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The Emporia City Commission adopted its 2019 budget and also its five-year budget during Wednesday evening’s action meeting. The 2019 budget totals just over $57 million encompassing 14 funds wi...

A friendly competition is underway to see which local agency takes home bragging rights during the annual Battle of the Badges blood drive. The competition began Wednesday at Twelfth Avenue Baptist Ch...

An Emporia teenager who was among several charged in a November kidnapping and beating learned his fate Wednesday in Lyon County District Court. Alexander Couch, who pleaded to charges of attempted ro...

LCAT is changing its logo. Interim Department of Aging Director Mike Halleran says the now-familiar green imagery featuring a mountain lion is disappearing soon in favor of a black-and-blue color sche...

Classes are just a few days away at Emporia State University. Classes begin Monday, and before that the university will hold the traditional General Assembly on Thursday at the Memorial Union Webb Hal...

Lyon County commissioners will continue their review of two controversial infrastructure matters when they have their weekly action meeting Thursday morning. Commissioners have a resolution set to dis...

Preparations are underway ahead of the 32nd annual Flint Hills Beef Fest which begins Friday at the Lyon County Fairgrounds. On KVOE’s Newsmaker segment this week, Beef Fest Board President Scot...

The Toronto Blue Jays rallied for a 6-5 win over the Kansas City Royals Tuesday night. A 2 run home run by Kevin Pillar in the 8th inning gave the Blue Jays the final lead in a back and forth game. Th...

Battle of the Badges gets rolling Wednesday. The friendly competition between local law enforcement and fire and rescue crews features both sides taking several steps to curry favor and win the popula...

After having Tuesday off the Emporia State football team returns to the practice field Wednesday. With only 2 starting offensive linemen returning in tackles Stephen Williams and Estevan Arana the com...