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Story archive for March 2008

Monday, March 31

• Daily report

• Town hall meeting about underage alcohol use

• Still listening

• Horsin’ around

• Daydreaming about cleanup

• Lawmakers: Immigration week’s hot issue

• Convention delegate

• ‘Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee’

• The Week Ahead

• Miller leaving county commission

• Drop in use threatens Angel Food program

• Finding success on a map

• Expanding the business

• Definable Constants

• Childs, Parks put on show at All-Star Classic

• EHS tennis places 5th at home invitational

• Emporia State softball run-rules MSU-Moorhead

• Lyon County issues are the focus of Saturday’s Eggs & Issues

• Spartans aim for State title

• Rossbach earns bid to Nationals in 1,500-meter run

• Lady Spartan soccer falls to Kapaun, 2-0

• Emporia’s Chase Sanchez wins State Kids wrestling title

• Back in the Saddle Again

• Senior calendar

• Community news

• Dolly-Sara Lee merge?

Saturday, March 29

• Miller not running for re-election

• Coming to Fruition

• The roll continues: ESU streaks past Baptist in doubleheader

• Emporia State softball splits with Minn.-Moorhead

• ESU basketball teams put 7 on MIAA Academic Honor Roll

• Washburn Rural silences Emporia High bats in taking 2 games by a combined score of 30-0

• EHS baseball loses 2 to Rural

• Enough to break your heart

• Backs Winter

• Still a great buy

• Ready for Anything

• In the Army Now

• Charges filed in shooting death of Alfonso Barajas

• Goodman to run for third term

• The Daily Report

• About Town

• Menus

• Mast uses answers to drive work

Friday, March 28

• Cooking up a career

• Concert brings Avalon, other groups to Emporia church next week

• A better world

• Faith News

• Arts Notes

• ESU grad returns for CD release party

• Rising to the challenge

• Sports Briefs

• Larson has hand in 3 titles to lead EHS swimmers

• Kindergarten orientation scheduled

• Sacred Heart students win essay honors

• County leaves speed limit near plant alone

• The News Briefly

• Council secures Mabee grant

• The Emporia Gazette

• The Daily Report

• About town

• Staying Focused

• Stueve named 2nd-Team All-American

• Owens: Hitting must improve for EHS softball team in '08

• EHS girls soccer falls, 3-0

• Mountain lion mania

• Video: The Bob Fornelli show

Thursday, March 27

• BNSF worker killed in accident

• Victim Impact Panels to begin in May

• Sports Shorts

• Tech college career fair a big draw

• For farmers and ranchers

• Why end school early?

• Trafficker gets prison

• Good causes

• Veteran's news

• It’s illegal to cut through parking lots

• Daily report

• Taking it all in stride

• Versatile Spartans look for success in ’08

• Bayon, ESU take down Missouri Western

• The flaw in the gem

• Newman board told hospital finally makes its budget goal on inpatient revenues

• County: health center turnover slows

• Dance auditions Friday

• Students earn Boylan Scholarship honors

• Illustrations topic of presentations

• No Cinderellas — ESU debate team invited to compete at national tourney

• In the Garden

Wednesday, March 26

• All-Star basketball game to be held Saturday

• Cutting to the Chase

• She did it again: Stueve becomes 3-time All-American

• EHS girls soccer opens season with 1-0 victory

• A Kansas luau

• A perspective on illegal immigrant invasion

• Attracting more doctors

• About Town

• The Daily Report

• Police name driver

• The News Briefly

• Health center board elects officers tuesday

• Treasurer seeking re-election

• ESU athletes plan 'Dancing with the Seniors'

• Down the road

• City makes list as outdoor destination

• Pavlov's Fish

• You call that Dancing?

• Rockin' the Planet

• The Troubles of Tristan, Chapter V: Ben is Back.

