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A week after Melvern Lake was put into a blue-green algae warning, conditions have improved to a degree. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has upgraded Melvern Lake from an algae warning...

Emporia Fire was dispatched, but ultimately not needed following a brief fire at Emporia's Country Mart Thursday evening. According to Emporia Fire, crews were dispatched to Reeble's Country Mart for ...

Though activities have been underway for about a week now, Newman Regional Health had its official kickoff fundraiser for Denim and Diamonds Thursday afternoon. The parking lot of Newman once again tu...

Lyon County will be applying for state assistance with a planned bridge replacement. During the Lyon County Commission's weekly action meeting Thursday, commissioners gave direction for Lyon County En...

The city of Emporia has made its second administrative hire in less than a week. Brandi Galbreath has been named the city's new community housing coordinator. Galbreath is now responsible for administ...

Council Grove Police officers have made three separate arrests on suspected drug distribution activity over the past week. Police Chief Shawn Wangerin says the first arrest happened shortly after 10:3...

Commencement is at hand for Emporia State University. ESU will have its graduate activities Friday evening, followed by a split undergraduate schedule for the undergraduate activities Saturday. On KVO...

Want to be part of the HYPE? If so, Emporia Main Street is looking for you. Main Street has developed what it calls a HYPE Team to help welcome visitors to Emporia's big community events and to positi...

A man accused in Lyon County of rape and other counts now has potential trial dates on the docket. At the end of a motions hearing Wednesday, Jovani Sotelo was set for potential trial start dates of J...

April home sales in Emporia were flat from March and lower than a year ago. Sunflower Association of Realtors says Emporia had 34 homes sold last month, level from March and down from 42 homes sold la...