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The next few days will be busy for road improvements, both in and out of Emporia. Within the city limits, three railroad crossings will be shut down all week starting Monday. Burlington Northern Santa...

Lyon County authorities say two people injured following a car vs. motorcycle crash in North Lyon County Friday evening are going to be alright. The vehicles collided at the intersection of Highway 99...

A sold-out crowd witnessed history during Friday’s annual Flint Hills Technical College Foundation Gala. While final numbers are still being calculated, this year’s auction and benefit rai...

Madison-Virgil has its new superintendent, and Board President Jeff Williams could not sound more pleased with the selection Friday night of USD 432 Victoria junior-senior high principal Stu Moeckel f...

Highway traffic can now move freely by Neosho Rapids. Work has finished up on Kansas Highway 130. Burlington Northern Santa Fe crews had shut down the K-130 crossing to replace rails, triggering a roa...

MERIDEN, Kan. – A Kansas veteran killed in an early morning rollover crash in Jefferson County has been identified. Authorities say 69-year-old Gary D. Kirkwood of Topeka lost control of his veh...

The Governor’s Award of Valor is going to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper who saved the life of an Emporia truck driver this past winter. Technical Trooper Raul Carillo was southbound on the Kan...

Seniors and Emporia State athletes dusted off their dancin’ boots for a night of celebration Thursday evening at Memorial Union’s Webb Hall. The 11th annual Senior Prom invited residents o...

Students from the Didde Catholic Campus Center at Emporia State are planning to spend the next couple nights in boxes along Merchant Street to benefit the Emporia Rescue Mission. The annual Sleep in a...

An Emporia man was badly hurt when his pickup collided with a semi on the Kansas Turnpike on Wednesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol crash log says a truck driven by 54-year-old Kenneth Main of Emporia h...