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West Side Baptist Church and Kansas Gear Up are partnering for the second annual Fun Day for Foster Kids. Organizer Craig Barnwell encourages parents to show up around 9:30 am to register. He says the...

USD 252 Southern Lyon County recently was awarded a $25,000 grant to further its STEM programs through America’s Farmer Grow Rural Education program. The district is planning to utilize the gran...

Safe Kids Emporia has its final child seat safety check lane of the year Saturday. Folks are encouraged to stop by Emporia’s Fire Station No. 2 at 15th and Industrial from 9 am to 1 pm. Safe Kid...

Timmerman Elementary will host a disc golf tournament at Hammond Park on Saturday. Registration is $25 in advance or $30 at the park. Registration begins at noon, with a clinic also to be held at 12:3...

This weekend, people looking for deals will be up and down Kansas Highway 99. Fabulous Finds on Highway 99 is underway Friday and continues Saturday. Sale locations are up and down the highway across ...

Scott Whittington has stepped down from his position as chief executive officer of Lyon-Coffey Electric Cooperative effective immediately. Whittington served as the head of the electric cooperative th...

Emporia firefighters were called to an intersection in southeast Emporia after a city garbage truck apparently pulled down an overhead line. Fire crews were called to the intersection of South Cottonw...

The blue-green algae watch for Council Grove City Lake has been lifted. The watch went into effect last week. Other area lakes remain in either a watch or warning after the latest update from the Kans...

The Kansas Department of Agriculture has confirmed an unlisted number of cases of West Nile virus in horses across Kansas, including cases in Lyon County. The department says these cases have come to ...

Showers and storms early Friday morning dropped close to half an inch of rain in some spots and are giving the atmosphere a more fall-like feel right before we officially change seasons. Here at the K...