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Take Me Back to Chicago provides rousing performances of superband's big hits
Founding Chicago member Danny Seraphine promised a night of hits when he brought his Take Me Back to Chicago experience to Emporia’s Granada Theatre on Saturday night. He did not disappoint. You...
May 12, 2019
EARLY UPDATE: Cottonwood River clear of K-99, but highway still closed
Rivers keep coming down across the KVOE listening area, but Kansas Highway 99 remains closed until further notice south of Emporia. The highway has been closed the past several days due to flooding an...
May 12, 2019
EVENING UPDATE: K-99 still closed, no word on potential reopen time as Cottonwood continues to drop
Rivers keep coming down across the KVOE listening area, but Kansas Highway 99 remains closed until further notice south of Emporia. The highway has been closed the past several days due to flooding an...
May 12, 2019
One person taken to hospital after crash near Olpe
Details are pending after an injury crash near Olpe on Saturday afternoon. Two vehicles collided in the 1000 block of Road 70, about a mile west of Olpe, around 2:15 pm. Emporia Fire took a female to ...
May 12, 2019
MIDDAY UPDATE: Deputies not actively searching for more people after water rescue near Emporia; small mudslide develops in northeast Lyon County
Local authorities rescued three people from a car that went into floodwaters early Saturday morning. Lyon County deputies were called out to the intersection of Road 160 and H around 4:30 am. Undershe...
May 11, 2019
Third political newcomer now in Emporia City Commission field
The list of candidates for Emporia City Commission keeps growing. Lisa Brittain is the latest to file for the commission, joining incumbent Becky Smith, Emporia School Board member Susan Brinkman and ...
May 11, 2019
ESU sends spring 2019 graduates out in style
Commencements have concluded for Emporia State University. Your browser does not support the audio element. ESU held three sets of graduation activities, with graduate students getting their degrees F...
May 11, 2019
MORNING UPDATE: Three people safe, one arrested after water rescue; K-99 still closed south of Emporia
Three people have been rescued and a fourth arrested as part of a water rescue that developed before sunrise Saturday morning. Lyon County deputies were called out to the intersection of Road 160 and ...
May 11, 2019
EVENING UPDATE: List of closed Lyon County roads shrinks but is still long
Barricades have been removed from several Lyon County roads affected by flooding this week. Unfortunately, Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia is not yet on that list. Hours after saying barricades wou...
May 11, 2019
Graduation ceremonies for ESU kicked off Friday evening, more to come Saturday
The May Commencement ceremonies for Emporia State University began Friday evening with the conferring of graduate students. The May graduation ceremonies for ESU are two-day events beginning with the ...
May 11, 2019
