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Tours, giveaways, a bounce house, cornhole and more were part of the Xpress Wellness Urgent Care grand opening activities at Sixth and Prairie on Saturday. Xpress had been eyeing an Emporia location f...

Grace United Methodist Church had 245 pairs of shoes at the start of its now-annual Kicks for Kids event Saturday. Within the first 90 minutes, it had less than 40 pairs left. Organizer Russ Conrade s...

Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters Serving Lyon County Director Jacque Wellnitz was pleased with the turnout from the Give a Mulligan For Kids' Sake Golf Tournament. Despite a warm start and high tempera...

Local community members had another opportunity to help a local firefighter battling cancer Saturday. A special car wash took place at Sommers Auto Center at 2026 W. 6th Avenue. Members of the Lyon Co...

A four-vehicle collision in south Osage County sent at least four people to Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka with varying levels of injury Friday. The crash happened just after 2 pm on US Highway 75 a...

Only one area county is in an excessive heat warning after scattered storms through much of Saturday. Initially, all area counties were involved both Friday and Saturday. Chase and Wabaunsee counties ...

Water main issues have continued into the early afternoon hours for east Emporia residents. There had already been two water main breaks before noon, one on East 12th between Whildin and Mary and the ...

With the extreme heat sticking around for the foreseeable future, there are some who are concerned about what effects the prolonged conditions could have on the power grid. As residents are no doubt u...

If you have filled up your tank this week, you probably noticed an uncomfortable trend. Gas prices have jumped 20-30 cents so far this week, depending on the location. AAA Kansas Manager of Public and...

A young man whose cancer battle was well-known locally passed away this week. Alex Muckenthaler was 22 when he died Wednesday. Muckenthaler developed Burkitt's lymphoma in 2011 and was in remission wh...