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Last year, Emporia High had to drastically rearrange its plans for spring commencement with the coronavirus pandemic in its early stages. This year’s event wasn’t exactly back to the pre-p...

Candidate filing numbers have started to increase in Lyon County. Which is good, but there are still a lot of incumbents yet to file and positions with few to no candidates. The most recent to file ar...

Kansas continued its recovery from the peak of the coronavirus pandemic a year ago, based on the latest jobless report from the Kansas Department of Labor. The jobless rate dipped from 3.7 percent in ...

One person was hurt in a two-vehicle crash near Allen on Saturday. Lyon County Deputy Jason Gifford says the report came in just before 5 pm at the intersection of Roads 330 and K, about 1.5 miles sou...

Names have not been released, but a lot of other details have been divulged after a fiery crash involving a dragged car in western Chase County on Friday. Chase County Sheriff Richard Dorneker says a ...

One person was taken to Newman Regional Health for treatment after two vehicles collided in west Chase County on Friday. The Chase County Sheriff’s Office says the wreck happened at the junction...

The USD 253 Emporia Board of Education has a special meeting on short notice Friday. Board Clerk Casey Jones says the meeting will be at 4:30 pm at Mary Herbert. The district’s website, www.usd2...

Emporia students between the ages of 12 and 15 had their first chance to get vaccinated for coronavirus Friday, and many took advantage. Close to 200 students all told, as well as school staff and mem...

A report says a North Lyon County eighth-grade student was sexually harassed for saying she was a lesbian during a bus ride home earlier this year. The report from Kansas Association of School Boards ...

“It was quite an evening.” That was the initial response Reading Mayor Todd Hensley had on KVOE’s Morning Show on Wednesday with the 10-year anniversary of a devastating EF-3 tornado...