Stories from Thursday, July 25, 2013

Helen Elizabeth "Betty" Maberry, 91, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at the Guest Home Estates. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Joseph E. Eck, 86, of Girard, Kan., died Wednesday morning, July 24, 2013 at his home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

While many parents are beginning to shop for school supplies for their children, others are unable to. There are several organizations in Bourbon County that are ready to help those who cannot afford those supplies. Shoe vouchers Registration for vouchers to provide school shoes and supplies is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Bourbon County Senior Citizens Center, 26 N. Main. For those unable to make it today, registration will continue from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Beacon, 525 E. 6th...

Ron Brown, local Bourbon County farmer, just returned from Washington D.C. where he was advocating for conservation with elected officials. Brown represents the Northern Plains Region on the National Association of Conservation Districts. "The NACD's mission to the legislators was, we need a farm bill passed before Sept. 1, when the current continuing resolution expires," Brown said...

Three consecutive victories propelled the Fort Scott U-16 baseball traveling squad to the championship of the recently completed Paola tournament. The offense set a blistering pace, producing 42 runs over the course of the event. The victors also got three complete games on the mound...

David J. Overmyer got a glimpse, for the first time, of his grandfather's work that is displayed locally during a visit to Fort Scott on Wednesday. Overmyer, who is originally from Topeka and is on vacation from his job teaching in the training department of an oil company in Saudi Arabia, stopped in town to see a few of Fort Scott's sites and a mural painted in 1929 by his late grandfather of the same name (with the exception of the middle initial), David H. Overmyer...