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For the third year in a row, Emporia businesses will be showing their spirit for the Emporia State football team as they host their home opener Thursday. The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce is again ...

Lyon County commissioners will spend much of Thursday’s action meeting discussing bridges. Commissioners will consider a quote from Alfred Benesch and Company to handle the county’s biannu...

Federal health officials say you should not eat Honey Smacks cereal, even though the salmonella outbreak linked to the cereal hasn’t hit Kansas yet. So far, 36 states have reported salmonella ca...

A new court date has been set for former Emporia Senior Center Director Lannie Lyman. Originally scheduled for a two-hour setting Oct. 4, Lyman will now appear before Judge Jeffry Larson at 1:15 p.m. ...

The Granada Theatre Alliance Board of Directors is in the process of setting parameters as it begins a search for a new director. Board Vice President Christian Keisler says those guidelines could be ...

Better than six weeks after its former director was charged with stealing money from the organization, the Emporia Senior Center is in the process of finding stable footing in several ways. Part of th...

Just under $1,000 will be headed to Folds of Honor, thanks to a recent fundraiser through the Emporia Golf Course. Course manager Marcus Erkel was excited to announce $905 is going to Folds of Honor, ...

Prairie Street between 15th and 18th is now closed for most of the day. Recently, Underground Utilities crews noticed a leak on a 20-inch water main. Crews are repairing that leak Tuesday. Prairie wil...

Teachers and students across Emporia continue to get used to the new school year now two weeks in. On KVOE’s Newsmaker 2 program Tuesday morning, USD 253 Superintendent Kevin Case said a big pus...

The Emporia City Commission will hold an action meeting Wednesday afternoon. Among the agenda items are an ordinance and rezone request as well as a minor plat request for a property at 302 South Cong...