Stories from Saturday, December 6, 2008

Christina Cooper and Justin Hunt, of Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Trinity Jo Hunt. Trinity was born at 5:26 p.m., on Dec. 1, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Jenny and Roger Dade Jr., of Schell City, and big sister Kelly, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Brody Lane Dade. Brody was born on Nov. 29, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces, and measured 21 inches...

Kayla Ann Horton, of Nevada, is proud to announce the birth of her daughter, Zoey Elizabeth Horton. Zoey was born at 9:28 a.m., on Dec. 4, 2008, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 20 inches. Maternal grandparents are Patricia (Trish) Morris, of Nevada. Maternal great-grandparents are Eva and John Treadway, of Wichita, Kan...

Dec. 3 There were reports of cows out in the Deerfield area, a theft in the Walker area, cows out in the Schell City area, animal neglect in the Dederick area, a traffic stop in the Milo area, a vehicle accident in the Nevada area, a juvenile in the Nevada area, a careless and imprudent driver in the Moundville area, a vehicle accident in the Moundville area, a 911 test in the Nevada area, and a check well being in the Nevada area...

Hayden Junior Long, 47, Nevada, passed away at his home on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. He was born Feb. 20, 1961, in Tucson, Ariz., to John L. Long and Rosealie M. McNeece Long. He married Michelle Hall on May 21, 1981, and to this marriage three children were born. She survives of Fort Scott, Kan...

Berniece Bell's husband Wilbur was thinking about retiring from his job as an Inspector for Armco Steel so Berniece knew that they were beginning a new phase of their life. Their only son had died at the age of 15 and they only had their Schnauzer dog to keep them busy. ...

Are gift cards popular gifts? Some local residents believe a gift card is the best way to go, while some disagree. "You can't really be wrong with a gift card," Fort Scott resident Raymond Bin said. Despite the safety of a never fail gift card, Bin also believes that giving a gift card comes with risks...

Herald-Tribune Chicken Little is alive and well and living somewhere on the Internet, at least it seems that way if you've seen the recent e-mail making the rounds warning customers not to purchase gift cards from certain retailers this holiday season...

Close to 3,000 names have already been entered in the "Name the Train" contest sponsored by Amtrak and the Missouri Department of Transportation. The last day to participate in the contest and make history for suggesting the new brand name for the St. Louis to Kansas City passenger rail service is Wednesday, Dec. 10...

NEVADA, Mo. -- A florescent lamp in a reptile cage fell to the bottom of the cage and broke, igniting the sawdust bedding material that lined the bottom of a cage early Thursday afternoon, in a home in the 1400 block of N. Ash, Nevada. Firefighters from the Nevada Fire Department responded to the call at about 1:45 p.m. ...

Youthful imaginations will contribute to the trimmings adorning the Christmas tree on display during Fort Scott National Historical Site's annual Candlelight Tour this weekend. Eugene Ware Elementary fifth-grade students walked to the historic site on Friday and hung their original creations on the Christmas tree in the fort's Grand Hall...

Hi neighbors. Another week is behind us and the future lies in wait. I have found that when things seem a bit overwhelming, it pays to try to imagine myself looking at the earth from orbit. We've all seen those photos taken from space of our beautiful planet...

For the last two or three years, Christmas Day has kind of snuck up on me. Ever since retiring early, at age 62, because of severe and abiding health problems, I've avoided all long-range projects and activities that need to get finished by a certain date. ...

There's an old saying about having company that goes, "the more the merrier." If it is true, we should have a very merry Thanksgiving. As the Hedges clan was looking for someplace to gather, I volunteered the Horton Street address, and the snowball gathered momentum from that point onward. ...

During the Civil War, one of the constant consistent concerns in Kansas was a major Confederate invasion of the Jayhawk State from Missouri or the Indian Territory. In retrospect, this in fact only happened twice between 1861 and 1865. The first was Quantrill's successful raid on and the destruction of Lawrence on Aug. ...

Cliff and Nancy Patterson, of Fort Scott, Kan., will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, with a reception at McCauley Center, Mercy Hospital. The event is hosted by the daughters of the couple. Cliff Patterson and the former Nancy Smith were married Dec. 13, 1958, in Lawrence, Kan. The couple have five children, 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren...

Stan and Barbara Webb of Minneapolis, Kan., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Webb, to Tyson Markham, son of Toni and Dennis Markham, of Joplin, Mo. Jennifer attended Kansas State University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority. Jennifer is employed by The Mutual Fund Store as a Corporate Operations Manager in Overland Park, Kan...

Amanda Kutcher and Jason McGee announce their engagement to be married on April 18, 2009, at 2 p.m., in Osage Beach, Mo. Amanda is the daughter of Kim Beeley, Raymore, Mo. Jason is the son of Sara McGee, of Rich Hill, Mo. The bride-to-be graduated from Ray-Pec High School. She is currently employed as a merchandising assistant manager for The Scoular Company in Overland Park, Kan...

Darrel and Laura George, of Uniontown, and Virgil and Mary Jo Huseman, of Ellsworth, announce the engagement of their children, Lindsey and Mark. The bride-elect is a 2001 graduate of Uniontown High School. She received an agricultural education degree from Kansas State University in 2006. She is currently employed by Wilson High School as the agricultural education instructor and FFA advisor...

Dwayne Smith and Suzanne Smith, of Nevada, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Tiffany Lynn Shaffer, to Ronald Michael Pommier. Michael is the son of Ron and Janet Pommier, of Franklin, Kan. The bride-to-be is a 2002 graduate of Nevada High School. ...