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Kansas lawmakers took two separate steps to finalize the state’s budget — and move towards ending the current veto session — with votes Friday. Lawmakers started by finishing a publi...

Emporia High biology teacher Erica Huggard is among a handful of teachers named as state finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Huggard is an ESU gra...

The Osage County Sheriff’s Office is recognizing three of its own for their work to save lives. The department will hand out what it calls lifesaving awards to three deputies involving two separ...

Farmers to Families has been in Americus on Saturday for a food giveaway. Another one is coming in Emporia soon. First United Methodist Church, 823 Merchant, will be the host site Tuesday afternoon. F...

The forecast still calls for a possibility of severe weather across the KVOE listening area Saturday evening. All hazards are possible starting after 7 pm, according to the National Weather Service, a...

Planning for budget cuts at Emporia State University has led to action. On Friday, ESU announced it would eliminate 10 positions, either at the end of the current academic year in June or at the end o...

Lyon County Public Health is reporting a small increase in overall COVID-19 cases and another small decrease in active cases. Four new cases were reported Friday, moving the pandemic total to 4,252 ca...

Mask use, mass gathering limits and social distancing have all gone from mandates to recommendations over the last month, but event organizers should still have those as part of their plans. That̵...

There has been another adjustment to the state’s COVID-19 travel quarantine list. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has added Colorado to the list as well as the countries of Cabo ...

La Grind is coming this Mother’s Day weekend. Riders will take off from downtown Emporia at 9 am Saturday, with the finish line opening at 1 pm — shortly before the first riders are expect...