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
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
- 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