Category Archives: News

The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services is asking residents to pay attention to phone calls revolving around "plastic Medicare cards." KDADS says any discussion about plastic cards are...

The city of Eureka is asking residents to take part in a meeting discussing the future of the city's Memorial Hall. The meeting is at the Memorial Hall gymnasium from 4-5:30 pm Friday and involves con...

Several weeks of winter weather are still ahead, but this is the time of year when the National Weather Service forecast offices begin announcing their severe weather training schedules. And the Wichi...

Firefighters from two Lyon County departments were called out to battle a string of small grass fires along Interstate 35 near Emporia early Monday. That's not what they found. Fires were reported sho...

New Strawn city leadership is alerting residents a boil water advisory is now underway after a water main break Sunday. The town noted a water main break around 8 am and reported completed repairs aft...

Emporia's Flying J travel plaza has marked a "top-to-bottom" renovation with a significant financial donation to an Emporia High School project. The Emporia project is part of Pilot Flying J's $1 bill...

The push is on -- in some cases, literally -- to bring Quik Trip to west Emporia. Early site preparation work recently began at the site of the Flint Hills Crossing development between the Flint Hills...

Conversations about preventing suicide and the reasons behind suicidal thoughts have seen a lot of progress the last five years, but Beacon for Hope Suicide Prevention founder and director Melissa Owe...

A first court appearance is tentatively set for Monday for an Emporia man accused of distributing marijuana. William David Walters, age 29, was arrested Thursday evening and later charged with one cou...

Two area state senators have new committee assignments. 17th District Senator Mike Argabright of Olpe has been named to the Senate Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs. The committee will meet as nee...