Stories from Tuesday, May 22, 2012

After all the veterans finished registering and receiving their "goody" bags, it was time for the banquet and program for the veterans and their wives. It was held in the Howard Johnson banquet room. A delicious meal was enjoyed by all and then it was time for the program, which was USO style...

Is arthritis keeping you from living the life you want? You're not alone. One in five people or 46 million individuals live with the pain of arthritis. If you have arthritis, you have probably tried all kinds of things to relieve your arthritis pain and to help you feel better about yourself. As someone with arthritis, you may even have concerns about not being able to work for a living or take care of or provide for your family...

The city of Fort Scott offices will be closed Monday, May 28, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Offices will re-open Tuesday, May 29. The city's tree and brush dump site located on North Hill will also be closed Saturday, May 26, for the Memorial Day holiday. It will be open again from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 29...

The Joy Sunday school class in Arcadia Christian Church welcomed newcomers Debbie and Jeff Convirs from Arma on May 20. They have the bookstore "Hole in the Wall" in Arma. That same Sunday, Clay Carrington led the singing a capella and gave the announcements and prayer from the printed list in the absence of Stuart Semple...

Memorial services for John Kemper "J.K." Graham of Fort Scott will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 25, 2012, at the Gordon Parks Museum located inside the Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton, Fort Scott, Kan., 66701

Claudette Olive Veteto Wright, was called home by her Lord on Sunday, May 20, 2012. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 24, at 2 p.m. at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 9333 W. 159th Street, Overland Park, Kan., with burial to follow at Pleasant Valley Cemetery...

Kenneth Ray Springston, 31, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 3:02 p.m. Friday for bond revoke. He is still being held at this time. Christopher Don Prewitt, 29, Fort Scott, was arrested by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at 10:42 p.m. Sunday on a warrant out of Colorado. He is still being held at this time...

100 YEARS AGO (1912) SOCIETY: Since the passage of the new pension measure which grants an increase to practically all veterans of the Civil War, many of the old soldiers in Fort Scott and Bourbon County have written to the pension department in Washington to request the increase. ...

MULBERRY -- At about 9:32 a.m. Saturday, Crawford County Sheriff's deputies responded to the Mulberry city park in the 800 block of North Military after receiving calls that a person was found dead, floating in a body of water, a news release said. Deputies found the body of a male, obviously deceased, in a local pit. ...

A Mississippi man was injured after being thrown from his motorcycle in a one-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon near Bronson. Craig Randall Schobey, 36, of Vicksburg, Miss., was hurt when the 2006 Harley-Davidson motorcycle he was driving eastbound on U.S. ...

If all goes well, Fort Scott Community College will file an application today or Wednesday for a $13 million, three-year Trade Adjustment Assistance grant to finance an associate of applied science degree and certificate in industrial management and advanced manufacturing...

In the end, they started to think about the beginning. "Look back to 2008, the beginning of our freshman year," Student Council President Bryce Hinde said to her fellow graduates on Saturday. "This marked the beginning chapter ... that seemed to have an urgency about it. After all, we only had 1,460 days left to make our mark at Fort Scott High School. I know I'm not alone when I say four years ago seemed like just yesterday."...

MOUND CITY -- The three Tribune Area rural schools will send a total of 18 athletes to the Kansas Class 2A State Track and Field Championships this weekend with Pleasanton picking up 11 of those berths. Also advancing from Friday's Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Regional Meet held here were five Jayhawks and two members of Uniontown's team. The top four finishers in each event earned State berths. The top six earned medals...