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The Dirty Kanza has grown to an XL this year. The inaugural DK XL launched Friday afternoon, with 34 elite hand selected gravel riders taking the 350-mile challenge. Riders have until 3 a.m. Sunday to...

Questions have developed about a data verification request for Emporia High School alums, but Principal Britton Hart says it’s OK for alumni to participate. The email went out earlier this week ...

Over 2,700 riders from around the world will push off into the Flint Hills this weekend for the annual Dirty Kanza. On a recent Morning Show interview this week, DK Operations Manager LeLan Dains said...

Fundraising is now underway as the National Memorial to Fallen Educators looks to expand. The memorial won’t be expanding its footprint at Emporia State University’s one-room schoolhouse, ...

US Congressman Roger Marshall will be in Emporia next week. Marshall is not making any announced public stops, but he will be involved in a pair of industry tours Monday. Those businesses have not bee...

For the second time this week, Wabaunsee County authorities and the Kansas Highway Patrol are involved in a standoff. Wabaunsee County Dispatch confirms the situation near Alta Vista but has no other ...

US Senator Jerry Moran has been crisscrossing the state recently with several stops on his annual Listening Tour. That tour brought him to a town hall stop at Emporia’s American Legion Post No. ...

The first-ever Quilts of Gratitude featured covering was formally claimed Thursday. Glenna Nymeyer says she was overjoyed when she found out Wednesday. The reason? The quilt now goes to her brother. Y...

Reading City Council and local community members came together Thursday evening to swap ideas about what to do with the former Reading Elementary school building. Earlier this year the USD 251 Board o...

The Emporia Municipal Band kicked off its 78th concert season Thursday evening. The concert titled “Beginnings and Endings”, included songs like “When the Saints Go Marching In”...