Madison News

Parents of wrestlers between the ages of 5 and 16 are encouraged to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov.

Madison Diederich knows most people her age don't wear their seatbelts much of the time, "and it drives me crazy." "I literally put it on before I close the door," the South High junior said, as she stood along Magnolia Road earlier this week as school let out, clipboard in hand.

The weather was windy and cold, but people seemed to ignore that to have a good time at Sunday afternoon's Community Day at Madison United Methodist Church.

When Lora Esslinger Meirowsky's cell phone rang shortly before sunup on the morning of Oct.

Descendants of Charles Lewis and Margaret Alice Jones Whittington met Sept. 6 at the Sauder Community Center in Madison for the annual Whittington reunion.

Local governing bodies plan this week to discuss topics that include an error made by the Shawnee County Treasurer's office and the potential purchase of property for a riverfront park.

The 16th annual Grandview Community reunion will be held Sunday, beginning with a potluck lunch at 12:30 p.m. in the former Toledo Township High School building.

We live in a rare place. Less than 4 percent of North America's original tallgrass prairie survives, and most of it is here in the Flint Hills.

By The Emporia Gazette Saturday, August 29, 2009 The Madison News will now be printed in Lawrence, according to a report by The Madison News.

A softball tournament is being held Sept. 5 in Madison for soon-to-be 2-year-old Aleigha Cooper, who has been diagnosed with Wilms Cancer and is undergoing treatment.

The North Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging will have a a oegaragelessa garage sale of items left in the Emporia Rehabilitation Center from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug.

LOOK AROUND EMPORIA and Virgil Basgall is everywhere. The former city manager, who died Friday, helped lead the community through more than 20 years of growth and change, left his mark everywhere.

Virgil Basgall didna t intend to become a city manager. Originally from Hays, he wanted to be a sports writer.

The Neosho Rapids UMW Ice Cream Social will be at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Neosho Rapids Community Center.

Winds knocked down a section of fence as Chris Dodson's house in the 1100 block of Janice Street.

There is no shortage of things to do this weekend in and around Emporia, from a FolkLife Festival to a barbecue festival.

The Emporia Arts Council is presenting an exhibition, J. Warren Brinkman: Retrospective and Bill Brinkman: "Large Footprints," through June 15, 2009, at the gallery, 618 Mechanic St.

Once again, the Three Rivers League will undergo change. Effective with the 2010-11 school year Northeast High School in Arma, Kan., will leave the Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League to join the TRL.

Joel Bland of Emporia and Caleb Hamilton of Madison were selected to attend the 26th annual Governora s Scholar Awards Program on May 3 in Topeka.