Story archive for April 2008
Wednesday, April 30
- Heim says legislature passed 2 percent floor
- Emporia State softball team to host Regionals
- Murphy's Menu
- Honor volunteers
- Out of the Fight
- Fisher wins league title
- Shawnee Heights keeps EHS softball winless
- Rural upends EHS, 2-0
- Chase Co. softball rolls Canton-Galva in 2-game doubleheader sweep
- Because you asked
- The news briefly
- Web sites promote Emporia campaign
- 4-H member from Reading attends D.C. meeting
- Farmers Market
Tuesday, April 29
- Flyover People: Uncle Jay
- Health agenda
- Fitness Day
- Highway 50 detour
- When is my money coming?
- Ruff told no state remedy for illegal hiring
- Children hear a green message
- Playground project ready to roll
- Fresh air, sunshine, GPS
- EHS tennis takes 5th at league; Reimer earns 6th in singles
- ESU’s Kent finishes 2nd in heptathlon; Saalfeld takes 6th in decathlon at MIAAs
- Stueve cut from Mystics’ roster; Hornet baseball drops to No. 6
- Emporia Lyon County Most Wanted
- About towns
- Second opinion
- No play without work
Monday, April 28
- Senior calendar
- Community news
- Club agenda
- Speaker at EHS
- The week ahead
- ‘Zumba-Thon’ planned for cancer patient
- The Champs ... Again
- Rebuilding together
- Hornets take final game of series against Mules, 10-8
- McCabe comes in 3rd at Glass Blown Open
- Townsend participates in CBI All-Star Game
- Stout, Martell set school records at Council Grove
- ESU tennis squads split at MIAA Tourney
- Lonberger reaches provisional mark in 2 events
- Americus News
- About town
- Horsin' around
- The doctor and the hospital
Sunday, April 27
Saturday, April 26
- ESU's Townsend makes CBI All-Star Game
- School funding projected at Eggs & Issues
- Just That Close
- ESU's streak snapped at 35 as Central Missouri wins, 5-3
- EHS baseball splits with Blue Jays
- Leffler sets new discus P.R.
- Sports Briefs
- ESU women's tennis downs Fort Hays, 5-0
- EHS soccer ties with Heights
- Madison track and field squads take team titles at Hartford
- Northern Heights students put their skills to work for Emporia Middle School
- Chorus members strive for high quality performances
- Difficult choices
- Retirement just around the corner for Jeanne Turner
- Old Courthouse nominated to list
- Conveniently Green
- Building Permits
- Flint Hills Calendar
- 'Grass and grain field day'
- Insight
- Weather keeps brakes on planting
- The uninsured
- That ain’t hay
- About Towns
- Flint Hills digest
- Menus
Friday, April 25
- ESU baseball winning streak snapped at 35 games
- Crossing Paths
- EHS wins final home meet behind McGuire's big day
- No child left inside
- Arts notes
- Open houses
- Friday thoughts
- Pats on the back
- About town
- Agenda
- Townsend shines in 2 games at CBI
- Assumptions about Ascension
- Faith News
- The news briefly
- Car show to raise money for students
- Disasters have honed preparedness skills, plans
- A lot more to Admire
- Doctor criticizes hospital
- No seed, no soybeans
- Rabid cat found in Emporia
- The Young and Religious
- Jennifer Lopez, Doing it for Herself
- Was it his hairdo?
Thursday, April 24
- Sacred Heart prepares for Bid & Bite
- Fashion show
- Water grants
- KBI agent is honored by U.S. attorney
- Main Street unveils downtown CID plan
- Community foundation announces spring grants
- Students praise Challenge Day
- New issues sneaking up
- Newman Regional Health running ahead for year
- County reports new rash of sign vandalism
- City’s first quarter better than expected
- In the Garden
- Good causes
- About town
- Sports Shorts
- Hot Concert Tickets in the Desert
- Quotables from Entertainment Notables
Wednesday, April 23
- OP-ED On a smoking ban
- Biscuits and gravy and Lions, oh, my!
