Emporia
Americannoun
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Tyson’s Emporia, Kan., plant, initially slated to close in 2008, continued operating with fewer workers then closed for good this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
He previously spent eight years as defensive coordinator at Emporia State.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
“None of the majors we stopped doing were bad majors,” said Brent Thomas, who was recently promoted to provost at Emporia State.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
Grizzard's father, Claude Umstead Parrish, was a Merita Bread salesman who went in on a commercial bakery in Emporia, Virginia in 1941 with $15 and sweat equity.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022
There were local newspapers that she had sent him and a Alumnus Bulletin from Emporia State College.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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