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Typically the doors of American Legion Post 5 stand closed on Sundays, however, they were open this Sunday for a very special occasion. The Legion Doors stood open to welcome Operation Desert Storm an...

Local Girl Scout cookie sales are underway in the local community and going strong. Now three weeks into cookie sales, Angela Cheever with Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland says cookies are “flyin...

A special breakfast will be kicking off a fundraising campaign all to support the efforts of local scouts later this week. The annual Friends of Scouting Breakfast is coming up this week. The breakfas...

So far, so good as the prescribed fire season continues at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Over 2,000 acres were burned without incident late last week. Nature Conservancy Flint Hills Initiat...

There is now a third COVID-19 vaccine approved by the federal government, and it could be available soon. The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use approval for Johnson & JohnsonR...

Health officials are glad recent coronavirus numbers are slowing down, but — and there always seems to be a but with the disease — they are worried about the impact of new variants that ar...

For the first time in several months, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has adjusted its travel quarantine list. Five countries have been added: Mayotte, Czechia, San Marino, Montenegro ...

Two area counties announced new COVID-19 data sets Friday. Greenwood County only had one new case to announce, moving its total to 587 over the past 11 months. The county health department also announ...

An Emporia woman accused of having stolen guns, a stolen vehicle and illegal drugs in her possession over a month ago will be back in court Monday. Mariel Gwinn Ascencio, also known as Mariel Martin, ...

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic — and the longstanding financial impact it has had on many people — has prompted Evergy to extend its moratorium on service disconnections. Evergy’s ...