Madison News

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.

Two local bars are staging a pool tournament this Saturday to raise money for breast cancer research.

A crowd that sometimes swelled to about 150 people gathered at White Memorial Park for more than an hour and a half Wednesday afternoon for Emporia's version of the national Tea Party, initially billed as a tax protest.

Will has found a home in Madison. Will, a young liver-and-white English setter, was struck by a hit-and-run driver on March 20 on Highway 99.

The Madison News reported that a blood drive is slated for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 22 at Madison High School.

Two men were sentenced to a oehard 50a prison terms Thursday for the savage beating death of Robin Bell as she closed the Bonner Springs Dollar General store late on the night of Nov.

March 20 wasna t a good day for Will. Already suffering from an invasion of parasites, Willa s health quickly took another battering when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver on Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia.

Sarah Wheaton , center, teaches a song to Anna Witting , left, and Caleb Witting in a scene from Topeka Civic Theatre & Academya s production a oeSarah Plain and Tall.a Photo 1 of 2 Photo 2 of 2 BILL BLANKENSHIP/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Sarah Wheaton and Jacob Witting discuss their future together in a scene from Topeka Civic Theatre & Academya s ...

Americus Grace Bible Church meets together for prayer and missionary updates at 10 a.m. each Lorda s Day, followed by congregational hymns, corporate Scripture memorization, exhortations, and expositional Bible ...

MADISON a ' The Madison-Virgil school district will have a new superintendent beginning July 1 following the school boarda TMs decision to hire Ryan Bradbury, assistant principal at Shawnee Heights High School ...

Bruce Vanderman of Madison has been sentenced to 12 months in the Lyon County Jail for his role in the death of Emporian Jerry L. Williams.

Madison resident Leonard Biggs cana t forget an incident that happened more than 45 years ago in a movie theater in El Dorado.

By The Emporia Gazette Friday, February 27, 2009 The top-seeded Madison girls entered the Regional semifinals as the favorites against fourth-seeded Hartford.

Students from Flint Hills Technical College attended the Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference in Wichita last week.

I was just a scrawny kid of 6 or 7 when I first poked my right leg through the frame of a neighbor's adult bicycle and rode off the side of the machine.

By The Emporia Gazette Saturday, January 24, 2009 Madison The Madison News reported that the Madison City Council accepted the Greenwood County Sheriffa s Department law enforcement contract for 2009.