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Emporia city commissioners overheard a request of support for an emerging countywide council during their study session Wednesday. Representatives seeking to formulate a new food policy council presen...

Emporia Middle School has nominated two outstanding teachers for the distinction of 2019 Kansas Teacher of the Year. Shely Perez, a sixth-grade family and consumer sciences teacher, and Robert Ovsak a...

Recently, Kansas Senator Jerry Moran joined fellow lawmakers in calling for an investigation into allegations of unpaid benefits for military veterans. Now the senator is joining lawmakers in introduc...

A potential budget amendment is in front of Lyon County commissioners as they gear up for their weekly action meeting tomorrow. A public hearing will take place at 10 am before commissioners decide wh...

The Salvation Army continues raising funds through its annual Red Kettle campaign. On KVOE’s Newsmaker segment Wednesday, Capt. Deb Thompson said the holiday fundraising drive focuses a lot of a...

Downtown Emporia will be hustling and bustling Thursday night. That’s because of several Emporia Main Street activities, including the holiday Midnight Madness event. Director Casey Woods says s...

Mention the phrase “sanitary sewer,” and you may not think of an important aspect of a city’s infrastructure. However, Emporia civic leaders have had the downtown sewer network in mi...

Oklahoma media outlets say a grandmother of a juvenile left at a Greenwood County rest area late last month was the woman arrested earlier this week on suspicion of child neglect in Oklahoma and child...

Two occupants of a semi were hurt and later taken to Emporia for treatment after a crash in northeast Lyon County on Tuesday night. The crash happened on US Highway 56 about a half-mile east of Miller...

A boil water advisory continues Wednesday for parts of Overbrook after two water lines broke earlier this week. The city says repairs in the 200 block of Elm and near the intersection of Sixth and Ced...