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After announcing masks will be needed in all campus buildings, Emporia State University is now encouraging staffers to get vaccinated. All university employees will be offered a $300 incentive to get ...

A Topeka woman was taken to Newman Regional Health for observation and possible treatment after a crash on the Kansas Turnpike northeast of Emporia on Friday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol says weat...

Olpe residents may have awoken to a bit of a surprise Saturday morning, but City Clerk Joyce Wilson says the situation was always under control. Residents got their Saturdays started with low water pr...

The Emporia Recreation Commission has three meetings in one Monday evening. Board members will have a hearing specifically on the commission's revenue neutral rate at 5:30 pm. Taxing entities must let...

The USD 251 North Lyon County Board of Education has a special meeting planned for Monday evening. Board members will get a COVID-19 update, with a discussion point on a coronavirus testing grant on t...

If you're attending an event at the Emporia Granada Theatre, be prepared to wear a mask or have proof of vaccination. Late Friday night, Director Rebeca Herrera and Board of Directors President Mike H...

Monday's vaccination event during the Emporia Main Street Welcome Back Block Party is now a vaccination-and-testing event. Lyon County Public Health and the Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund's...

Kansas First District Republican Congressman Tracy Mann was in Emporia Friday. Mann stopped at the Lyon County History Center as part of a two-week town hall tour across the Big First to gauge local r...

Severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of the KVOE listening area have expired with no severe weather reports. A severe thunderstorm watch continues for Lyon and Osage counties until 2 am Saturday. 7:...

Lyon County State Bank has closed its lobbies to patrons until further notice. The closure was announced Friday and took place immediately. Chief Operating Officer Lisa Hill says the decision follows ...