Reading News

Final results from state assessment tests have given area school districts cause to celebrate.

Kansas Highway Patrol Technical Trooper Jeff Norling of Reading this year traded his trooper uniform for military camouflage and medical equipment, to serve in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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 ...

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

During the summer vacation, teachers have been sharpening their skills in workshops at Emporia State Universitya s Jones Institute for Educational Excellence.

Renewable Energy Systems Americas officials said during a meeting Wednesday that it is considering land in east Lyon County, south and east of Reading, as a potential site for a 25,000-acre wind farm.

Roosevelt High The Roosevelt High School class of 1959 held their 50th class reunion and dinner on June 26 and 27.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 90th birthday celebration Laura Schlobohm will celebrate her 90th birthday at an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Emporia Senior Center, 603 E. 12th Ave.

During a field day Friday, area students enjoyed a day on the farm without having to leave Emporia.

The Reading United Methodist Church will be host for the ESU Community Chorus free concert of African-American spirituals and hymns of American, Irish and German heritage at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30.