Stories from Saturday, May 12, 2012

Coach hopes to see his team peak

Fort Scott Community College students sign up to win prizes during the FSCC Spring Fling on Thursday afternoon. In order to help students ease their minds before finals week, FSCC hosted the annual event in the parking lot between the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center and the Academic Building. Students could listen to music, play in inflatables or play games.(Angelique McNaughton/Herald-Tribune)...

The First Baptist Church of Nevada, Mo., announces the upcoming grand opening of First Baptist Church Preschool to be held in their new children's wing located on the main campus at 301 E. Highland Ave. Registration is going on now for Tuesday through Thursday classes beginning this fall for children age 3 through pre-kindergarten. ...

The Nevada Diamond Divas won three out of four games and took second place at the Baxter Springs 10 and under softball tournament recently. In back are coaches Tyson Beshore and Thad Lundine. In third row are Tylin Heathman, Jadeann Highley, Lindley Ferry, and Teagan Charles. In front are Abby Harder, Calli Beshore, Kendrick Wilson, Lani Coonrod, Blair Wilson, Kaylee Duncan, Hailee Lundine, and Maleigha Hinton...

John Kemper (J.K.) Graham, 96, of Fort Scott, died Thursday evening, May 10, 2012, at the Medicalodges Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements for J.K. Graham are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Clay A. Gerling, 36, has been charged with first-degree property damage, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree tresspassing in connection with a disturbance in the 400 block of East Hickory, Nevada. According to a news release from the Nevada Police Department, a man with a knife on the porch was reportedly threatening to cause harm to others. The suspect had been involved in an altercation with a passing motorcyclist and had thrown an object at the driver, damaging the motorcycle...

If 40-year-old Shaquille O'Neal, weighing in at 325 pounds and topping out at 7-foot-1-inch, can join in the nation's hula hoop craze, so too can 38,000 Mercy co-workers across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma for National Employee Health and Fitness Day, May 16...

A 6th Judicial District judge recently approved the constitutionality of an amended resolution to regulate Bourbon County Sewer District No. 1 and enforce penalties for violations at Fort Scott Lake, County Attorney Terri Johnson told commissioners Friday...

The Aug. 7 Republican Primary for the open seat in Missouri's 31st Senatorial District will test whether a former state representative from Lamar and a newcomer from Peculiar can challenge a sitting state representative from the district's major population center in Cass County...

The last home delivered meal was provided to a Nevada resident by Nevada Meals on Wheels program volunteers on April 27. Started 39 years ago as a joint venture between volunteers, a board of directors and the then-Nevada City Hospital, the need for the service was great when the program began. At times, more than 60 meals a day were delivered to local residents. But the need has declined to a dozen or fewer per day, board secretary Linda Chesnut said...

About 25 people were updated Thursday on various local projects and several efforts to help beautify the city. The first "Update Fort Scott" meeting, which featured a "Spring Cleaning" theme, took place Thursday morning at Buck Run Community Center. The gathering included information from city and county officials on the latest projects going on in town, and updates from other speakers on various groups' activities and continuing plans to help improve properties in the area...

FORT SCOTT, Kan.-- Sharing a career field and the desire to do good works has forged a unique bond between Nancy Shadden and her daughter, Emily. Nancy, clinic manager at Mercy Clinic Family Medicine-Linn County, inspired her 20-year-old daughter to become admissions representative at Mercy's Convenient Care Clinic in Fort Scott...

Authorities have identifed a body found in the roadway near Nevada. Look for updates at more information unfolds.