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Representatives of close to 50 local businesses were on hand for Healthier Lyon County’s Pathways for a Healthy Kansas Business Forum on Tuesday. Healthier Lyon County grant manager Daphne Merte...

On Wednesday, a site visit team from the Higher Learning Commission will leave Emporia and head back to Chicago. The team has been at Emporia State University since Monday, looking at mission, institu...

Halloween is a time of fun for kids, but some work is needed to make sure the little ghosts and goblins are safe as they go out trick-or-treating. A lot of that has to do with the costumes themselves,...

One man escaped serious injury after his car hit a horse in northern Wabaunsee County early Tuesday morning. The horse was not so fortunate. Sheriff Rob Hoskins says the wreck happened at Kansas Highw...

The general election across Kansas next Tuesday isn’t the only election of note taking place next week. Members of the Lyon-Coffey and Radiant electric cooperatives will meet separately Monday t...

Have you ever heard of the “grandkid scam?” It’s not a scam to give you a relative you never had before. Instead, it’s when somebody calls you from out of the blue, saying that...

An Emporia man accused of stealing items from several Emporia businesses has reached a plea agreement in his case. Shawn Patrick Gilligan, 32, pleaded no contest to single counts of non-residential bu...

Two people, including a Madison man, were hurt when five vehicles collided at a highway construction zone in Butler County on Monday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the wreck happen...

Osage City and Westar Energy crews worked long hours Monday night and Tuesday morning after a major power outage for the town of nearly 3,000 residents. The outage was first reported just after 6 pm n...

Even though the official season of giving is still a few months away, residents have a chance to donate for the benefit of Plumb Place. Melissa Bailey, an Emporia State University professor, is at the...