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A hot, sticky Tuesday may end with severe weather. Temperatures will likely climb to the mid-90s, pushing heat index readings to around 101 by day's end. A cold front will drag across the area Tuesday...

The city of Emporia has nearly $1.2 million in state funds for Safe Routes to School improvements planned out several years ago. Funding is part of Transportation Alternatives Program through the Kans...

There will be repairs at a later time after an oversized load hit the Kansas Turnpike bridge over US Highway 50 in west Emporia last week, but they likely won't be near the scope of the renovations ne...

College students are back in Emporia and the community once again welcomed them with open arms and open doors Monday night in downtown Emporia. The annual Welcome Back Block Party filled the majority ...

Approved this past winter, early demolition work is now underway at Newman Regional Health's Cora Miller Hall. Work has started on removing windows and asbestos from inside the building that was erect...

The Flint Hills Beef Fest will be big this weekend. Why? Forty years of celebrating the grass cattle industry and its impact on the area economy. Committee member Brian Rees says it's a business categ...

The Emporia Sertoma Club is inviting one and all to enjoy the miniature train this weekend. A special celebration is coming from 6:30-8:30 pm Saturday at Soden's Grove. Club member Vicki Brooks says t...

Emporia's Jones Aquatic Center closed out its regular summer season Sunday. Supervisor Jennifer Wegener says there was a good attendance for the Final Fiesta, the human half of the event, before the d...

Trial was supposed to begin this week in an aggravated human trafficking case in Lyon County. The defendant in the case has averted trial by accepting a plea agreement. Patrick Rosenberg was set to be...

Allegedly stolen items from Lyon County are part of a criminal case that has led to formal court procedures in Wabaunsee County. The Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant in Eskrid...