Emmett News

Residents of the Pottawatomie County community of Emmett will get to weigh in on the proposed closing of their town's grade school at a special hearing next month.

Emmett Grade School head teacher David Steele and parent Amy VandeVelde talk Wednesday about the ramifications of closing Emmett Grade School in Pottawatomie County.

Congress has taken its first step toward an energy revolution, with the prospect of profound change for every household, business, industry and farm in the decades ahead.

This old horse does not really need another beating, but we can't help but comment on Saline County Commission's lifting of its fireworks ban.

Investigators say a boy playing with fireworks sparked a fire that destroyed three Pottawatomie County buildings.

A boy playing with fireworks is said to be behind what turned into a massive fire that levelled three buildings.

During the campaign for the 2003 school board election, we and several other Unified School District 321 patrons tried to convince the voters to combine our two high schools into one.

ST. MARYS a ' Emmett Grade School avoided the budget ax Wednesday, something that cana TMt be said for its district sister, Delia Charter School.

The Topeka Capital-Journal this morning called on the Pottawatomie County Attorney to investigate possible violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act by the Kaw Valley Unified School District board this week as it has discussed the closing of charter schools in Delia and Emmett.

The Kaw Valley Unified School District 321 Board of Education has called a special meeting to discuss the closing of Delia Charter School, district officials said.