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The Flint Hills Technical College Presidential Search Committee has named the finalists to potentially take over as college president following the retirement of Dean Hollenbeck later this year. The t...

The Kansas Department of Labor announced updates and extensions to several unemployment assistance programs Monday. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) extends both the Pandemic Emergency Unemp...

At least one incumbent has announced their intentions to seek re-election this year. Emporia City Commissioner Susan Brinkman filed for re-election Monday. Brinkman is currently in her first term on t...

Emporia State University has a new virtual series that gets underway Tuesday. The series, “Who Knew!? With ESU,” will feature multiple installments focusing on different departments across...

The fight against COVID-19 continues statewide, and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly thinks Kansas is on the right track. Gov. Kelly was Monday’s Talk of Emporia guest and discussed a number of issue...

Lyon County’s recent COVID-19 data set showed another simultaneous rise in overall and active cases. Public Health reported nine new cases Monday bringing the county’s overall total since ...

The Emporia man accused of murder in the death of another Emporia man following a fatality accident last Thursday had his first appearance in Lyon County District Court Monday.  23-year-old Devaw...

Monday marked one year since COVID-19 made its first appearance in Lyon County, and City Manager Mark McAnarney feels like the City of Emporia has done about as well as could have been expected. McAna...

This is the week where the state of Kansas’ vaccination effort jumps from phase two to a combination of phases three and four. This will mean all phase 1-4 eligible residents can now receive a v...

Greenwood County fire crews dealt with two different grass fire cases in blustery conditions Sunday afternoon. The first fire, according to Greenwood County Fire Chief Doug Williams, was reported just...