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Kaila Mock and Joel Smith preview the July First Friday Art Walk in downtown Emporia. Your browser does not support the audio element.

Suffice it to say, Emporia City Manager Mark McAnarney is pleased with how the city’s annual fireworks show went Thursday night. Your browser does not support the audio element. The city took on...

With Kansas agriculture suffering repeated blows this spring and summer due to flooding and other severe weather, an emergency grant package has been announced by Farm Aid, Kansas Farmers Union and Na...

An Emporia woman has been reappointed to the Kansas Supreme Court Task Force on Permanency Planning. Mickey Edwards, the executive director of the Kansas CASA Association, was reappointed to a four-ye...

Several road or bridge construction projects have recently been approved by the Kansas Department of Transportation. In Lyon County, KDOT has approved a bridge repair on Kansas Highway 99 over 142-Mil...

The USATF Junior Olympic Region 9 Championships began Thursday at Emporia States Welch Stadium and Witten track. Two champions were crowned in the Pentathlon. Trinity Walter won the girls 11 and 12 ye...

Fourth of July festivities came to an end with the annual Emporia Fireworks display Thursday evening. Hundreds filled Welch Stadium at the Emporia State University campus, and many many more watched a...

After heavy to massive rainfall totals in parts of Kansas on Thursday, river-based flood warnings have now been issued east and west of Emporia. The Neosho River is now in a flood warning at Neosho Ra...

Emporia Police have taken a report on a possible vandalism incident at the All Veterans Memorial. One of the Huey helicopter’s windows was broken out. The timing of the incident is unclear, alth...

The Cleveland Indians scored 6 runs in the 7th inning on the way to a 8-4 win over the Kansas City Royals Thursday afternoon. The Royals scored 3 runs in the 3rd inning on singles by Whit Merrifield a...