Emporia News

The Gumball 3000's "Coast to Coast" rally stopped in Emporia to film celebrities at the Jones Aquatic Center Tuesday.

Three Emporia State University students raised $2,500 during the spring semester for the National Teachers Hall of Fame in Emporia.

Emporia's Jerel Morrow competes in the triple jump at the 2012 Track and Field State Championships at Cessna Stadium on Friday.

Two books about young girls dealing with growing pains have been selected by Kansas schoolchildren to receive the William Allen White Children's Book Award, according to a news release.

William Ballard of Emporia has filed as the Democratic Candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives, District 60.

The S.O.S. shelter is in cleanup mode after discovering mold damage to its structure.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Each Friday, The Gazette salutes those who make Emporia and the surrounding area a better place to live and work.

Flint Hills Technical College will hold its spring commencement exercises on Saturday at 2 p.m. at William Lindsey White Auditorium.

During meetings with Dolly Madison, Wednesday, workers in The Bakery Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Workers Local 218 Union decided that if Hostess decides to eliminate employee contracts, they will strike.

As we reported last month, the competition to make a movie about the Bird-Anderson murder cases here is intense.

I parked on Seventh Avenue as I had errands to run on both Merchant and Commercial.

A grand opening celebration with prizes and refreshments will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19.

"Murder Ordained" was released for television on May 3, 1987. The 185-minute-long dramatization was tailored after the murders and subsequent court proceedings, convictions and scandal that involved the Rev.

SOS CASA of the Flint Hills is partnering with One Simple Wish to grant a wish for a CASA child in Emporia.

Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series looking at the movie "Murder Ordained," which depicted an infamous pair of murders in this area.

The Emporia City Commission will hold public hearings at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the municipal court room on amending parking on Fourth Avenue between Commercial and Mechanic streets and on tax abatement for VekTek Inc.

EMPORIA, Kan. - Among the nearly three hundred Emporia High School students receiving their diploma at the William White Auditorium Sunday was one particularly lucky young woman.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Each Friday, The Gazette salutes those who make Emporia and the surrounding area a better place to live and work.

Lucky House at 841 W. 6th Ave in Emporia will be having a fundraiser from 5/15/12 through 6/15/12 to help Tiffany Ma, who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, offset her medical costs.

About 200 tickets were released, according to event spokeswoman Carrie Lindeman.