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Emporia State University will present its annual Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture Series with a special speaker and a powerful topic. This year's speaker is Assistant Professor of Teacher Education...

USD 253 Emporia Community Relations says an Emporia High student died Thursday. Community Relations Director Lyndel Landgren says 10th-grader Allison Hess passed away. Circumstances are not being divu...

Three bills dealing with separate issues have passed their respective chambers in the Kansas Legislature. The Senate overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 180, which would establish the Women's Bill of Ri...

The Kansas Turnpike Authority is launching into construction season, and it has a lot of projects impacting the KVOE listening area. In mile marker order: *Five cashless tolling zones will be added wi...

Trial now isn't coming until summer at the earliest for one of the six defendants in the Jesus Avila murder from over five years ago. At a hearing Thursday, Judge Lee Fowler accepted a defense request...

After a trio of interviews Tuesday and a quartet of executive sessions Thursday, USD 252 Southern Lyon County appears closer to naming a new superintendent. The board just isn't fully ready to take th...

Reported COVID-19 cases dipped over the past week in Lyon County. Lyon County Public Health reported 23 new cases, down from 32 reported Feb. 15 and 45 announced Feb. 8. Deaths remained flat at 135 si...

As expected, Lyon County has ended its partnership with the Humane Society of the Flint Hills for animal quarantines. Sheriff Jeff Cope presented a contract to work with Raise Your Paws at 312 Commerc...

Formal charges are pending after an alleged foot chase in Emporia this past weekend. Police Capt. Lisa Hayes says 27-year-old Gustavo Lopez, hometown not listed, was arrested on suspicion of four coun...

A plea may be in the works as part of an alleged chase incident in Emporia from this past fall. As part of a hearing recently in Lyon County District Court, Judge Lee Fowler canceled all potential tri...