Stories from Sunday, July 30, 2006

Nevada, Mo. -- Dan Keller practices with the new direct recording electronic voting equipment that Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach just received. "We're going to hold a session where everyone interested can come and learn about the new machines," Beach said. ...

By Michael Glover Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Police arrested a Fort Scott man Thursday and are currently searching for his alleged accomplice in connection with back-to-back robberies that occurred early Thursday morning. Moses Lee Burton, 25, 501 Couch St., was arrested at 11:08 p.m., Thursday, for robbery and aggravated robbery. He is currently in custody at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center in Fort Scott...

Herald-Tribune Springfield, Mo. -- The families of Missourians with mental retardation and developmental disabilities --including the president of the Nevada Habilitation Center Family Support Association --will be addressing the crisis in care facing their loved ones and thousands of others...

By Jason E. Silvers Herald - Tribune FORT SCOTT -- An unidentified woman was injured following a two-car collision that took place Friday afternoon near the intersection of Sixth Street and National Avenue. Law enforcement authorities at the scene on Friday said the woman was transported to Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott with undetermined injuries. Fort Scott Fire Department and emergency medical personnel responded to the scene just after 12:30 p.m...

Herald-Tribune Adam Dean, board president, announced recently that the United Way of Vernon County has successfully completed all of the United Way of American membership requirements satisfactorily and on time. The requirements included, membership requirements certification, membership investment, income and expense survey and a survey of resources generated...

By Brett Dalton, Jason E. Silvers, Michael Glover, and Mitzi Shead Herald-Tribune Seven candidates are vying for the Governor's seat, in the Kansas primary, set for Aug. 1. Rex Crowell Crowell says he is running for governor of the state of Kansas for two reasons: his positive vision for the future and his electability to unseat the incumbent Gov. Kathleen Sebelius...

Karen Sue Oliver, age 49, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., was found Thursday, July 27, 2006, deceased in her home. She was born July 13, 1957, in Fort Scott, the daughter of James H. Oliver Sr. and Margaret Turk Oliver. Karen was a 1976 graduate of Fort Scott High School and attended Fort Scott Community College. She played basketball at both the high school and community college. While in high school she held the school track record for many years in the 100 and 200 meter race...

Hi neighbors. There is one good thing about getting older. Well, I suppose there is more than one, but one is all I can think of right now. That one good thing is the ability to look back on our lives and discern certain patterns and cycles that we've lived through...

The following is an excerpt from "The Book of Totally Useless Information": Why are piggy banks shaped like pigs? Pigs have recently lost the stigma of being dirty, lazy creatures. Today, there is a pig mania sweeping the country. People are buying everything from calendars with a pig motif to miniature pigs as house pets. The creation of the piggy bank was, however, purely accidental, as many great creations are...

Warfare on the plains of Central and Western Kansas during the Civil War has almost been totally ignored in the history books. This is the "forgotten war" of the Civil War and is documented in the "Official Records of the War of the Rebellion." This conflict was not between Union and Confederate forces, -- it was waged by the Union Army against the Kiowa, Arapahoe and Comanche Indians of the plains. ...

Alan Arnold and the former Arlene Kathryn Hahn were married in a ceremony in the Presbyterian Church in Torrington, Wyo., by the Rev. Robert O. McCaslin, on Sept. 15, 1956. Three sons were born to this union, Ken Arnold, who lives in Houston, Texas, Carl, who is married to Kristy Arnold, in El Dorado Springs, Mo., and Keith Arnold, who is a resident of League City, Texas. They have one granddaughter, Joanna Arnold, living in Houston...

Casey and Angie Newton, Nevada, Mo., celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary on June 14, 2006, by renewing their vows in an intimate ceremony at the Tree Top Chapel in Branson, Mo., with their daughter Macey, sharing in the occasion.