Stories from Monday, December 5, 2011

The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce will have its weekly coffee at 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at the Kiwanis Pancake Feed, Scottish Rite Temple, 110 S. Main. Members can make an announcement about their business, organization or community event by donating $1 toward "Dollars for Dolly."...

A kids coat drive to help local youth stay warm this winter is ongoing through Dec. 10. Coats for youngsters infant to high school will be taken. The drive is sponsored by Fort Scott Church of the Nazarene and eNVy Babies and Kids. Items can be dropped off at eNVy Babies and Kids, 122 S. Main St., Fort Scott...

Two Iola women were injured in a one-vehicle rollover accident Monday morning on U.S. Highway 54. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol report, a 1993 Pontiac Bonneville driven by Jennifer Bolden, 26, of Iola, was traveling eastbound on U.S. 54 about nine miles west of Fort Scott when it entered the north ditch, struck a fence post, rolled several times and came to a rest right-side up. Bolden was ejected from the vehicle...