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Court proceedings are advancing against two men accused of running a marijuana grow operation in east Emporia this year. Pretrial and arraignment hearings are now coming in October for Scott Lane Lock...

Boil water advisories north and northeast of Emporia have been terminated. On Thursday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment rescinded the boil water advisory in place for Osage County Rura...

One of three defendants in an Emporia aggravated robbery case from earlier this summer began his court process this week. Mikkel Lamont McCray was set for a preliminary hearing Oct 18 before Judge Dou...

Currently, there are no indications of a gas leak after a possible incident was reported at the Flint Hills Technical College main campus Thursday morning. Emporia Fire and Kansas Gas reported to a te...

Many area crop producers have some uncomfortable decisions ahead -- and they may not have much time before those decisions can't wait. Lyon County Extension ag agent Brian Rees says the combination of...

Area Girl Scouts are encouraged to learn more about one specific outdoor activity as part of an upcoming camp near Emporia. "Taking AIM" is designed to let girls from kindergarten to fifth grade learn...

Update maps announced Thursday by the US Drought Monitor look similar to those unveiled in recent weeks. The vast majority of the KVOE listening area is in severe or extreme drought, essentially invol...

Emporia High School is starting the 2023-24 school year off on a great note with state recognition. Emporia High was recently recognized as a "commended" school through the Kansas State High School Ac...

Emporia's water supply situation is better Thursday morning than it was 24 hours earlier, but there are still some concerns as the heat wave continues -- so the request for voluntary water conservatio...

For the first time since the current heat wave began Saturday, neither Emporia nor Eureka got into record heat territory. Emporia's high temperature got to 105, just short of the daily record dating t...