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TOPEKA — Gov. Jeff Colyer has unveiled a plan to reduce siltation above four federal reservoirs, including John Redmond Reservoir in Coffey County. Colyer's announcement Wednesday comes with the...

Agriculture producers may soon be able to get some financial assistance to help offset the impact of ongoing drought in the region. The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Division of Conservatio...

An Emporia woman convicted in the Nov. 4 burglary of the Flinthills Mall was sentenced Wednesday. Cheryl Dains, 47, was given a 24-month probation sentence during her hearing in Lyon County District C...

The Emporia Animal Shelter reports their kennels remain full since last week. It was reported last Monday the shelter was experiencing overcrowding when it came to the housing of animals. It appears n...

Traffic remains congested near Emporia's water line replacement project along West 12th Avenue, but part of that congestion is now easing. Underground Utilities supervisor Mike Dvorak says Prairie Str...

The first human cases of West Nile Virus were reported by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in Kansas Tuesday in two Johnson County residents. With a significant number of counties in a ...

July 2018 was the hardest on Emporia’s water system in the city’s recorded history, although records haven’t been tracked for that long. Public Works Director Frank Abart says there ...

Low-to-moderate income homeowners in southwest Emporia could soon see some benefits of a new housing grant approved by the Emporia City Commission Wednesday. Commissioners have paved the way for the c...

HARVEYVILLE — A Wabaunsee County woman was hurt in a crash west of Harveyville on Tuesday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 47-year-old Sara Diepenbrock of Alma was westbound on Kansas Hi...

City Engineering crews tended to a small gas leak in the 1600 block of East Wilman Court, which developed just before 10 a.m. A small service line was cut, but Supervisor Jeff Gentz says nobody needed...