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Construction is coming — and soon — to the David Traylor Zoo, but some adjustments to the original plan are apparently needed. Director Lisa Keith says a recent adjustment to the Cottonwoo...

Walnut Elementary School representatives preview this year’s Thanksgiving Walnut Turkey Day Dash. Your browser does not support the audio element. Live Call-In: Nature’s Paradise

Lyon County deputies are looking for the person or people responsible for a unique theft. Deputies say a metal hand brake was stolen from a storage shed in Olpe at some point between Oct. 29 and Nov. ...

Add another scam to the list. The Osage County Sheriff’s Office says a resident received a mailed letter from Portugal saying he had won the lottery. The “final notification letter” ...

The Emporia State womens basketball team begins a 6 game homestand Monday night when they host Bethel. The Lady Hornets take a 3-2 record into the contest. Senior Jessica Wayne says it begins with def...

It’s Thanksgiving College Basketball tournament week. The Kansas Jayhawks will be playing in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. Kansas Coach Bill Self says this will be another good tournament. You...

Kansas State will be playing in the in the Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans Fort Myers Tipoff Monday. The Wildcats will play Pittsburgh in their first round game. The struggle for the Wildcats has bee...

The Emporia High boys basketball team is less then 2 weeks away from their season opener. The Spartans return 3 seniors Beau Baumgardner, Skyler Douglas and Connor Hoyt and 3 starters Charles Snyder, ...

USD 253 Emporia Public Schools will have a brief, but important, special session Monday evening pertaining to the $78 million facility improvement process. The board will officially authorize the offe...

Both the Emporia Municipal Airport and Coffey County Airport are receiving federal money for improvements. The Municipal Airport south of Emporia is receiving almost $500,000 to buy land for approache...