Stories from Saturday, August 4, 2007

Nevada, Mo. -- Nevada voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the question of whether to authorize an additional $9.8 million in sewer bonds. Here's an overview of questions and answers about the issue. Q: What will it cost me if it's approved?...

FORT SCOTT -- Within the next few weeks, nearly 4,000 Bourbon County preschool to college-aged students will leave summer behind as they prepare for the beginning of another school year. An estimated 1,808 USD 234 students in four schools will head to their first day of classes on Aug. 15, district officials said...

Nevada, Mo. -- The Vernon County Commission chose a national construction company with offices in Kansas City to manage the construction of the new county jail in Nevada. J. E. Dunn Construction will manage the project and oversee the contractors and sub-contractors doing the work on the jail, which will be located on ground donated by Billie Curtis north of Sutherland's Lumber...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- A judge on Friday sentenced George A. Woodward to three years and seven months in prison for sexually assaulting a then 14 year-old girl in April 2005. Sixth Judicial District Judge Mark A. Ward sentenced Woodward, 43, to 45 months in an undetermined Kansas Department of Corrections facility. ...

Staff members at Christian Health Care had a pie-eating contest on Friday, with Lauray Caldwell, Debi Compton, Holly Hallam, Carla Witte, and Phyllis Brown participating. The winner was Carla Witte.

In a fast-paced world. It's great to have information right at your fingertips. The Fort Scott Tribune Online and the Nevada Daily Mail Online make that possible with the E-Edition, an exact replica of the printed newspaper, found at www.fstribune.com and www.nevadadailymail.com...

Nevada, Mo. -- Why are gas prices so high in Nevada while even nearby cities don't pay as much? That's the question many are asking. A Web site that monitors gas prices shows that high prices seem to be mostly to the west and southwest while low prices seem to be more to the southeast around St. Louis and Cape Girardeau...

Fort Scott, Kan. -- The Mercy Foundation Steering Committee has come together for the 18th consecutive year endeavoring to surpass the community benefits of all previous Capture the Spirit Galas. The Gala which began in 1990, has evolved over time into the largest fund-raising event in both Southwestern Missouri and Southeastern Kansas, Mercy Foundation Gala Steering Committee Chairman Ken Lunt said...

MAIZE, Kan. -- The Nevada Griffons didn't just stave off elimination In the National Baseball Congress World Series. The Griffons took the Tulsa Cards behind the woodshed and administered an unmerciful 11-0 spanking in seven innings Friday night during a losers' bracket game at Maize High School...

BASEBALL 'ROUND THE CLOCK Friday's results At Lawrence Dumont Stadium Game 40 -- Seattle (Wash.) Studs 12, CMC (Texas) Steelers 3  Game 30 -- Kenai (Ark.) Oilers 7, Casa Grande (Ariz.) Cotton Kings 4  Game 15 -- San Diego (Calif.) Stars 4, Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Superstars 2 ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- In most sports, the seniors have their final moments on the field in May, after the high-school year ends and state championships are handed out. But in baseball and, in the case of this team, softball, there's another couple of months to enjoy each other's company before heading their separate ways to college...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Melky Cabrera put one into the seats -- behind the dugout, that is. Yep, the New York Yankees are doing just fine without any homer help from Alex Rodriguez. Cabrera hit a bizarre two-run double and Robinson Cano homered, leading Chien-Ming Wang and the Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 7-1 Friday night...

Goodbye Southwest Conference. Hello. Is anyone out there listening? This is Nevada calling. Hello. And so it goes as the Nevada High School Tigers are left twisting in the breeze thanks to some underhanded treachery by the Carthage Tigers, who didn't let conference ties dating back 85 or so years with Nevada stand in their way...

When Harry Underwood, Warrensburg, called me last week and suggested we go crappie fishing, I thought the sun and heat of July had gotten to him. "Really," he said, "meet me at the dock and I'll show you." With the temperature hovering around the 90 degree mark, I picked up some crappie fishing gear and headed for the lake near his home. ...

The Second annual Nevada Tigers & Lady Tigers Youth Golf Skills Clinic was held the week of July 9-13h, with the assistance of several of the Nevada Tigers & Nevada Lady Tigers golfers. The clinic attracted a total of 45 youths (ages 7-14), along with 30 children from ages 7-10 and 15 youth from ages 11-14...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ryan Zimmerman's ninth-inning single gave the Washington Nationals their fourth straight win, 3-2 over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Pinch-hitter Tony Batista, Washington's last available position player, led off the inning with a single off Ryan Franklin (4-1). Felipe Lopez hit into a force play before Ronnie Belliard singled. Zimmerman then lined a 1-1 pitch to left field, scoring Lopez from second...

Angela Kay Scotten, 50, the daughter of William Everett and Anna Elizabeth (Hillier) Bailey, was born March 27, 1957, in Nevada, and passed from this life at 4:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, at KU Medical Center. Angela attended school in Schell City, one of the graduates of the class of 1975. ...

Ruth M. Remington, 90, Nevada, passed away Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at the Barone Alzheimer's Care Center in Nevada. She was born July 15, 1917, in Chetopa, Kan., to Blucher Remington and Mary A. Bell Remington. Ruth was born and raised in rural Chetopa, Kan. ...

Jeffrey Neil Oliver, age 51, a resident of Fort Scott, died Friday, August 3, 2007, at the Specialty Hospital of Mid-America in Kansas City. Funeral arrangements for Jeffrey Oliver will be announced by Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main.