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Emporia State’s Music Department brought back a former professor to both perform and be honored during the Gala Benefit Concert on Saturday. Katherine Borst Jones was a flute professor in 1973. ...

A missing Lyon County teenager went home after being gone for much of Saturday. Stephanie Williams had left a home in south Lyon County around 2:30 am Saturday. Authorities say she returned home Satur...

Local veterans are relieved to say the windows broken out of the helicopter at the All Veterans Memorial have been fixed. Justin Klumpe, who painted the helicopter in 2008, handled the repairs Saturda...

The bulk of events won’t take place until November, but All Veterans Tribute activities got started this weekend with the 15th annual fundraising golf tournament at the Emporia Golf Course on Sa...

The annual Great American Market kicked off with massive success Saturday morning and saw that trend continue throughout the day. This huge event has been lining up Emporia Main Street for 18 years no...

New family preservation contracts have been announced by the Kansas Department for Children and Families. TFI Family Services, which had served as the state’s family preservation contractor from...

Emporia State University is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to unveil a new sleep option on campus. It’s not a new residence hall. Instead, it’s something a lot smaller — a ...

The Emporia Public Library’s 150th-anniversary speaker series continued Friday, and the featured performer gave local residents a close up look at the efforts of women who helped shape the world...

The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas discussed several concerns regarding the impacts of the new Emporia Lyon County Regulatory Plan on industrial development in Emporia during ...

One man who accepted a special plea agreement in a Lyon County child sex abuse case from earlier this decade learned his sentence Friday. Jason Wayne Harden, 37, was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison a...