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CORONAVIRUS: Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund approves three new grants
On a day when local businesses and nonprofits were urged to position themselves for federal grants as the COVID-19 response continues, area residents were reminded of a local effort to help businesses...
Aug 20, 2020
Audio - Thursday - 08-20-20
Newsmaker: Adam Starr discusses his recent honor as Flint Hills Technical College Distinguished Alum. Your browser does not support the audio element. Newsmaker 2: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve ...
Aug 20, 2020
Royals split doubleheader with Reds
The Kansas City Royals split a doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday. The Royals won the first game 4-0 behind the 3 hit shutout tossed by Brad Keller who is now 3-0 and yet to allow an earn...
Aug 20, 2020
Emporia High Cross Country teams have high expectations
There are two teams at Emporia High that have raised expectations. The boys and girls cross country teams. The boys return 5 runners from a team that finished 7th at state last year including Senior T...
Aug 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia State, FHTC both cluster-free, but ESU confirms student case
Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College are both cluster-free when it comes to coronavirus. However, Emporia State has one confirmed case and both institutions are monitoring develo...
Aug 20, 2020
Emporia City Commission approves 2021 fiscal year budget Wednesday
The 2021 budget is now official for the city of Emporia following Wednesday evening’s action session. Following a brief public hearing, commissioners unanimously voted to approve the 2021 fiscal...
Aug 20, 2020
Similar business philosophies, interest in Seamless expertise leads to Century Business' acquisition of Emporia company
A Topeka company has reached an agreement to acquire Emporia’s Seamless Data Systems. Seamless has announced it has entered an agreement to sell its managed services, data networking and compute...
Aug 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County reports 4 new cases, 72 active cases
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 4 new COVID-19 cases and 5 recoveries in Wednesdays update. The number of active cases is at 72. 37 of the active cases are connected to long term care clusters....
Aug 19, 2020
Lyon County Commission to potentially approve 2021 budget Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners will consider final action on the 2021 fiscal year budget during their weekly action session Thursday morning. The commission will hold a public hearing before rendering a ve...
Aug 19, 2020
Emporia High football team to play home games at Emporia High
Emporia High School has announced that all home football games will be played at Emporia High School. Emporia High School Athletic Director Curtis Simons says it helps limit coronavirus exposer. Your ...
Aug 19, 2020
