Stories from Saturday, July 23, 2011

Tyler R. Jeck, 19, of Pittsburg, died July 16, 2011, at Beaver Lake at Rogers, Ark. Mr. Jeck was born Dec. 22, 1991, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of David and Deborah Tyler Jeck. Tyler was a student at Baker University at Baldwin City, Kan. Tyler was raised in Pittsburg, attended St. ...

James Anthony Buss, 55, Nevada, Mo., died on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at Medicalodge in Nevada. Family information will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 26, at Moore Cemetery, Nevada. Friends may call now and until 10 a.m., Tuesday, at Ferry Funeral Home, 301 S. Washington, Nevada...

July 6 LaDonna Bishop was released for time served. Jessica Miles was released to Cedar County. Charles Stewart was released for time served. Jail population: Total census, 53; state, 8; Vernon County Re-entry program, 4; Bates County, 5; Cedar County, 5; and Dade County, 1...

Funeral arrangements for a Fort Scott native who drowned July 16 at Beaver Lake in Rogers, Ark., have been scheduled under the direction of Bedene Funeral Home in Arma, Kan. Tyler R. Jeck, 19, of Pittsburg, was with about eight people ranging in age from 19 to approximately 21, boating and tubing on Lake Beaver. ...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- After a brief discussion, the Bourbon County Commission voted to deny a request for a county-wide burn ban. Bourbon County Emergency Manager Keith Jeffers, along with Bourbon County Rural Fire District No. 3 Coordinator Delwin Mumbower, requested a two-week burn ban during Friday morning's gathering. The ban was initially struck down because, by law, a burn ban can only be activated for a maximum of seven days. However, the ban can be renewed as many times as needed...

Generous showers would be a Vernon County Godsend because the fate of its two major cash crops, corn and soybeans, is teetering in the balance. Agricultural officials said Friday that June winter wheat receipts were encouraging with harvesters cutting an average of 60 bushels off each of the 24,000 acres planted last fall. The $7 per bushel price was also healthy...

Starting this fall, the Bowman Building will be the site of a new school facility for at risk junior and senior students, Nevada High School Principal Debra Workman told the Nevada R-5 Board of Education during their July meeting Wednesday night. This is one of several things the school district is implementing this year to help students graduate from high school...

Crews from the Nevada police and fire departments and Empire District Gas Company responded to a call at the corner of Perkins and Hunter streets in western Nevada on Friday morning, when a construction worker using a trencher ruptured a natural gas line. ...

John Shearer will receive an award this fall named after his longtime friend, mentor and inspiration -- the late Fort Scott native Gordon Parks. Shearer, an award-winning photographer, author and creative director, will receive the Gordon Parks Choice of Weapons Award during the eighth annual Gordon Parks Celebration of Culture and Diversity Oct. 7-8 in Fort Scott...

FORT SCOTT -- None of the four games on the opening day of the Kansas Cal Ripken 9-Year-Old State Baseball Tournament needed a fifth inning here Friday. First-round pool play games at Don Hewett Field were decided by an average of 20 1/4 runs as the winners prevailed by a combined margin of 81-14...

NEVADA -- Despite having several chances to pull off a win the Nevada Griffons lost 4-3 to the St. Joseph Mustangs Friday night in the first game of a best-of-three series for the MINK League Championship at Lyon Stadium. The second game of the series will be at 7:05 p.m. tonight in St. Joseph and, if needed, the third game will be Sunday at 7:05 in St. Joseph...