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The American Legion Post No. 5 hosted its 20th annual potato bar fundraiser for summer baseball teams Saturday, and turnout was heavy. Spokesman Ron Whitney talked about preparation for the event. You...

A Nebraska man was hospitalized in Emporia after his car was rear-ended on the Kansas Turnpike on Saturday. The crash at mile marker 143, four miles southwest of the Admire-Council Grove exit and 16 m...

MAPLE HILL — A Wabaunsee County man was killed in a train-truck crash Friday evening. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened about two miles north of Maple Hill around 6 pm. The incid...

Country music fans packed the Granada Theatre on Friday as American Idol winner and award-winning country music singer/songwriter Scotty McCreery performed for a full house. Fans cheered for the risin...

The Center for Great Plains Studies welcomes friends and supporters for its Friends of the Plains 2018 Dinner on Friday evening in Emporia State University’s Webb Hall. The featured speaker for ...

Disc golfers from around the world kept warm Friday, thanks to a Swedish tradition. The annual Swedish Bonfire took place at the Lyon County Fairgrounds as a part of the Glass Blown Open festivities. ...

Craig Doty brings a national-championship pedigree to Emporia as head men’s basketball coach. The 32-year-old Doty was formally introduced as Emporia State’s 17th head coach for men’...

Waters True Value was the place to be Friday afternoon as dozens came out to have their weather radios programmed. WIBW TV-13 Chief Meteorologist Jeremy Goodwin was on-hand to personally answer questi...

Samuel Garcia is set to spend the next seven years in prison for his involvement in an alleged kidnapping and beating incident last fall. Garcia was sentenced in Lyon County District Court on Friday. ...

An appeal is coming after sentencing was handed down in a burglary case that developed several years ago. On Thursday, Joseph Paul Jones was sentenced to 34 months in prison. Jones entered a plea agre...