Neosho Rapids News

Olpe and Hartford high schools could merge into one school in order to cut expenses in the Southern Lyon County school district.

There were no sacred cows Wednesday night, when the Southern Lyon County board of education began making cuts to help eliminate the $202,836 the district has lost since July in state aid per-pupil. The state had pledged $4,433 base per-pupil aid at the beginning of the 2008-09 school year, before rounds of cuts pushed the amount of aid down to ...

The Neosho Rapids Community Projects Committee and Lions Club are sponsoring a Bingo Night from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Neosho Rapids Community Center.

The City of Neosho Rapids council meeting will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the community building.

Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman has released the name of a man whose body was found Tuesday afternoon by a hunter outside Chapman.

Southern Lyon County is among 59 Kansas school districts to receive a 2009 Challenge Award through the Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force.

EMPORIA, Kan. -- Lyon County Sheriff's Deputies need your helping locating a 27-year-old missing man.

The First Christian Church will have a Rummage Sale, Coffee Bar and Soup and Pie Lunch from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the basement of the church.

Lyon County authorities are asking the public's help finding aman who hasn't been seen since Thursday.

The Neosho Rapids Haunted House will be today and Saturday and Oct. 30 and 31. Tickets and concessions may be purchased from 6 to 11 p.m. Hayrack rides to the haunted house start at dusk.

Ghouls and spooks will be out in Neosho Rapids starting this weekend for the 16th annual Neosho Rapids Haunted House.

The family of Jean Lambert requests a card shower in honor of her 70th birthday anniversary.

Timmerman Elementary is having a fundraiser activity through Schwana s. The Schwana s truck will be at the school from 3 to 7 p.m. today.

By The Emporia Gazette Wednesday, October 7, 2009 The Neosho Rapids council meeting will be at 7 p.m. Oct.

Students from this area who were Kansas State University summer 2009 graduates included Ashley Nicole Arndt, mastera s degree in curriculum and instruction and Stacy Rae Keck, bachelora s degree, both of Emporia; Matthew Lee Combes of Burlington, bachelora s degree; Daniel Peter Allegre, mastera s degree in electrical engineering, and Dylan Wight ...

Thursday, August 27, 2009 Jean Miller and Robert Grover battled for 20 rounds before Miller pulled out a win Saturday in the Third Annual Lyon County Area Senior Spelling Bee.

By The Emporia Gazette Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Neosho Rapids Methodist Church United Methodist Women will have their last ice cream social of the summer at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Neosho Rapids Community Center.

Zoning for a medical office is on the agenda for Wednesday eveninga s Lyon County Planning/Appeals Board.

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

A flood warning is in effect for the Cottonwood River near Emporia, the National Weather Service in Topeka reported Thursday morning.