Melvern News

As long as she can remember, Williamsburg Community Library Director Jenny Milliken has gone to her 90-year-old grandma's house in Melvern to celebrate Christmas Eve with food, laughter and presents.

Jean Blecha, 77, Ottawa, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, after a short hospital stay.

Flint Hills Technical College has awarded $60,225 in scholarships to students who have met the qualifications of academic achievement, leadership and desire to succeed in their chosen programs of study.

The Emporia East-Side Community Group will have a fish fry from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday at the Grace United Methodist Church, 2 Neosho St.

Two area communities have earned honors for their work in community development and civic improvements.

October 23, 2009 Burglary / Theft / Damage to Property 800 Block East 7th, 0836 hours, a man reported that his vehicle had been broken into and items taken overnight.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Melvern Community PRIDE is sponsoring the Fall Festival and Craft Fair on Oct.

Reservoir / Pool / Elev. / Dis. Milford / 1144.4 / 1146.08 / 25 Tuttle Creek / 1075 / 1078.68 / 200 Perry / 891.5 / 892.54 / 25 Clinton / 875.5 / 877.39 / 250 Pomona / 974 / 974.64 / 15 Melvern / 1036 / 1036.99 / 854 Loading Court overturns WBC judgment ... I believe the courts got this absolutely correct.

Put your poker face on and get ready to enjoy a scenic ride. The Flint Hills Technical College Foundation will be host for the second annual Run for the Money poker run Oct.

A teenager has been identified as the victim of an accident in Osage County Tuesday morning.

A teenager has been identified as the victim of an accident in Osage County Tuesday morning.

Reservoir / Pool / Elev. / Dis. Milford / 1,144.4 / 1,145.93 / 200 Tuttle Creek / 1,075 / 1,075.14 / 500 Perry / 891.5 / 893.44 / 750 Clinton / 875.5 / 877.32 / 21 Melvern / 1,036 / 1,035.74 / 20 Pomona / 974 / 974.01 / 15 Loading Postal consolidation considered The USPS isn't recession-proof, any more than any other business.

For the second time in three years, a serious motorcycle crash has marred the monthly Cassoday Bike Run.

A Melvern, KS, man is dead after a motorcycle accident near Cassoday in Northern Butler County.

A motorcycle crash in Butler County kills one person and hurts another. It happened around 10:15 Sunday morning near Highway 177 and the Kansas Turnpike.

Topeka Genealogical Society, 7 p.m. Thursday, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th.

A look at some other cases in which women were accused of cutting babies from their slain mother's wombs: - Lisa Montgomery was sentenced to death for killing Bobbie Jo Stinnett of Missouri in December 2004 at Stinnett's home.

It was a busy Memorial Day weekend for Pomona and Melvern lakes, the lakesa operations manager said.

The trail ride and poker run will be on May 24 this year and will include a barbecue pork dinner and live and silent auctions.