Tuesday, March 25

• About town

• Americus news

• Daily report

• Emporia - Lyon County Most Wanted

• Flyover People

• Community news

• Comedian to perform Wednesday

• Women in military

• Money available for weatherization grants

• Ducks Unlimited dinner set for Saturday

• Veterans’ officer is hired

• Sewing expert will give workshop

• City commission sets priorities

• Boatload of help

• Hornet baseball moves into Top 10

• Emporia kids wrestling club has 18 members qualify for State

• Room to Grow

• Health agenda

Monday, March 24

• Veto closes week for Legislature

• The week ahead

• Kids show talent for helping out

• Charges expected in shooting

• Fraternity Plans to sell house, downsize

• Touching the Flag

• Daily report

• About town

• Police investigate accident

• Horsin' Around

• The veto

• On a roll: ESU baseball sweeps Missouri Western

• Senior calendar

• Community news

• Community agenda

Sunday, March 23

• Spring Break 2008

• College students question Obama's readiness

• Online Chat - Hospital CEO Terry Lambert

• Driver in hospital and in custody

Saturday, March 22

• ESU baseball sweeps; Hornets softball goes 2-1

• Olpe Agenda

• Flint Hills Digest

• Area Menus

• The Daily Report

• Help with report

• Boundaries set for credit union expansions

• Former Co. Counselor files for office

• Making it better

• Briefcase

• Wonderful Spring

• Flint Hills Calendar

• Shooting death appears accidental

Friday, March 21

• Some things never change

• ESU tennis squads swept by Truman

• ESU Softball run-rules 2 opponents by combined score of 22-1

• Faith News

• Tombstones - Who needs 'em?

• ESU’s Townsend named All-Region

• Arts Notes

• Paying tribute

• Four Emporians injured in Johnson County

• About Town

• The Daily Report

• Diversion funds go for work with abused children

• The News Briefly

• Teens learn tractor safety

• Marsh takes funding issues to Washington

• Pointed in the right direction

• Weather Watchers

• Pats on the back

• Red Rain, Purple Rain: Now Chocolate?

• CC on the EB

• Buffy is Back

Thursday, March 20

• Sports Shorts

• Emporia - Lyon County Most Wanted

• Daily report

• If I Had My Way

• Pleased with Newman

• ‘A dream come true for me’

• Forum follow-up

• Buxton study delayed

• City adopts new wage scale

• Hunters’ safety

• REG biodiesel plant on hold

Wednesday, March 19

• ESU's Applehans, Shortell named MIAA players of the week

• Pick Kansas, but not too far

• Go easy on the upsets... unless it's K-State

• Library honors

• Fig leaf education

• Growing Emporia State

• Cure the insanity

• Focus on issues

• About town

• The Daily Report

• Evora Wheeler has a winner

• Emporia 3rd so far in yodeling listening contest

• Bright ideas for Easter brunch

• The news briefly

• Mission trip leads to face-to-face meeting

• Wildcat takes talents to Hawks

• New Wendy's is stalled

Tuesday, March 18

• A really odd couple

• Obama addresses religion and race

• Now that's twisted

• Jackie and Jet Jam On

• Check prescriptions

• EKWC sends 24 wrestlers to Districts

• Community news

• Flyover People

• Americus news

• Fourth person charged, pleads in Bonner Springs homicide

• Crossing to close in Rapids

• Salina practice plans to cover Emporia’s urology patients

• Wolf Creek shuts down early

• Grant will move project forward

• Full-time Urologist leaving Emporia for Minnesota

• Helping others

• Not-So Friendly Face

• ESU takes 6 All-America honors

• Health agenda

• Specialty doctors to visit emporia

• About town

• Emporian arrested for driving truck into house in Joplin

• Daily report

Monday, March 17

• Chat with Lyon County Appraiser

• GAME UPDATE: Washburn women 73, ESU 58 — FINAL

• Into the Sweet 16

• It isn’t pretty, but ESU baseball sweeps Truman

• ESU offense silent in loss to Winona St.

• Daily report

• Santa Claus, too?

• Praise

• Community news

• Club agenda

• Obscenity amendment draws fire at forum

• Legislators experience positives, negatives

• This Week

• Heights Student to perform with Philharmonia

• On to Washington

• Senior calendar

• Club news

Sunday, March 16

• Lady Hornets advance to Sweet 16

Saturday, March 15

• GAME UPDATE: ESU women 83, NW Missouri State 71 — FINAL

• St. Patrick's Day Fun

• The Next Option

• Dace's 3 homers power ESU past North Dakota twice

• Applehans solid in 8-0 victory over Truman

• 3 ESU high jumpers finish in top 8

• Sports injustice?

