Category Archives: News

Traffic adjustments have been a common occurrence in Emporia over the last couple of years, but now adjustments to traffic control devices may be coming soon. During the latest Emporia City Commission...

Drug and weapons charges are pending after an arrest by Emporia Police officers Tuesday night. Officers arrested Daniel Tabares Herrera on suspicion of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, ...

Kansas WorkforceONE and Emporia's Rapid Response Task Force are moving quickly to connect people with resources after two significant business closure announcements within the last two weeks. Workforc...

Emporia's Country Mart is changing names later this month. Country Mart will officially become the city's second Good's CashSaver. Store owner Matt Good says this will be a good move for customers, bo...

A Missouri man suffered potentially serious injuries after a wreck in western Osage County on Tuesday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the wreck involved a pickup and a semi, happening around 10:...

Last month, National Teachers Hall of Fame Director Maddie Fennell said the Hall would start a new fundraising campaign this year to expand the National Memorial to Fallen Educators. The campaign offi...

Lyon County's recently-terminated contract for animal shelter services will see more discussion at Thursday's action meeting. Raise Your Paws owner Melanie Smith will present numbers and other informa...

The opening line in the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Kansas Grasslands Issue Brief reads as follows: "Grasslands are a critically important, yet often overlooked, natural resource in Kansas." An...

The vote was resounding -- and a surprise to organizers on both sides of the USD 417 Morris County school improvement bond issue Tuesday. Nearly 71 percent of district voters cast ballots against the ...

There wasn't much of a severe weather risk early Wednesday, and what little risk we had did not materialize. Strong storms began moving out of Oklahoma into southwest Kansas after midnight. Storms wer...