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EMPORIA (KSNT) – The controversy over an Emporia park is over. On Wednesday, May 1, Quaker Park in Emporia was removed from the surplus property list. The City was trying to sell the park for a housing development but now says Quaker Park will not be turned into housing. The city gathered to make this decision during […]

The Emporia City Commission approved a $500,000 contract with American Ramp Company to design and build a new skate park located in east Emporia, Wednesday afternoon.

Speece is the most recent victim in seven deadly rail accidents in and around Emporia during the past decade, reflecting a national trend.

Emporians gathered at White Auditorium's Little Theater on Friday to give their well wishes to outgoing City M...

Oct. 21 conference to address the COVID recovery underway in Kansas

Oct. 21 conference to address the COVID recovery underway in Kansas

Oct. 21 conference to address the COVID recovery underway in Kansas

Legislature business aid bills draw county attention The Kansan The Kansas Legislature recently passed a pair of bills for business relief for COVID-19 concerns — both of which will involve counties providing funds to businesses who were, in the words of the Legislature, harmed by health orders.  How those bills will ultimately affect county governments is unclear — and if the bills will be come law is also unclear.  "We have lots of questions about this bill. First we need to wait and s...

To Kansas businesses hurt by COVID-19 orders, heres what compensation might come your way Titus Wu, Topeka Capital-Journal Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses were financially hurt, with many losing major profit or even permanently closing. Popular Searches Kansas GOP lawmakers this year have repeatedly vowed to help those business owners, especially with the state facing potential lawsuits. To quite a few, this promise was more than doing right but also...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers advanced a plan Tuesday to provide hundreds of...