Category Archives: News

Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking couldn't give an exact date but says local residents could see an announcement on the city's new Common Consumption Area format possibly by next month. Cocking told t...

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed legislation altering advance mail voting procedures. The legislation in question, Senate Bill 4, seeks to remove the three-day grace period for receiving and cou...

Multiple activities are on the calendar at Flint Hills Technical College this week. FHTC will be hosting a women's-centered activity 'Hats and Hors d'oeurves' from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the conferen...

Conference committee work is getting started in the Legislature after the Kansas House and Senate passed similar -- but not identical -- income tax packages. The push towards a new income tax policy i...

Rural hospitals continue to see a number of challenges as they try to stay afloat and serve their coverage areas. The 2025 Rural Health State of the State as compiled by Chartis indicates close to 90 ...

It's early in the spring burn season, but Lyon and Osage counties currently have the most area acres burned in the latest report from Kansas Flint Hills Smoke Management. The report for the period end...

A short agenda on a big topic is ahead for the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education this week. The current agenda, posted on the district's website at usd253.org, is all about the ongoing search for a n...

CareArc's Board of Directors will have two meetings Tuesday. The regular meeting will consist of standard reports -- operations updates from Chief Medical Officer Tammy Black and Chief Dental Officer ...

High to very high fire danger continues areawide Monday and may be ongoing for Tuesday. Air temperatures in the mid-70s will combine with dry grases, low relative humidity levels under 20 percent and ...

The Cottonwood Falls Housing Authority held a special open house Sunday, celebrating the reconstruction of several housing units and repurposed laundry room after a deadly fire nearly three years ago....