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Tyson Foods is piloting a new program to monitor company efforts in protecting workers from coronavirus, and the Emporia facility is part of the work. Tyson has partnered with Cleveland Clinic for wha...

Live Call-In: Emporia Chamber of Commerce Your browser does not support the audio element. Newsmaker: Polar Plunge organizers Mitch Guthrie, Kevin Risley, and Scott Hayes preview this year’s Pol...

Phone lines are back up and running for Flint Hills Community Health Center and Lyon County Public Health, but the number of people calling Public Health’s COVID-19 Hotline to schedule vaccinati...

The Emporia High boys and girls bowling teams finished in 2nd place at Manhattan Monday, finishing second to Manhattan. Individually for the boys, Chase Swift finished in 3rd place with a 593 series. ...

Lyon County commissioners have a busy day ahead Wednesday. Commissioners have a study session to start their day. They will have three executive sessions before going to a road view on parts of Old We...

Kansas started the calendar year and passed the midway point of the fiscal year with solid financial numbers. The Department of Revenue says January sales tax receipts went above $795 million. That to...

After naming a new local plant manager late last month, Hopkins Manufacturing is announcing a new member of its administrative team. Vince Callaghan has been named Vice President of Information Techno...

Capitol Federal is letting customers back inside its banks. Two months ago, the bank stopped lobby traffic inside all its branches, including downtown Emporia, as a precautionary measure following a s...

Flint Hills Technical College and Emporia State University have announced a new transfer agreement involving multimedia design students. The agreement lets FHTC multimedia design students earning asso...

The Emporia State womens basketball team has a make-up game on the schedule for Tuesday night. They will be playing at Missouri Western. The Lady Hornets take a 9-3 record into the game. Western is 3-...