Category Archives: News
All aboard: Annual Food Show takes vendors, potential customers on EVCO Express
EVCO did its best to ensure its vendors are on the fast track to success with its annual Food Show at White Auditorium on Wednesday. The theme for the event was EVCO Express, and show coordinator Jenn...
Mar 21, 2019
Art Therapy Discover Day coming this weekend at ESU
Emporia State University is hosting its 45th annual Art Therapy Discovery Day on campus this Saturday. According to organizer Gaelynn Wolf Bordonaro, Emporia State’s art therapy graduate program...
Mar 21, 2019
Second Legislative Dialogue of 2019 set for Saturday
This Saturday, the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce Government Matters Committee and the League of Women Voters will be hosting their second Legislative Dialogue of the year. This dialogue will be a c...
Mar 21, 2019
St. Patrick's Committee resets record books with over $31,000 collected
It’s a record for the St. Patrick’s Committee. The annual auction, Leprechaun Dash 5K, raffles and a new banner program raised almost $31,100 for a record 24 local community groups this ye...
Mar 21, 2019
Two major items approved during Emporia City Commission action session
The Emporia City Commission gave their approval for two separate items with major positive impacts to the local community during their action session Wednesday evening. The first item saw commissioner...
Mar 21, 2019
Decision on Reading school building sale tabled, but USD 251 sees progress in Gemini redesign
The March monthly Board of Education meeting for Northern Lyon County saw a huge crowd and discussed several key items. The lengthy meeting had a lot to go over, none more important than the decision ...
Mar 21, 2019
Goal set, goal met, United Way of the Flint Hills reveals annual campaign total Wednesday
Another year, another successful fundraising campaign for the United Way. The United Way announced a hefty fundraising goal this year of $555,000 for their annual campaign drive. During the annual cam...
Mar 20, 2019
ESU and DKMS give gold medal effort to recruit bone marrow donors
Emporia State University and an international non-profit agency have teamed up to take on the fight against blood cancer. A special two-day bone marrow swab drive event kicked off Thursday morning ins...
Mar 20, 2019
Former Rec Commission director Lee Beran passes away at age 87
Tributes are starting to come in for longtime Emporia Recreation Commission director Lee Beran, who died Wednesday morning at his home. He was 87. Current City Manager Mark McAnarney says called Beran...
Mar 20, 2019
Reversing prior decision, Eureka voters say no to junior-senior high school activity center bond
USD 389 Eureka has to take a new approach for replacing its junior-senior high school activity center. Voters on Tuesday night rejected a $7.5 million bond issue for that project. The vote was 566 aga...
Mar 20, 2019
