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Emporia State University has been touting its plan to "attack" long-increasing higher education costs recently, and with good reason. Earlier this month, Emporia State announced it would keep tuition ...

The Jones Aquatic Center was busy for its opening day Saturday. Sunny, warm and breezy conditions made for almost ideal weather to start the season. Supervisor Jen Wegener says another thing that help...

Three Minnesota residents were killed in Saturday's two-vehicle crash northwest of Council Grove. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a pickup truck and SUV collided head-on at the junction of Kel...

A new political party will be on the ballot this cycle. United Kansas will appear alongside Democrats, Republicans, independents, Libertarian and No Labels Kansas after submitting enough petition sign...

After thunderstorms brought high wind and large hail to parts of the KVOE listening area outside Emporia, there is a low-end risk for more severe weather Sunday afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center ...

The Kansas Turnpike Authority says it's getting victimized by a scam effort. The scam involves texts saying customers oave an outstanding balance and need to visit a special website to avoid a late fe...

An Amtrak train moving through Emporia had a minor derailment early Saturday. Emporia Police were notified of a possible derailment near the East Sixth Avenue viaduct just before 4 am, finding the sec...

Potential trial dates are now on the docket in a Lyon County kidnapping and sex abuse case. This week, Judge Laura Miser approved potential start dates of Aug. 26 or Sept. 9 in the case against Daniel...

With Rollie Martin now out of the running for a fifth term serving the Lyon County Commission Third District, the field is starting to fill up. Just this week, Warren Schmidt, Jon Vopat and Jarom Smit...

Empower House continues its work to help men and women getting away from drug abuse, and Director Melissa Landis had an update for Lyon County commissioners during their weekly meeting Thursday. Landi...