• Spitzer's other victims

• On the shelf

• Area Menus

• Miracle-Gro for brains

• Flint Hills Digest

• Flint Hills calendar

• Building permits

• The Daily Report

• Earns master’s degree

• Family operation

• KDOT has hay permits

• Getting bigger

Friday, March 14

• GAME UPDATE: ESU women 82, Southwest Baptist 66 — FINAL

• Curtis Simons to be inducted into Hall of Fame

• NCAA trip brings familiarity for ESU program

• Bluebird days to come

• Emporia High track and field takes 12 titles at Shawnee Heights Relays

• Time to believe God

• Faith news

• Pats on the back

• 2 Emporians compete in free-throw contest

• Friday thoughts

• About town

• The Daily Report

• Black History: Nellie Essex had only just begun

• Video students bring home festival awards

• Students start Spanish classes through QUEST

• Development association discusses updating incentive policies

• Americus raising trash rates, approves water franchise

• Lyon County endorses city's comprehensive plan

• The News Briefly

• Burn permits are required for open fires

• From the head and heart

• Parade on, come rain or shine

• Opinions diverse, suprising

• Boys Gone Wild, Too

Thursday, March 13

• Good causes

• About town

• Daily report

• ESU wins 10 events at Spring Twilight meet

• Bloomquist named 1st-team all-league

• Rossbach aiming for national title

• ESU women take lessons from last loss into tourney play

• In Her Sights

• Sports Shorts

• Too cautious

• Debate team finishes regular season with victory

• Graduate establishes school, library, clinic in Nigeria

• In the Garden

• County asked to endorse city plans

• Budget cuts for city discussed

• Tyson to pay United Way

• More Tyson fallout: Flint Hills Feed lot closing

• Focus on the election: Part IV

• Partners purchase Modine

• School district will move central offices

Wednesday, March 12

• ‘They are something different’

• Great recipes for not so great times

• Growing teachers not easy

• About town

• Daily report

• The News Briefly

• Olpe water project is on hold

• EHS 3rd in season-opening invite

• Girl Scout cookies still available

• Priorities mixed for 30s - 40s group

• Good's Stores, Good Works

• Consolations of history

• Mary Ann's Mary Jane

• What about Michael?

• Spitzer Sputters

Tuesday, March 11

• Emporia - Lyon County Most Wanted

• About town

• Agenda

• The Daily Report

• News Briefs

• School board to vote on sales

• City engineer resigning

• City keeps but re-orders priorities

• City follows the law on water tests

• Lyndon, Madison dominate girls All-LCL selections

• ESU tennis notches sweep over Mesa State

• Webb, Naab named 1st-Team All-Centennial League

• Hornets hold on for wins over upper Iowa, Hays

• A New Season

• Fry takes 3rd place, leads EHS diving team

• Class of 2008: Rock and Roll!

• How many more?

• Online Chat Now - Jeanine McKenna

Monday, March 10

• End of a Dream

• ESU women seeded 4th at NCAA Tourney

• Spartans play uninspired in 55-31 3rd-place loss to St. Thomas Aquinas

• Turnovers spell the end for Heights boys

• Olpe boys can't overcome slow start in loss to Crest

• EHS hopes new depth produces results in '08

• No. 17 ESU baseball team rolls in pair of Sunday home games

• ESU softball wins 2

• Senior Calendar

• Club Agenda

• Community News

• Good service

• A bad time to complain

• Coffey Co. Accident sends 4 to hospitals

• Americus News

• The Daily Report

• This week

• Being Funny for a Reason

• Coal plants big issue for legislators

• How much for the Ferragamos?

• The News Briefly

• Interstate considers break-up

• Teens are paying attention

• The Blowfish get a little "me" time

• Emporia State women to play at 6 p.m. Friday

Sunday, March 9

• Emporia State women earn No. 4 seed in NCAAs

• GAME UPDATE: Northwest Mo. State men 57, ESU 51 — FINAL

Saturday, March 8

• 2nd Straight Stunner

• GAME UPDATE: ESU men 71, Fort Hays State 63 — FINAL

• Positively Charged

• Spartans ‘go through the motions’ in loss to Bishop Carroll

• Olpe boys can’t get offense going in 63-46 semifinal loss to Hanover

• Zoned out: Heights boys fall to Trinity

• Patience is a Virtue

• LIVE UPDATE: St. Thomas Aquinas 55, Emporia boys 31; FINAL

• On the Shelf: 'Lou's Dirty Dozen'

