Stories from Saturday, August 22, 2015

Local law enforcement agencies are participating in an enhanced impaired driving enforcement that began Thursday and runs through Sept. 7. The Fort Scott Police Department, Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the Bronson Police Department are among almost 150 other agencies across the state participating in a crackdown aimed at removing impaired drivers from roadways...

Russell Cornett uses a trackhoe excavator to lower a 12-inch waterline into a dug hole on 12th and National Avenue Friday afternoon. Gene Brown, center, makes sure the pipe aligns correctly as Mark Miller watches. The workers are from Amino Brothers Company, Inc., of Kansas City, Kan...

Dolly the Trolley may be broken down, but that doesn't mean she isn't loved. One young Fort Scottian is doing his best to make sure Fort Scott gets a replacement trolley. Alex and Lydia Santiago and son, Jonah, moved to Fort Scott about the same time as the annual Good 'Ol Days was taking place in early June...

Sarah Belle Alexander, 81 of Nevada, Mo., passed away Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 in Nevada following a period of declining health. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, 2015 in the Ferry Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jerry Pyle officiating. ...

Julia Ann Camac Rhoton, age 78, longtime resident of Bronson, Kan., and more recently of Fort Scott, Kan., died Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. Funeral services for Julia Ann Rhoton will be announced by the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott...

Jeanette Kay Littleton, age 71, a resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. She was born March 24, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Carl R. Boyd and LaVon JoAnn Craig Boyd. She married Kenneth Littleton on Dec. 2, 1961, in Fort Scott. Jeanette was a devoted wife and mother...

Fort Scott Community College, ranked No. 20 in the NJCAA Division II pre-season volleyball poll, escaped with a pair of wins on the first day of its season-opening home tournament at Arnold Arena Friday after surviving a five-set battle with Brookhaven, Texas, a Division III power that is ranked No. 2 in its division's pre-season poll...