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Bourbon County Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Bourbon County, KS.

Results 1 - 20 of 289 in Bourbon County, KS

  1. Memories spring eternal: X-ray mobile unit

    2 hrs ago | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... The existence of the Goodlander Home is our community makes available this heritage to every boy or girl in Bourbon County who by reason of circumstances does not have such a home of his own. To our classrooms in the high school and junior college ...

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  2. Voter registration growingRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... to vote. "From President down to the local offices, there are a lot of races that people are interested in," Bourbon County Clerk Joanne Long said. The county is seeing quite an increase in the number of registrations and re-registrations. According ...

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  3. Law Enforcement ReportsRead the original story

    Yesterday | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... of 205 18th Northeast Miami, Okla, was arrested by Fort Scott Police on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 6:39 p.m. on a Bourbon County warrant for battery and criminal damage to property and is still being held at this time. * Stewart, Eric Dean, 20, of 883 ...

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    Related Topix: Fort Scott, KS, Kansas, Osawatomie, KS, Chanute, KS, Crawford County, KS

  4. CROP Walk fights hunger

    Friday Oct 3 | Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

    ... necessities for The Beacon, a local food pantry and community assistance agency that helps provide needy Bourbon County residents with food, clothing and other assistance. The remainder of a person's donation goes to Church World Services, a ...

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  5. Four arrested after brief multi-agency police chaseRead the original story

    Friday Oct 3 | Fort Scott Tribune

    Through the combined efforts of several law enforcement departments, a Bourbon County man was apprehended.

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  6. Emergency manager warns of flu outbreak possibilitiesRead the original story

    Friday Oct 3 | Fort Scott Tribune

    There is a strong possibility that a pandemic flu outbreak could occur sometime within the next 5-10 years, Bourbon County Emergency Manager Keith Jeffers said.

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  7. Kansas highway project now underway in Bourbon County

    Friday Oct 3 | Fort Scott Tribune

    The Kansas Department of Transportation has begun a highway resurfacing project on Kansas Highway 3 in Bourbon County.

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  8. Fort Scott flyers: RC pilots come together for Fort Scott flight competition

    Thursday Oct 2 | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... has become an international sport. Last weekend marked the fifth annual pattern competition hosted by the Bourbon County RC Flyers. Bourbon County RC Flyers Secretary Ken Lyon said it was another successful year as fifteen flyers participated in the ...

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  9. Officials seek ways to reduce county jail populationRead the original story

    Tuesday Sep 30 | Fort Scott Tribune

    Many were on hand at the Bourbon County Commission meeting Friday afternoon to lean about reduction of jail population.

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  10. 4-H offers numerous activities for youth to participate in

    Tuesday Sep 30 | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... the largest youth development program, aside from public schools, 4-H involves 6 million youth nationwide. In Bourbon County, 160 youth participate in 4-H activities. Youth between the ages of 7 and 19 may join 4-H anytime, but October is a good ...

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  11. Drywood Township officials continue storm shelter effort

    Monday Sep 29 | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... Trustee Darrell Bloomfield said. "We feel like we have an obligation to the community." About a year ago, the Bourbon County Commission and several Garland residents agreed to support a project to build a nearly $300,000, 5,000-square-foot community ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Garland, KS, Fort Scott, KS

  12. Those who remember the Depression fear its returnRead the original story

    Monday Sep 29 | McClatchy DC

    ... bargaining, and to eliminate unfair trade practices. Turner Hinkle was born in 1923 on a tobacco farm in Bourbon County that was owned by his grandfather and his father. He can hardly remember a day he didn't work (or wear bib overalls, he laughs). ...

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  13. Rembering the DepressionRead the original story

    Monday Sep 29 | Lexington Herald-Leader

    ... tive bargaining, and to eliminate unfair trade practices. Turner Hinkle was born in 1923 on a tobacco farm in Bourbon County that was owned by his grandfather and his father. He can hardly remember a

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  14. Contraband cattle and fraud

    Friday Sep 26 | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... Scott would be doomed and have to surrender.) As yet I have no returns (reports) of the militia. Those in Bourbon County are to assemble in Fort Scott, those in Linn County at Mound City. I do not feel at the liberty to take all of the troops from ...

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  15. United Way seeks help from local guitar heroesRead the original story

    Friday Sep 26 | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... t-shirt. Spectators are welcome with a $3 admission. The proceeds of the contest will go to the United Way of Bourbon County. In addition the concessions from the entire week will also be donated. The Keyhole is partially funded by the United Way so ...

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    Related Topix: Video Games, Education Etc., Fort Scott, KS

  16. Harmony at the harvest:Missouri family prepares for showing at Pioneer HarvestRead the original story

    Wednesday Sep 24 | Fort Scott Tribune

    Jason Silvers/Tribune Photo J.C. Arnold, left, and his family play an impromptu set of songs on Tuesday in front of their camper near the Bourbon County Fairgrounds where the Arnolds are living while in Fort ...

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  17. Allison given probation on insurance fraud charge

    Wednesday Sep 24 | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... bars be suspended in lieu of an 18-month probation sentence. Tim Allison made a final appearance in the Bourbon County District Court on Wednesday to receive sentencing for one count of attempted fraudulent insurance act. Allison's crime is ...

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  18. R/C Flyers set to visit Fort Scott

    Tuesday Sep 23 | Fort Scott Tribune

    The Bourbon County R/C Flyers, a local radio control model airplane club, will hold their fifth annual precision aerobatics pattern competition Sept.

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  19. Heritage area focuses on 'Freedom's Frontier'Read the original story

    Saturday Sep 20 | Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

    ... will be made up of 41 counties in eastern Kansas and western Missouri, including Vernon County, Mo., and Bourbon County, Kan. --Ralph Pokorny/Herald-Tribune The Missouri-Kansas border area has been at the center of the struggle for freedom since the ...

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  20. United Way kicks off campaignRead the original story

    Thursday Sep 18 | Fort Scott Tribune

    ... in the Pledge of Allegiance after presenting colors during the United Way campaign kickoff. The United Way of Bourbon County organization is taking a different approach this year to marketing its 2008-09 fundraising campaign. Instead of trying to ...

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