Category Archives: News

Emporia's Solid Waste Department is in the midst of its busiest time of the year collecting post-holiday waste. For those who typically have their trash picked up Mondays, crews will collect their tra...

Two Eureka residents face possible criminal charges in Morris County after alleged drug distribution activity before Christmas. Council Grove Police Chief Shawn Wangerin says officers conducted a traf...

Street repairs will take place later, but a failed water main in central Emporia has been fixed. An 8-inch line failed in the 700 block of Rural and was reported shortly before noon. It took nearly th...

Numerous area communities had their trash service postponed due to last week's bitter cold. Many of them learned their rescheduled pickup dates Tuesday. Residents in Hartford, Lebo, Lyndon, Melvern, N...

Emporia's warming shelters may not have been used heavily last week, but the way they were set up may well serve as the template for future use if they are needed. Shelters were announced at the Empor...

Emporia Police has a new Animal Control officer. Police Capt. Ray Mattas has announced Chaney Besack is filling the long-vacant role for the department. Besack, who grew up on a farm near Emporia, is ...

The CareArc Board of Directors has its monthly meeting Tuesday. Board members will discuss new grants and a new "engagement proposal" from Forvis, an accounting and advisory service business. Separate...

State funding is coming to several area counties for varying quality-of-life enhancements. Kansas Lieutenant Governor and Commerce Secretary David Toland says the funding comes from the Strategic Econ...

Travel conditions aren't completely back to normal after a thin glaze of wintry precipitation Christmas Night, but conditions improved a lot Monday and should continue improving Tuesday. Emporia's maj...

Cleanup continues at Hetlinger Developmental Services after a water line failed recently. Staff noticed the failure as soon as they arrived to work Tuesday becaue there was standing water in the front...