Stories from Saturday, August 18, 2012

Emma Jean West (Scully), 68, passed away suddenly on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in Albuquerque, N.M. Emma attended St. John's Catholic School in Iola, then Mount Saint Scholastica in Atchison where she received her diploma. She was married to Grant Gibbs Alexander from 1963 to 1977. Grant passed away in 2003...

Bonnie L. McDaniel, 79, rural Vernon County, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at her home. She was born June 17, 1933, in Walker, Mo., to Howard Hacker and Angie M. Palmer Hacker. She and Delmar Culbertson were married in 1951 and he preceded her in death in 1990. She and Clifford A. McDaniel were later married in 1996 and he survives of the home...

Ronald Earl Parks, 66, resident of rural Fort Scott, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at his home. He was born Jan. 6, 1946, in Fort Scott the son of Earl William Parks and Hattie Dorene Davis Parks. Ron was a 1964 graduate of Fort Scott High School. He graduated from Pittsburg State University. ...

Cheyenne Andrea Don Fiegener, 16, of Fort Scott, died at her home Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Funeral arrangements for Cheyenne Fiegener are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

Dana Shepley and Martin Sandoval of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Emeri Ann Shepley-Sandoval. Emeri was born at 6:33 p.m., Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 1/2 ounce and measured 18 and 1/4 inches...

William L. Gollhofer and Linda S. Good were married Aug. 18, 1962, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Nevada. Bill was in law enforcement for 30 years as a detective with the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department. He was an investigator for the Vernon County Sheriff's Department and Vernon County Prosecutor's Office until 1998...

Luke Clark, son of Jim and Molly Clark, proposed to Kasha Belcher, daughter of Duane Belcher and Kelli Starlin, on Aug. 5, 2011. Kasha is employed by Bill Foster Insurance Agency as a licensed account representative in Nevada, and Luke is employed by the Nevada R-5 School District as a teacher and coach...

By James R. Campbell Herald-Tribune Unseating Republican Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler may be the biggest challenge of Democrat Teresa Hensley's life, but with the 4th Congressional District's reconfiguration and the differences they have on issues, it is one she feels equal to...

By Angelique McNaughton Herald-Tribune Of the local taxing entities affected by Bourbon County's recent $1.5 million miscalculation, three have decided not to raise the local mill levy. The city of Fort Scott, Fort Scott Community College and the county re-worked their 2013 budgets this week to address the error...

ort Scott, Kan. -- Two new flags are now gracing Skubitz Plaza, thanks to the efforts of a group of armed services members, the city and VFW.

By Lynn A. Wade Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Memories from the Nevada State Hospital, also known as the Lunatic Asylum No. 3, are quickly fading away, and Linda Chesnut is spearheading an effort to make sure its history is preserved, before it's too late...

Hi neighbors. Since the statistics state that thyroid cancer is quickly becoming the most prevalent cancer in America, I thought I'd share my experiences with it. Some of my readers will no doubt develop thyroid cancer themselves in the next few years and I know some of my readers have already been there and done that...

Going on a fishing trip is somewhat like playing Russian roulette. You know something's going to happen but you're never quite sure when or how. A couple of weeks ago we headed north for a fishing trip and for some cooler weather. Before I even hooked up the boat, I knew I needed to put the cover back on for the trip. ...

Herald-Tribune Sheldon Mayor Rob Sewell, 44, was arrested Friday night on charges alleging 21 counts of felony forgery. Court documents claim that between April 2008 and August 2010, Sewell wrote checks on John R. Young's First National Bank account, all except one of which were made payable to himself, on 21 occasions, in amounts ranging from $61 to $50,000, totaling more than $150,000. The largest check, the complaint says, was made payable to Doug M. Donald, in July 2010...

By Rusty Murry Herald-Tribune It's impossible to know how many girls have been through the Nevada High School Future Cheerleader's Clinic in the past 30 years, but it's safe to say that many local girls and a handful of boys have learned how to cheer and what it means to be cheerleader during the annual clinic...

NEVADA -- Triathlon, one of the fastest growing sports in the United States found a home here last year with the YMCA hosting an event last August. Participants, many of whom who were being given their first exposure to the sport, nearly unanimously were hooked. Planning immediately was begun by Nevada Area Multisport and the YMCA to make sure the event would return this year...

NEVADA -- In response to requests from parents and athletes last spring the Nevada R-5 School Board decided to start a high school boys' swim team. There has been a girls' team for several years that practiced at Cottey College and the completion of a pool at the Osage Prairie YMCA made starting a boys' team possible...