• Goddard girls use big 3rd quarter to upset Wichita Heights

• The Daily Report

• About Town

• Agendas

• Menus

• Flint Hills Digest

• The tyranny of the clock

• Ambitions in the Arts

• Opportunity brings Emporian back home

• Public invited to help plan Main Street

• Gun threat to children, woman, sends police to Emporia home

Friday, March 7

• LIVE UPDATE: Bishop Carroll 69, Emporia High boys 62; FINAL

• Beat the Blu-Ray Blues

• Early Exit

• Lady Spartans can't hold lead in 57-55 overtime loss to Miege

• Olpe girls stunned by Wheatland-Grinnell in overtime, 58-55

• Northern Heights girls' postseason run comes to a halt

• Emporia State baseball team downs Washburn, 8-3

• Helpful business

• Good Samaritan

• Pats on the back

• About town

• The Daily Report

• Resurrections

• Auction raises treasure for students

• Business and industry center offers new spring classes

• Program earns accreditation

• Faith News

• Arts Notes

• The News Briefly

• County budget is tight

• The Challenger

• Police will have plenty of work for K-9 Unit

• GAME UPDATE: ESU men 83, Southwest Baptist 79 — FINAL

Thursday, March 6

• GAME UPDATE: Truman women 77, ESU 70 — FINAL

• LIVE UPDATE: Bishop Miege 57, EHS girls 55; FINAL IN OVERTIME

• Top-seeded Olpe girls, Northern Heights girls lose at State

• Choir honored to perform

• You make a difference award

• Mann stepping down

• Media, violence and masculinity topic of talk

• Good causes

• About town

• Dog uninjured in accident

• Truck ends up in river

• Daily report

• Spartan Statement

• Olpe boys advance with 58-47 win over Natoma

• A rally for the ages: Parks’ 31 helps Heights to 72-68 victory

• 8th-seeded Hornets get last shot at SBU

• Lawrence High girls use comeback to upset Blue Valley-Stillwell

• Responses from you again

• About the puppies

• Title inflation

• County told strategy could save hospital $3 million in interest

• News briefs

• Extension open house is next week

• City approves plan to lease Hall of Fame

• Eighth-graders will help build Peter Pan playground

• Motel sits empty, collecting violations

• Small and Smart

• LIVE UPDATE: Emporia 75, McPherson 62; FINAL

Wednesday, March 5

• Olpe, Heights boys advance to State semifinals

• Crossing Paths

• ESU women hope to carry momentum into MIAA Tourney

• Lady Spartans to open State against tradition-rich Miege

• Top-seeded Lady Eagles have State championship in their sights

• Heights girls hope to keep proving doubters wrong

• ESU sending 8 athletes to indoor Nationals

• Candidates and the family

• Agendas

• Animal control officer injured in accident

• The Daily Report

• MRE-Licous

• Schools chief talks about budget, plans

• Because you asked

• The News Briefly

• Expensive haircut for a good cause

• Weekend fundraisers all do well

• Tourists as Cash Crop

Tuesday, March 4

• Flyover People: Into the wind

• Community news

• Emporia Lyon County most wanted

• About town

• Daily report

• High expectations pay off for second-seeded Olpe

• After 26-year wait, Massey happy to get Heights boys to State

• Long time coming: ESU’s Stueve wins 1st MIAA MVP honor

• Looking For More

• Health agenda

• Deduct profit

• Children of privilege

• News briefs

• City animal control worker extricated from vehicle

• Community Foundation Is accepting applications

• Study Pegs city wages as too low

• Because you asked

• Puppies rescued beside trash bin

• Distance learning

• Video: Sports Buzz

• Chat with John Heim

Monday, March 3

• ESU's Stueve wins MIAA MVP

• Senior calendar

• Community news

• Harry Groh honored by the Sertoma Club

• The Golden Rule

• Ethanol and physics

• A way back to unity?

• About town

• Americus news

• Daily report

• State of Excitement

• Stueve goes out a winner as Lady Hornets wallop Southwest Baptist

• Emporia State men come close but can’t upset Bearcats

• Olpe boys defeat Goessel, 71-59

• Freshman Flott holds off illness to lead Olpe girls past St. Paul, 60-40

• Heights boys earn 1st State Tourney berth

• News briefs

• This week

• Tyson’s incentives explained

• Emporia legislators report on the week

• Players not only ones going to State

• Celebrating State

• Gentlemen, Start Your Duct Tape

• Junior "Indiana" Jones Rides Again

Saturday, March 1

• Emporia High girls advance to State

• GAME UPDATE: Southwest Baptist men 82, ESU 79 — FINAL

• GAME UPDATE: ESU women 120, Southwest Baptist 83 — FINAL

• On To State

• 2nd-quarter surge fuels Olpe in 64-28 rout of White City

• 4th-seeded Northern Heights girls stun nemesis Osage City

• Emporia State bats come to life to help Hornets dig out of early deficit against Nebraska-Omaha

• Rossbach, Honeycutt win titles for ESU at MIAA Championships

• Our thanks

• About Town

• Quiet, good and kind

• Flint Hills Digest

• Area Menus

• Punctually challenged

• Flint Hills Calendar

• Business briefcase

• Building permits

• Crazy about jane

• Senior patrol expands

• Flipping for 60 years

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