Grassroots effort to save Emporia's Quaker Park finds success

EMPORIA (KSNT) - Residents in Emporia collected enough signatures on a petition to save Quaker Park.

The City of Emporia posted on social media that the City Commission has reviewed the Quaker Park petition that had more than 800 signatures collected. Now, the Lyon County Election Office is working to verify all of the signatures as Emporia registered voters. In the meantime, the City Commission has decided that "there is sufficient support" for the City Attorney to start preparing...