Stories from Friday, July 2, 2010

By Michael Pommier Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A local horse trading operation has become the focus of animal cruelty allegations, but the company under scrutiny says there's no basis for the group's concerns. Tucker Brothers, LLC, has been targeted by the animal rights Web site Thomas Paine's Corner (www.thomaspainescorner.wordpress.com) for the alleged neglect and starvation of horses on their farm located a few miles south of Fort Scott...

Editor's note: In June, Herald-Tribune reporter Rusty Murry attended a conference for journalists in Washington, D.C., where experts on several retirement-related issues shared their knowledge and offered connections with sources to bolster the conference information so that the journalist could share this vital information with readers. ...

By Donna Logan Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- The Vernon County Historical Society will present a twin bill program called "Guns and Roses" at the quarterly meeting Sunday, July 11, at the Bushwhacker Museum. Ginny Nash, co-owner of Stone House Perennials south of Nevada, and antiques collector Tom Gladden of El Dorado Springs, are set to talk about their specialties. The meeting starts at 2 p.m...

Special to the Herald-Tribune The 2010 Nevada High School All-Classes Reunion steering committee has set the dates for this every-five-year event. For 2010 the festivities are planned for Friday, Oct. 15, and Saturday, Oct. 16. Grads from the 1920s all the way up to present day are expected and encouraged to attend...