Stories from Tuesday, December 3, 2013

It was relatively quiet around Thanksgiving for Fort Scott Police Department officers last week. FSPD Capt. Shaun West said Monday the department fielded a lower-than-normal number of calls on the holiday. West, who worked on Thanksgiving, said nice weather typically leads to a slower day for officers...

It has been six months since Bourbon County exempted itself from a law that allows individuals to carry weapons into public buildings. As part of the exemption, the county was to develop a security plan by Jan. 1. On Monday, Bourbon County Commissioners told County Attorney Terri Johnson they don't have a plan yet. The sheriff's department is taking the lead on developing the plan, according to Third District Commissioner Harold Coleman...

Local resident Jim Brown's yard at 13 S. Margrave St., is festive with Christmas lights and a display for the holiday season. Brown's display includes a light show that is coordinated with holiday music that can be heard on the radio at 100.5 FM. Brown, an electrician, built the circuit boards and programmed the light show himself. The combined light show and music lasts 16 minutes and runs from 6 to 10 p.m. each day...

Dolores June Cummings, age 85, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at the Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott. She was born March 31, 1928, in Newton, Kan., the daughter of Frank Chester Hamilton and Anna Charlotte Hubenett Hamilton. ...

The Kansas State High School Activities Association released post-season assignments for basketball and wrestling Monday morning. The impact of the split of Class 4A into two divisions for basketball was evident right away. This summer, the majority of Class 4A schools, mostly the smaller ones, voted to split the classification into two divisions for some sports, basketball among them. ...

Fort Scott High School's basketball teams held Red & White Scrimmages at the FSHS gymnasium Monday night as they prepare for their season openers against Willard (Mo.) at the Willard Four-State Classic Thursday night. Fort Scott's girls led off the scrimmage. The varsity and JV teams went first, going for 15 minutes with a running clock. Then the freshmen played for 10 minutes, also with a running clock, before the varsity/JV played 15 more minutes...