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Crime Stoppers issues reward for stolen dog
A unique theft has the attention of Lyon County Crime Stoppers. The crime-fighting auxiliary group has issued a reward of up to $1,000 for the theft of a dog back in December. The 5-year-old chow-gold...
Jan 18, 2020
Humane Society of the Flint Hills encourages local participation in Animal Planet sweepstakes
Animal Planet’s annual Puppy Bowl will kick off here soon with a sweepstake that could greatly benefit the Humane Society of the Flint Hills. The Puppy Bowl sweepstakes is giving away $1,000 to ...
Jan 18, 2020
Activities for local Girl Scouts pick up with start of the new year
The turn of a new year is always an exciting time for Girl Scouts for one main reason – cookie sales – and Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland has several events lined up to get the scouts rea...
Jan 18, 2020
Emporia State basketball teams play at Nebraska Kearney
The Emporia State Basketball teams play at Nebraska Kearney Saturday. Both the women and men will try to bounce back from Wednesdays losses at Fort Hays State. They will also be going after the regula...
Jan 17, 2020
Flint Hills Community Health Center eager for new developments in new year
With Flint Hills Community Health Center potentially ending 2019 in the black for the first time, health center officials are looking forward to what’s to come this year. Flint Hills Community H...
Jan 17, 2020
UPDATE: Slick spots remain, but driving conditions see notable improvement from early Friday
Travel conditions are better than they could have been, but a number of slick spots remain in place as we progress through Friday. Freezing drizzle caused widespread icing across the area early Friday...
Jan 17, 2020
Republican lawmakers displeased with plans to reamortize KPERS as budget support
Moderate and conservative Republicans alike are not pleased with one key component of Governor Laura Kelly’s budget plan. The governor had said she would ask lawmakers to reamortize payments to ...
Jan 17, 2020
New initiative bringing common leadership language to Emporia community
Once again Emporia will be on the cutting edge of leadership development thanks to a new initiative currently in the works. This was the main focus of Wednesday’s Talk of Emporia which featured ...
Jan 17, 2020
Emporia's Mechanic Street underpass to be closed next week
Emporia’s Mechanic Street underpass will close starting Monday. City Clerk Kerry Sull says the closure is due to the city’s ongoing work on the downtown sanitary sewer improvement project....
Jan 17, 2020
Emporia Highs Riley Wagner selected for Shrine Bowl
Emporia Highs Riley Wagner has been selected to play in the Shrine Bowl.
Jan 17, 2020