- Spring cleaning can clean you out
- Trial set in auto accident
- Gourmet burgers to thrill your family
- Road death suspect convicted of fleeing
- The News Briefly
- Healthy family partnership is proposed
- Judge grants expanded jury questionaire
- Talking about Green
- Paintballed signs cost county
- CASA's volunteers helping children
- High Risk, No Reward
- Stueve making her way through WNBA tryout
- EHS tennis looks strong in home outing
- Hornet softball splits in Hays
- ESU athletes pick up 6 weekly honors
- Sosa nets 4 goals in EHS's 10-0 win
- Hayden takes 2 games from Spartans
- The Kristi Bredbenner Show
Tuesday, April 22
- Charter School shows its stuff
- Emporia Lyon County Most Wanted
- Helpful Emporians
- The boycott daydream
- Anger Management
- Sosa’s 3 goals lead EHS to 3-0 victory
- EHS golf takes 8th at Topeka
- ESU baseball team moves up to No. 2
- Chase County’s Talkington wins 300th game
- Community news
- Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale is next month
- Flyover People
- Full House
- Health agenda
- SOS run postponed until October
- Hall honors new class of teachers
- Workers’ ‘one-stop’ help center closes
- Mayor: growth, not just taxes, the answer
- The longest walk
Monday, April 21
- Emporia State’s streak lives on
- Leffler captures discus crown at Kansas Relays
- ESU softball picks up pair of sweeps
- EHS wraps up competition at Kansas Relays
- Reimer leads EHS tennis to 3rd-place finish
- ‘Tired’ EHS girls swimmers place 10th
- Emporia State’s Rios claims singles win
- Rossbach breaks record in 5K in California
- Emporia Middle School Honor Roll is released
- Interpreter training
- Run raises $10,000
- This week
- City short in state distribution
- Red Cross looking for a few good volunteers
- Walk through the arts
- Miss Kitty
- Help for the helpless
- Club agenda
- Senior calendar
- Americus News
- About town
Saturday, April 19
- City questions funds distribution
- Building Permits
- Briefcase
- Gazette wins awards in state press competition
- A good western mystery
- Flint Hills Calendar
- Gettin’ Outta’ Trouble
- Defense controls ESU’s Spring Game as Black squad wins, 7-0
- Leffler just misses out on shot put gold
- Pair of ESU athletes earn provisional marks on Friday
- EHS baseball loses 2 games to Manhattan
- Sheriff’s Department investigating death
- About Town
- The Daily Report
- Menus
- Flint Hills Digest
- Production and profitability
- Give or take $150 million
- Scary dream?
- Hitting the Road
- Harkrader, Martin win White awards
- Children’s activities planned for Tallgrass
- Aquatic center will open
- Underaged drinkers at lakes targetted
Friday, April 18
- Emporia Tyson plant to pick up lines from York
- A big help
- Arts notes
- Show satisfies children, adults
- ‘Reno 911!’ stars coming to Emporia State
- Show features student work
- WAW award nominee excited to come for Emporia conference
- In God’s family
- Church news
- Spring scholarship recipients
- Machine tool program buys new equipment
- Rossbach breaks another record
- Outdoor adventures
- Making it official: EHS’ Davies signs with K-State
- Drug stop in Lyon Co. brings federal indictment
- About town
- Friday thoughts
- Pats on the back
- ESU baseball postponed; ESU softball game moved
- County adopts bridge-replacement plan
- Rec center project
- Alumni chief is given emotional sendoff
- Main Street offers taste of Emporia
- Assembly required
Thursday, April 17
- Bits about communities
- Oil, disease, the price of bread
- About town
- Good causes
- Two receive graduate teaching awards
- Green Week activities
- Lt. Gov. to speak Tuesday
- You Make a Difference award
- Washington prof to lecture on aggression, evolution
- Emporia State men's basketball inks 4
- 31 and Still Not Done
- ESU football spring game to feature young talent
- EHS golf places 3rd at Rural
- ESU table tennis player wins national championship
- Sports Shorts
- ESU tennis splits at Washburn
- Project at Melvern tests ‘Kansas Corps’ concept
- Commission gets report on ambulance use
- Important meetings
- Motel is locked up
- Commission elects new leaders
- State office praises Emporia Main Street
- Madison’s McIlvain a National Merit scholar
- A Little Light Opera
- County commmissioners approve list of bridge replacements
Wednesday, April 16
- Fired Up
- Hornets not feeling pressure of maintaining winning streak
- Lady Spartans battle but come up short
- Seaman blasts Spartans in 2 games
- Seaman topples Emporia High, 1-0
- ESU soccer announces recruiting class
- Economical eats
- What in the world is happening to energy?
