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Despite Monday being a holiday, the Lyon-Chase County Transfer Station will be up and running. Starting at 8 am, residents will be able to visit the station to drop off trees and brush only. Originall...

Fewer Kansas residents applied for concealed carry gun permits in fiscal 2019 despite a short-term reduction in the application fee. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says his office received arou...

The Kansas Turnpike Authority is asking drivers to offer their feedback on Turnpike travels. A special customer satisfaction survey is now available until Sept. 30. Chief Executive Officer Steve Hewit...

Halfway to Everywhere was everything it was cracked up to be. The first-ever music and arts festival brought 30-plus bands and several thousand people to downtown Emporia to kick off the Labor Day wee...

Cleanup efforts continue in and around Emporia after Friday’s powerful thunderstorms. Over 9,600 Westar Energy customers lost power between 1 and 2 am Friday when storms blasted the area with hi...

The National Weather Service says a “serial microburst” was responsible for the widespread damage in Lyon and Chase counties early Friday. The Weather Service says a cluster of storms gene...

Demolition and renovation at Emporia State University’s Morse Hall residence complex are both going well, according to Director of Residence Life Cass Coughlin. ESU is in the process of renovati...

Rain or shine, downtown Emporia figures to be a bustling place Saturday for the first-ever Halfway to Everywhere Music and Arts Festival and the No Coast Film Festival. Halfway to Everywhere has been ...

Trials are set to begin near the end of 2019 for two separate cases after hearings in Lyon County District Court Friday afternoon. Jury trial in the case of Gustavo Perez-Garcia is set to begin on Nov...

A fourth person has died after a fire in Burlington earlier this month. The Coffey County Sheriff’s Office says 52-year-old Richard Powell died early Thursday due to injuries he sustained in a f...