Hutchinson Correctional Facility – Central Unit has been placed on lockdown with limited movement due to an inmate disturbance at the facility on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, which resulted in the battery of five correctional officers. The inmates identified in being involved in the disturbance have been placed in Restrictive Housing under investigation. The five officers that were battered, have been treated for their injuries.
Due to this, weekend visitation will be cancelled for the Central Unit only, beginning February 8, 2020.
The correctional facility is taking the proactive measure of suspending visitation privileges for the safety and security of staff and inmates. Warden Schnurr said the facility will reevaluate its ability to resume its normal visitation schedule early next week.
Visitation at Hutchinson Correctional Facility, East and South Unit will proceed as normal.
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Monthly Archives: February 2020
Billing Rules to Protect Consumers
KCC supports expansion of federal Truth-in-Billing rules to protect consumers
Topeka – The Kansas Corporation Commission has authorized its staff to file comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) supporting a proposal to expand Truth-in-Billing rules to internet phone providers. The rules, already apply to wireless and landline customers.
The Commission supports modernizing and strengthening the rules to ensure all consumers have the basic information to make informed choices regarding their communications services. A report released by the FCC last year showed increases in both residential and business use of Internet phone service, also known as interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP.
The KCC does not have regulatory authority over internet services, therefore expanding the current rules at the federal level is critical in order to provide VoIP customers important protections. The Truth-in-Billing rules require service providers to separate line item fees on consumer bills, clearly identifying government–mandated fees from fees a service provider uses to cover its own costs. This disclosure allows consumers to make an informed choice based on all charges and review anything beyond the price paid for service.
The FCC is taking public comments on the proposed rule change through February 12.
My1Stop:Online Printing Services
Local business, My1Stop, is an online print company that makes promotional items for other businesses.
The business creates plastic cards, key tags, forms, envelopes, shipping labels, gift card carriers, medical ID forms and wristbands, industrial labels, among other items.
“We started in 2005 when we saw the need to sell print online and also to sell nationally and internationally,” according to Tina Wilson, who works inside sales and customer service.
“We want to make businesses in Fort Scott grow,” she said.
The business has been family owned and operated all those years.
“In 2020, we decided we needed to be involved more in the community,” Wilson said.
The staff: Kevins Collins, national sales; Rozemma Perry, inside sales; Wilson, and Brice Leonard, sales representative, are taking part in the community through involvement in the Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce, Young Professional League, mentoring and local youth and church organizations. Other staff are marketing, graphic design and accounting.
They recently hosted a Chamber Coffee to tell their story.
To contact, call 1.800.MY1STOP.
They are located at 3200 Liberty Bell Road, Suite 300.
The hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST.
Orders can be placed online 24 hours a day online.
The Fort Scott Police Department Daily Reports Feb. 5
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“Value You Them Both Amendment” Debated In Ks. Legislature Today
Will you stand in the gap?
Thursday the Kansas State House will gavel at 0900, to debate the “Value Them Both Amendment.”
What the purpose of this Amendment is that it would return the voting power back to the people of Kansas through their legislators and out of the hands of the courts.
The threat and ruling that the Kansas Supreme Court made last year were that they said, there is a fundamental right in the Kansas State Constitution Section 1 for an abortion.
Now with that ruling, many of the safeguards that have been previously put into place, are at risk to be labeled undue burdens.
Such as parental consent and notification before a minor girl has an abortion. Clean sanitary surgical facilities. And also that this could lead to taxpayer-funded abortions up to birth.
We must stand in the gap and pray, this is a battle for life and death. Kansas has been under assault by a spirit of ungodliness.
So it is time for the Church to stand and pray in the Name of Jesus, for forgiveness & healing and to turn this nation around starting here in the heart of the Nation here in the State of Kansas.
Ezekiel 22:30
So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
Will you stand in the gap for life?
Thanks, and Lord bless you as you serve Him.
4th District
Representative
Trevor Jacobs
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office Daily Reports Feb. 6
Tiger Swimmers Earn Firsts
Tuesday night the Fort Scott High School boy swimmers competed in Coffeyville.
Tiger swimmers are living life in the fast lane.
Bobby Kemmerer took 1st in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle with state consideration times in both.
Oliver Witt took 1st in the 100-yard butterfly and 2nd in the 200 yard free where he also earned a state consideration time.
Both swimmers recorded personal best times dropping more than 8 seconds combined in their individual races.
The boys also placed 2nd in the 400-yard freestyle relay with team members Brett Baldwin and Jeremy Pousher.
With each meet, FSHS swimmers are inching closer to the ultimate goal of a state-qualifying time. Their next opportunity will be Thursday in Parsons.
Submitted by Angie Kemmerer
City Commission Meets Sat. Feb.8
Lauber Municipal Law will be holding a City Officials Training Seminar on Saturday, February 8th, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The seminar will be held in the City Commission meeting room. The City Commission has been invited and a majority of the City Commission may attend, although this is not a formal meeting of the Commission, nor will binding action be taken. This gathering may be subject to the Kansas Open Meetings Act and thus it is considered an open meeting.
The seminar’s agenda includes topics in Kansas Local Government law.
The Fort Scott Police Department Daily Reports Jan. 31 to Feb. 4
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Ribbon Cutting Following Chamber Coffee Feb. 13 For Visage Skin Care Spa
February 13th, Chamber Coffee & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony!
The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce announces that the weekly Chamber Coffee will be hosted by Visage Skin Care & Spa Thursday, February 13th at 8 a.m. Please meet at the new location at 5 E. Wall St., Fort Scott. Immediately following the Chamber Coffee a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.
Chamber members and guests are invited to Chamber Coffee events each Thursday at 8 a.m. to network, make announcements, hear about happenings in the community as well as learn about the business or organization hosting the Coffee. Contact the Chamber of Commerce at (620) 223-3566 for more information. Visit the Events Calendar and category of Chamber Coffees on fortscott.com for upcoming locations.
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Bolton Law Office Moves Dowtown
Attorney Andrew Bolton moved his office to a downtown location in November 2019.
He specializes in family law.
“Divorce, custody, adoptions,” Bolton said. “I also do estate planning and other help. A general practice, like small-town lawyers do.”
Bolton said he enjoys helping people and the profession allows him to do that. He often works with people at a low point in their life.
” It’s nice that in a small town I usually know the person,” he said.
He can be reached at 620-644-9210.
Bolton said he is usually at his Fort Scott office on Thursdays and Fridays.
Bolton graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1999, went to Pittsburg State University and then earned his law degree from Notre Dame University in 2006. He worked for with a firm in Lawrence until 2012 when he started his own firm.
In 2015 he opened an office in Fort Scott and Louisburg, and just recently moved his office downtown, 14 S. Main.
Chamber Coffee at Domino’s Pizza Feb. 6
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