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The biggest fundraiser of the year is happening this weekend for the Emporia State University Department of Music. The annual gala benefit concert is taking place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in ESU’s ...

The Emporia City Commission had a rather short study session on Wednesday morning. One of the items being considered is a change to the rental housing ordinance regarding minimum temperature requireme...

A significant water line project begins Wednesday in southeast Emporia. Over the next eight weeks or so, Kansas Avenue will have a 16-inch water main installed between Exchange and East. City Engineer...

Ten inches of rain or more across the KVOE listening area since Aug. 1 hasn’t been enough to remove the state’s drought emergency declaration for Lyon or any surrounding county. In the lat...

Lyon County commissioners have a lengthy agenda for their action meeting Thursday. Commissioners will consider an agreement with RES Americas, which has been working for several years to build a wind ...

A memorial service is coming later this week for Dr. Mary Winstead Bonner. Bonner died July 15 at the age of 94. Emporia State University is inviting the public to remember Dr. Bonner at a 3 p.m. serv...

The intersection of 15th Ave. and Rural Street is expected to reopen Wednesday morning. Emporia City Engineering closed the intersection in late August for the replacement of an 8-inch water main nort...

Already facing charges of sexual battery against two adults, an Emporia chiropractor has now been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager. A formal charge of rape has been filed in Lyon County Dis...

A local organization is encouraging the community to turn out this week for those struggling with thoughts of suicide and depression. Part of National Suicide Prevention Week, Beacon for Hope Suicide ...

MELVERN — American flags adorned the Kansas Highway 31 bridge over Interstate 35 on Tuesday. For the past 16 years, the bridge has been the site of Random Acts of Patriotism — the area eve...