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Unseasonably mild conditions Thursday will lead to more shower and storms chances into the middle of next week. Cloud cover will persist for Thursday, with high temperatures struggling to reach 80 deg...

The legal period for purchasing and exploding fireworks in the Emporia city limits is over. Lyon County Emergency Communications reported nine complaints Wednesday night, on par for the reports since ...

A Wichita woman was hurt in a rollover crash on the Kansas Turnpike southwest of Emporia on Wednesday. Bailee Rianne Hickle, 22, was taken to Newman Regional Health with suspected serious injuries fol...

Plans for a major housing development in south Emporia took a big step forward Wednesday. Emporia city commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the final plat for the nearly 17-acre Kretsinger subdivision t...

Coffey County deputies are asking for information after learning of a cow that was killed earlier this week. Deputies say the cow, a pregnant black Limousin, was found in an unspecified field Monday a...

Trial dates could be finalized late Wednesday in two notable Lyon County criminal cases. Alejandro Lara-Ceja was initially charged in April 2020 with distributing drugs within 1,000 feet of a school, ...

A motions hearing is ahead Thursday as a Lyon County attempted murder case moves forward. Matthew Schroeder is approaching trial later this month and has a motions hearing at 2 pm Thursday. Schroeder ...

A preliminary hearing is coming next month in a Lyon County kidnapping case. Authorities arrested Alex Chuc Ayu last week after an alleged incident Wednesday. Court documents on the Kansas District Co...

The man who allegedly triggered a standoff in west central Emporia last week has started the court process. Dwayne Lamont Ford had his first appearance Monday and will have his preliminary hearing Aug...

While the Fourth of July was enjoyable for many, it wasn't for everybody. Americus and Emporia firefighters went to 703 Walnut in Americus shortly before 11 pm Tuesday after a house fire developed. It...