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Mobilizing Literacy 4 Lyon County Families and the Kansas Masonic Literacy Center are partnering on a new literacy event. The groups are participating in World Read Aloud Day on Wednesday, and they ar...

An Emporia man was arrested after a reported injury crash outside the city limits late Sunday night. Lyon County Deputy Brandon Early says the wreck was reported shortly after 11 pm in the 600 block o...

On Sunday night, fans across Chiefs Kingdom celebrated something they hadn’t done in 50 years: a Super Bowl victory. Your browser does not support the audio element. The Chiefs came from 10 poin...

Traffic has returned to normal on part of West 12th impacted when a minivan crashed into a utility pole Saturday morning. West 12th was shut down between Constitution and Neosho for several hours, but...

2019 was not a kind year to the agriculture business sector, at least by one measurement. Family farm bankruptcies jumped 20 percent last year to 595, the highest increase since 2010 according to US C...

A heads-up for those of you who use Amazon: there is a scam trying to get to your personal information. The Chase County Sheriff’s Office says scammers will send you an email account saying your...

Sewer relining continues this week in downtown Emporia. Crews have been working the last two weeks injecting a special lining to extend the lifespan of sanitary sewer lines downtown. This has meant se...

There is good news for drivers in part of downtown Emporia. The 10 block of East Sixth and West Sixth are now back to normal traffic flow after a water line installation project. The work isn’t ...

A new 10-year transportation plan for Kansas may be just down the road, in a manner of speaking. Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz unveiled the FORWARD plan recently and it has already been introd...

Increased reliance on renewable fuel sources, coupled with a reduction in carbon output, are the key takeaways in Evergy’s plans to meet customer needs as announced Thursday. Spokesperson Gina P...