Chase County News

Chase County attorney Charles Rayl joined an elite list Sunday afternoon when he was inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Topeka.

Golden LivingCenter in Cottonwood Falls has received a Step I Quality Award from the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living for outstanding care and service it provides to its residents.

By The Emporia Gazette Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Chase County freshman Kaylee Engle finished 15th on Saturday at the Class 2A State cross country meet in Wamego.

Bison returned to the Flint Hills on Friday morning and were released onto 1,100 acres of the Tallgrass National Prairie Preserve.

Font Size: STRONG CITY, Kan., _ A man who fell into a grain elevator in Strong City Wednesday lost a leg and faces more surgery.

Justin Lee, 37, of Strong City was flown to a Wichita hospital this morning after receiving critical injuries to his legs in an accident at a grain elevator in Strong City.

By Bobbi Mlynar , Brandy Nance Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Influenza has arrived early and often in some school districts in this area, while absences in the Emporia district began to trend down on Monday.

Emporia bills itself as the "Front Porch of the Flint Hills" and when you open that front door, you are in the Chase County majestic Flint Hills.

Marion Bina, 55, was pronounced dead at the scene of a head-on accident Sunday night near the Saffordville turnoff on West Highway 50 in Chase County.

Lyon County commissioners spent part of their Wednesday study session discussion the possibility of Lyon and Chase Counties forming an extension district.

When Charles W. Rogler set foot in Chase County in 1859, he left a permanent legacy - A a legacy that will be celebrated Saturday at the original site of the Rogler homestead, off of Highway 177 one mile north of Matfield Green.

The seventh annual Homemade Pan-Fried Taco dinner and sale will be held from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Didde Catholic Campus Center, 1415 Merchant St.

THERE HAS BEEN much discussion in the community recently concerning the Lyon County Extension Council proposal to join with Chase County as an extension district.

The Coffey County Republican reported that the Burlington USD 244 Board of Education Monday passed a resolution that will allow a 4-mill tax levy for capital improvements.

By The Emporia Gazette Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Hartford finished in third place at a home volleyball tournament on Saturday, going 3-2 in the tourney.

A majority of the concerns centering around the formation of an extension district between Lyon and Chase Counties centered around the issue of taxation authority as the public had the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns Wednesday morning during the Lyon County commission meeting.

Voting for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Customs competition continues on-line and at the ballot box for the next phase of the Kansas Sampler Foundationa s a oe8 Wondersa program.

THAT ANNIE WILSON, she can write some songs. If you want to understand life in the Flint Hills, then she's your gal.

Deborah Vogts' new series of Christian romance books hits close to home. The books are set in the Kansas Flint Hills, and Vogts, a resident of Erie, draws on personal experience and regional research to craft her tales.

Ways to use energy and resources will be emphasized in classes offered this fall through the Sustainable Living Center at the Flint Hills Technical College.