Emporia (Emporia, Virginia)

by John McCormick CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Sen. Barack Obama has picked his running mate, but still won't yet say who he wants to join him on the Democratic ticket. "I've made the selection, and that's all you're going to get,"......

A boy who drowned in the York River on the Fourth of July at Gloucester Point Beach has been identified as Brian Flores. The boy was 3 years old, not 2, as originally reported by the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office. Flores lived......

For What it’s Worth---March 6 -- I wish that the Kansas State High School Activities Association had a little more imagination with them, but I still love the State Basketball Tournaments. More imagination? If you want quaint, you’ve got...

Cure Management for Bonded Composite Repair   Bob Minaie, Ph.D. Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Wichita State University   Bonded composite repair, consisting of a polymer composite patch bonded to a damaged part with an adhesive, is...

Military working dogs and all that they do to help our soldiers in combat have become more appreciated in recent years, particularly in light of the knowledge that a military dog was part of the team on the ground when Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011....

Nicolas Steno, recipient of a Google Doodle on Wednesday, was a 17th century brainiac with the type of weird genius that led to his discovery of the human salivary duct and a made him a pioneer in geology. But in the end, he threw it all over for God. It....

President Obama and Republicans: On foreign policy, the president has more leeway, and his policies have for the most part worked. Domestically, it's a different story: Criticism has turned into obstructionism by Republicans....

When President Obama arrives Tuesday at San Francisco's W Hotel for a fundraiser, he may be greeted with a protest against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring Canadian tar sands oil through the U.S. heartland to the Gulf of Mexico....

Longwood's Sunchowder's Emporiais a local maker of small batch artisanal fruit jams. The company doesn't use corn syrup, pectin preservatives or artificial colors. For the limited edition peach lavender jam, The Cheese Shop on Park(329 N. Park Ave, Winter...

Wichita police are investigating after two cases where thieves drilled through gas tanks to steal gas from cars. One happened in the 2900 block of S. Emporia.  A 73-year-old man says someone drilled a hole in the gas tank of his 2001 pickup. In...

Each day, we comb through pages upon pages of crime reports from the Wichita Police Department.  Below is a quick glance at some bits and pieces from those sheets.  These reports are designed to give you an idea of what residents and police are dealing...

For three consecutive Friday nights, a group of friends -- including Kaylie Bailey, her boyfriend, Andrew Stout, and one of his roommates, Kyle Flack -- gathered for food or fun. But by the fourth Friday night, Stout, Bailey and her 18-month-old...