Emporia celebrates Veterans Day with parade and memorial service
EMPORIA (KSNT) – Veterans Day is being celebrated in it’s origin town here in Kansas. Emporia held a parade down commercial street today. Local organizations, bands, and community members marched the street to show their appreciation for veterans. Later that morning, a memorial ceremony was held to remember veterans who lost their lives during service. […]
EMPORIA (KSNT) - Emporia resident and Navy veteran Gary Sadowski was part of Operation Frequent Wind, which evacuated thousands of people from Vietnam, and is grateful for his service and the difference he made. Sadowski was sitting aboard the USS Duluth off the coast of Vietnam in late April 1975.…
EMPORIA (KSNT) - Starting Wednesday, BNSF Railway will begin a series of railroad crossing closures across Emporia for maintenance. Below is a list of the planned closures: July 9–13: Weaver Street July 14–17: Carter Street Peyton Avenue East Street Sylvan Street Cottonwood Street Exchange Street Union Street Congress Street You…
CHICAGO — Memorial Day is a day to honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. No matter your race, color or creed. So says Leonard Murray, a Vietnam War veteran attending the South Side Memorial Day Parade on Monday for the first time. "I'm from an Army family,"…