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CAP worker Keith Walsh puts up an aluminum panel to seal a gap between a patio roof and an outside wall at the residence of Leah Riley, 20 N. Crawford, Monday afternoon.

Firefighters with the Fort Scott Fire Department extinguish flames inside the restrooms located near Heritage Park at First and Main streets Wednesday afternoon.

The Lady of the Woods, Crater Lake National Park. Photo by Rob Mutch. Lady of the Woods is the figure of a woman carved from a large volcanic boulder in Crater Lake National Park .

"I hope you're satisfied," the caller said. She identified herself as the wife of a government official taken to task in a Washington Post editorial for a bad decision he had made on the job.

Young Professionals League member Ben Lyons struggles to loosen the hardware holding a broken rim onto a basketball goal at a court located west of Fort Scott Christian Heights on 12th Street Tuesday night.

Local resident Marjorie Hester talks with townspeople during the 25th Anniversary Lunch and Learn conducted by Resource for Independent Living on May 27.

The classes, for children who have completed second through fifth grades, will be conducted in Fort Scott, June 2-4; Bronson, June 16-18; and Uniontown, June 16-18. Each class will consist of three morning or afternoon sessions, the press release said, and will be taught by Sandy Winters and Terri Kretzmeier, K-State Research and Extension ...

Police Officer Involved Domestic Violence. Lighting a candle of remembrance for those who've lost their lives to domestic violence behind the blue wall, for strength and wisdom to those still there, and a non-ending prayer for those who thought they had escaped but can't stop being afraid.

Singer Rudy Amato performs for area residents at the 2008 Mercy Health Center Gala in June of 2008.

The University of Kansas mathematics department recognized its students and faculty for outstanding academic and teaching achievements for the 2008-09 academic year at its 52nd annual honors banquet.

The weather was a little rainy ahead of time and we were holding our breath, but by 4:30 p.m. it turned out to be a perfect evening to come out," Presbyterian Village Executive Director Ginger Dierksen said.

A customer makes a purchase from one of the vendors at the Fort Scott Farmer's Market Wednesday morning.

Before Brad Cardonell came to the University of Kansas, most fraternities didn't conduct routine fire drills at their houses to test alarm systems.

KSAL, KS Missouri center fielder Greg Folgia hit a pair of home runs, including a three-run inside the park round-tripper in the bottom of the sixth to break open a one-run game and lead the Tigers to an 8-5 triumph over 23rd-ranked Kansas at Simmons Field.

Mercy Health Center's Women in Philanthropy co-founders Sharon Campbell and Barbara Albright present a $4,055 grant to Mercy Physical Therapist Meredith Sewell and Mercy Rehab Services Director and Physical Therapist Eric Baldonado.

A local motorist drives though standing water on South National Ave. near 17th St.

The San Diego Union-Tribune announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to sell the newspaper to a Beverly Hills private equity firm for an undisclosed price.

During an address to a joint session of Congress in February, President Barack Obama said, "I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives production of more renewable energy in America." His plan, however, is not market-based but government-based . It will enhance renewable energy, but at ...

Whitelaw Reid, scion of a prominent publishing family and groomed heir to The New York Herald Tribune, died on Saturday. He was 95.

Reid, who lived in Bedford Hills, N.Y., died of complications of lung and heart failure at While Plains Hospital Center, said his brother, Ogden R. Reid, former congressman and ambassador to Israel and an editor and publisher of The Herald Tribune.

Reid was the namesake and grandson of Whitelaw Reid, who succeeded Horace Greeley, former ambassador to Great Britain and France and owner and editor of the New York Tribune in the 1870s.

Calling all cell phone users. It's time to find your old cell phones, whether they're resting in the back of a desk drawer or covered by dust high up on a closet shelf.