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The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas has its monthly Board of Directors meeting Friday. Board members will get an update on the work of a committee leading the search for a new ...

Emporia's Street Cats Club will be having a ball of a time this weekend. The organization will be holding its second annual Black Cat Ball inside of the Emporia Granada Theatre Friday night. Street Ca...

Downtown Emporia will be transported back to medieval times this weekend. Saturday will see the inaugural Enchanted Emporia event take over the downtown corridor courtesy of Emporia Main Street. Main ...

Lyon County Commissioners have a pair of public hearings on their regular action meeting agenda Thursday morning. Commissioners will hold a public hearing on a Community Development Block Grant for So...

Work is progressing on Emporia's CCLIP street resurfacing project. The south phase, Commercial Street between the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks and Kansas Avenue, is paved -- although t...

The academic calendar for next year will be a featured discussion point for the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education on Wednesday. This is the latest conversation about the 2025-26 calendar after meetin...

USD 251 North Lyon County school board members will discuss enrollment, cell phone policy and other items of note as part of their meeting Wednesday. The board meets at 6 pm at the board office in Ame...

The USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education has facility tours as a lead part of the agenda for its regular meeting Wednesday. Board members will spend time touring facilities at Neosho Rapids...

Lyon County commissioners will be either behind closed doors or out of the office for the vast majority of their upcoming study session. Commissioners meet Wednesday, starting with a pair of executive...

High school students and other Kansas residents thinking of attending college next year can apply at no cost for a short period of time this week. The Kansas Board of Regents is into Day 2 of its Appl...