- Chef's next stop is Las Vegas
- About town
- Call ruled unattended death
- Emporia's board of education gropes way toward budget in a year of confusion
- The News Briefly
- Blaufuss memorial run is Saturday
- Money needed for travel expenses
- The other end of 911
- City Manager's first year on the job marked by renewed civic energy
- Ambulance runs up in Lyon County
- Kansas Main Street evaluates Emporia's program
- Obituary mistake
- Cutting costs or making jobs?
- Online Chat about Emporia Real Estate
Tuesday, April 15
- EHS notches 4th straight shutout in 1-0 victory
- Flyover people
- EHS diver Schmitz earns trip to State
- Spartan boys 2nd, girls 4th at Manhattan invite
- Heights girls take 1st at Sheeley Meet
- Strongly disagrees
- Poverty in Lyon County
- Tech College to offer Multimedia Program
- Health Forum set this month in Emporia
- Stalled bill keeps farmers in holding pattern
- British invasion
- Burlington residents sentenced on drug charges
- Emporia - Lyon County Most Wanted
- Police blotter
- Health agenda
- The Bob Fornelli Show
Monday, April 14
- School board sides with hearing officer
- Reason to Believe
- Emporia State baseball sweeps Southern, sets MIAA record
- Duck Soup Softball Tourney to be held April 26
- ESU splits pair of weekend duals
- Thanks, but no thanks
- With our apologies
- Area Menus
- City officials cover many topics at Saturday’s Eggs & Issues Forum
- Senior calendar
- Community agenda
- The News Briefly
- The week ahead
- Displaced workers' center to close
- Playing with fire
- Contractor says paperwork lacking for outside workers
Sunday, April 13
Saturday, April 12
- Black & Veatch: Workers weren't pre-approved
- Weather causes EHS events to be postponed
- Mushroom Mystique
- Top 10 times 2
- History within reach: Hornet baseball takes 9-1 win over Southern
- Beneficiary fees
- 70 kids to get bikes
- Nobel Laureate donates to hall
- Children in poverty increases in Lyon Co.
- Finding her passion
Friday, April 11
- Briefcase
- Area building permits
- Old man, be a young gardner
- Flint Hills Calendar
- Westar: Filipino workers being released
- Save me, Federal Reserve!
- Web site wins KASB honor
- ESU forensics students plan, execute EHS tourney
- EHS prepares for mock auto crash by teens drinking and driving
- For this minister, retirement looks like a lot of work
- Faith News
- Arts notes
- Emporian returns for show at Natasha's
- About town
- Good causes
- Pats on the back
- The news briefly
- ESU official lobbies for learning abroad
- Protecting highway workers
- Wind slams city
- New group envisions smoke-free Emporia
- Commission told county budget still on track
- County clerk plans to take election into care homes
- Saalfeld leads decathlon after Day 1
- Change of plans: Stueve gets invite to Mystics' training camp
Thursday, April 10
- Stueve invited to WNBA camp
- Recreation Board wants clear city agreement
- Waddell sentenced to 27 years
- A lesson from beer
- EHS doubles teams strong in Topeka
- Stueve to stay in school after going undrafted
- Bulletin staffers win State Collegiate Press awards
- ESU Seniors receive Newberg Awards
- Tallgrass Workshop showcases Kansas writers
- Illegal dumping costly for county to clean up
- Clinic contract let
- Glass blowout
- Two Emporians file for county offices
- School budget still full of questions
- School clinic is set Friday
- City looks at changes in jobs
- The old crafts
- In the Garden
- Townsend selected to play in College Basketball Invitational
- Sports shorts
- "30 Rock" Returns
Wednesday, April 9
- Budget remains a guessing game
- Quality Control
- Fry, Larson, McGuire lead EHS at BVNW
- 2 EHS stars named 1st-Team All-State
- Chase County softball starts season with 3-1 record
- Forgive, forget, hope for the best
- About town
- Dutch oven delicacies
- The weekly chat
- The news briefly
- Emporian pleads guilty to child pornography
- ESU losing chef who made a difference
- Massee collection expanded
- Emporia Main Street accredited
- Illegal dumping cost up in county
- Health center receives grant
- Illegal workers?
