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Plumb Place has its first major fundraiser of the year coming this weekend. The “It’s Plumb Cold Chili and Soup Feed” goes from 11 am to 2 pm Saturday at the Lee Beran Recreation Cen...

Community theater is among the events taking place this upcoming weekend. We Are Emporia Arts Council Theatre, or WEACT, is presenting a mix of Broadway classics Saturday evening, with tunes from Okla...

The second superintendent candidate for USD 251 North Lyon County has been announced. Robert Blair, the current superintendent at USD 114 Riverside, has a meet-and-greet session with the public and di...

A Topeka woman was hurt in Thursday’s crash on Americus Road near Bushong. The crash happened at the intersection of Roads 310 and F. Deputy Nolan Kehres says an eastbound U-Haul box truck drive...

Newsmaker: Carmen Leeds and Jean Carder preview the Granny Basketball Jamboree and Fundraiser coming up this Saturday at the Emporia State Rec Center. Your browser does not support the audio element. ...

The Kansas Supreme Court will not hear a lawsuit from several state judges, including Lyon County Administrative Judge Merlin Wheeler, that sought to bolster funding to the judiciary branch as a whole...

The Emporia High boys basketball team opens play in the Ralph Miller Classic in Chanute Thursday afternoon. The Spartans will play Olathe North with tip-off set for 4:45p. Senior Beau Baumgardner says...

The Emporia High girls bowling team finished in a tie for 1st place with Manhattan at the Topeka West quad Wednesday. Individually Kinsey Miller finished in 1st place rolling a career best 714 series....

The Emporia High boys swim team finished in 3rd place out of 5 teams at the Olathe South Invitational Wednesday. The Spartans had 5 3rd place finishes:200 medley relay of Jadon Lantz, Daniel Knapp, Ca...

Four players were suspended by the Big-12 for their roles in brawl at the end of the Kansas – Kansas State basketball game Tuesday night. KUs Silvo De Sousa was suspended 12 games. Earlier in th...