The family of John Wheeler, longtime owner of Floyd's Inc., has announced his death. According to a statement by the family, ...

King Lake and Wooster Lake, located in Emporia, have garnered the attention of the Kansas Department of Health and ...

Denim and Diamonds, one of Newman’s largest fundraising events of the year, raised an estimated $206,748. The record-breaking ...

Once again, the Emporia Fire Department/EMS Services have been crowned the winners of this year’s Battle of the Badges.

The Advantage Metals Recycling Center in Emporia has shut down permanently. The facility allowed anyone to bring in scrap ...

When Connor Kuesser was working on dirt work near the block of Twelfth and Union street, around the Senate Apartments, he saw ...

Flooding in Lyon County took up several headlines during the months of June and July. Damages to roads, bridges and other ...

How’s your tap water? Here in Emporia, we supposedly have the best-tasting water anywhere. I wouldn’t know, because the stuff that comes out of the kitchen faucet seems ordinary enough to me. Maybe ...

According to the USDA's most recent acreage report, Kansas farmers planted 6.2 million acres of corn this year. Now, harvest time is fast approaching, and it looks to be a ...

The newest exhibit at the Trusler Gallery, entitled “Flora & Fauna of Kansas”, has now opened its doors to the public.

I don’t dance.” I was pretty emphatic about it. So many decades ago, when dates wanted to dance, I was immovable. I don’t ...

As the calendar turns to August, Emporia State football training camp begins next week in preparation for the 127th season of ...