- Toni Braxton hospitalized in Las Vegas
Tuesday, April 8
- Media disrespect
- Profiting from KU’s fame
- Owens: EHS plays better in losses to Aquinas
- Emporia High golf places 4th at Manhattan
- Must file to get check
- Honoring the intellect
- United Way announces allocations by areas of need
- Students headed to FBLA Nationals
- Beginnings of hope
- Agendas
- Daily report
- Americus News
- Flyover people
- Health agenda
- Online Chat FHTC President Dean Hollenbeck
Monday, April 7
- Daily report
- Man injured when grass burn goes out of control
- Agendas
- Tweaksters rescheduled
- Many pets adopted
- Tuesday’s chat
- Improvements and budget on school board agenda
- Mental Health Center gets workshop grant
- Legislators say much remains to be done after break
- ESU improv show set Wednesday
- Today At Tyson
- Horsin’ Around
- Ways to help
- The latest federal scandal
- Walk-on Whittecar helps ESU to victory over Neb.-Omaha
- ESU’s Lonberger, Honeycutt take pair of titles
- ESU softball splits with Northwest, finishes weekend with 3-1 record
- Warm up those vocal cords...
- The streak goes on: ESU wins 25th straight after sweep of Hays
- Punk is dead!
- Charlton Heston is Dead
- Club news
- Club agenda
Saturday, April 5
- Some Serious Backup
- Run-rule victory in Game 2 lifts EHS to split with Topeka West
- EHS soccer takes care of Wichita East, 2-0
- Topeka West sweeps EHS softball
- EHS wins 5 titles at Topeka High relays
- Chase County baseball opens season with split
- Southwest Baptist sweeps Emporia State tennis teams
- Shopping Emporia
- It's better than no law
- Twister time
- The Daily Report
- Flint Hills Digest
- About town
- Area Menus
- Rangeland burn sold out
- ESU student is deployed again
- Beef Fest cattle contest deadline drawing near
- Organizers hope for good turnout at peace vigil
- Buxton study complete
- Prairie fire festival starts Monday
Friday, April 4
- 40 years and counting
- Hitting Back
- Gobblers galore
- EHS 200 free relay reaches State-qualifying mark
- Shrine Bowl to feature All-Star cross country race
- Gina Poertner: a chat about exercise, fitness and nutrition
- On being content
- Faith news
- Art Notes
- Pitzer shares love of story-telling with children
- More help needed
- The Daily Report
- The News Briefly
- Playground project needs many volunteers
- City needs raise a taxing prospect
- The real senior prom
- Ready for Hospitalists
- This side of 60
- Flint Hills Digest
- The interesting lives of the Alcotts
Thursday, April 3
- Stueve named to 3rd All-America team
- Sports Shorts
- UAC sponsors evening of music and comedy
- Chapter plans reunion weekend
- Theater ends with Shakespeare
- If I had my way
- David’s birthday
- Captive market
- About town
- Daily report
- Starting with a Sweep
- Bowman, Villaflor lead ESU to victory over Mo. Southern
- Peace march, vigil
- County follows city lead on ambulance
- City approves ambulance purchase
- New dean chosen for business school
- Flying flapjacks
- Resource center opens
Wednesday, April 2
- Today Online Chat - Gina Poertner
- How high are those prices
- The people behind the numbers
- Come to help
- More about early release
- The Daily Report
- The News Briefly
- John Harclerode selected for Kansas teachers' Hall of Fame
- Suspect in shooting waives reading of charges
- Driving while texting
- Getting ready for the 'Big Wind'
- Keeping It Rolling
- Proving 'em wrong: Schmitz leads EHS divers in 1st 11-dive competition
- EHS girls soccer falls, 4-1
- John and Dave Yuck It Up
- The Right Decision for a Pet
Tuesday, April 1
- Americus news
- Daily report
- About Towns
- Emporia Lyon County Most Wanted
- Flyover People
- Drive a success
- Machine guns on the fast track
- Allen fish fry, Olpe festIval this weekend
- Because You Asked
- Gazette All-Area teams
- EHS golf 2nd at Salina
- Lyndon boys, Heights girls win Lyndon Invitational
- USA Gymnastics State meet here Saturday
- Health Center loses top doctor
- A haven and help
- Alcohol awareness month
- Health agenda