Tigers' No. 2 doubles team led Fort Scott High's girls' tennis team to second place at the Labette County Invitational here Thursday. Ashlyn Baugher and Haleigh Whitten played together for the first time this season and went 4-0. The Tigers finished one point behind host LCHS for first place...

FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School head coach Bob Campbell can't say too much about the Tigers' passing game. That's because FSHS didn't need to pass much Friday night at Frary Field as the running game was too effective not to use. The Tigers gained 291 yards rushing in a 39-6 Southeast Kansas League victory over Labette County in both teams' season opener...