Stories from Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Local public safety personnel kept busy during and after a major snowstorm blew through Bourbon County on Monday and Tuesday but had reported no major incidents as of Tuesday afternoon. Fort Scott Fire Chief Paul Ballou said the department worked about a dozen calls since the snowstorm hit Monday afternoon, mostly involving downed trees and power lines, and vehicles that had slid off into ditches, but there were "no injuries or major incidents."...

"Rocky is done," Bourbon County Emergency Manager Terri Coop said on Tuesday about the named winter storm Rocky that dumped nearly 7 inches of snow in Fort Scott on Monday and Tuesday. "We may get a few flurries for the next 24 hours, but Rocky has moved on to bother somebody else."...

The focus will be on local businesses when Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce members and other citizens gather for the chamber's annual dinner and awards celebration next week. The event is scheduled to take place Thursday, March 7, at the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. ...

Area residents, businesses and community leaders gathered with KDOT staff and project consultants in November to view drawings of the proposed design concepts for the Arma Connection and the section of US-69 Highway from Arma to Fort Scott. The open house, held at Arma's Northeast High School in November, was well-attended with more than 100 individuals taking the opportunity to learn more about the projects...

Constance Lee Seabolt passed away peacefully in her home, surrounded by all those who loved her deeply; on the 25th of February 2013. Connie was born on the 10th of December 1946, to Jack and Becky Simons. Connie was the eldest sister of four children. ...

Duain LaFarge, 47, of Fort Scott, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Fort Scott. He was born June 23, 1965 in Fort Scott, the son of Fay Howard and Edith Louise (Main) LaFarge. He married Linda Marie Ferguson Feb. 10, 1996. Survivors include his mother, Edith; his wife Linda; his children, Dani Rae LaFarge, Heather Marie LaFarge, both of the home, Nichole Bryant and husband Jon of Tulsa, Okla., and Cameron LaFarge of Owasso, Okla., and two sisters, Karen Headley and husband Mark of Reeds Spring, Mo., and Arita McAlister and husband Randy of Fort Scott.. ...

Alice Mae Palmer, age 82, resident of Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Feb. 25, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Funeral services will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott.

Evelyn Hoover, age 50, Mound City, Kan. passed away Monday, February 25, 2013. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday March 1, 2013 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery, Mound City. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. ...

Dorothy Adelaide Keeth, 86, formerly of Fort Scott, died February 24, 2013 in Orlando, Fla.. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

ARMA -- The original plan was to play the three remaining first-round boys' games in the Northeast Class 2A Sub-State Basketball Tournament tonight at the host site here. But when Pleasanton USD 344 decided not to hold school today, the Blu-Jays were unable to play due to district policy...

There will be 14 basketball games played in four days on the court at the Fort Scott High School gymnasium following the postponment of all four girls' quarterfinal games that were schedued for Tuesday in the Fort Scott Class 4A Sub-State Tournament...