Category Archives: News

The Kansas Department of Transportation has awarded two contracts to an Emporia company for highway signage. Cooper Construction LLC won a nearly $1.5 million contract to sign work in parts of Atchiso...

The Kansas Department of Transportation is planning a shutdown of Kansas Highway 31 west of Harveyville later this week. Weather permitting, KDOT will close access to K-31 at the Miller Road intersect...

Maintenance and repairs are underway for several rail crossings in Emporia over the next several days. Burlington Northern Santa Fe's partner Roadsafe has announced closures at the following locations...

The Professional Disc Golf Association's Junior World Championships now underway in Emporia have a distinctly black-and-gold color to the event. Reason being: Emporia State University is a participati...

Fundraising went well for the third annual Lolapalooza block party in downtown Emporia on Saturday. Proceeds -- just under $5,000 worth -- go to the Street Cats Club Lola Love Fund so residents who ty...

A teenager was hospitalized in Emporia after a rollover crash near Admire on Saturday evening. Lyon County Deputy Tom Hardin says the crash happened just before 6:45 pm in the 3100 block of Kansas Hig...

Coffey County Sheriff Tom Johnson is understandably quite pleased with the county's new Law Enforcement Center in Burlington. Johnson says this is a significant step forward for his department, as wel...

Sentencing is ahead next month for an Emporia man initially accused of raping a teenager better than four years ago. On Friday, Erik Alvarez accepted a plea agreement that changed the single count of ...

As work continues to sell the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1980 building at 932 Graphic Arts Road, post members are asking for help with a project at the facility. Post Commander Phil Sickler says me...

A significant housing and commercial development returns to the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission on Tuesday. Board members will consider approval of both the final Planned Unit Development and fi...