Savanah and Madeline Rivers completed 1000 Books before kindergarten this month! They both started the program at Manhattan Public Library, transferred to Emporia Public Library, but finished at Counc…

Trinadee Fetters has obtained the Girl Scouts bronze and silver awards and has her sight set on the gold award, the highest award with Girl Scouts. Currently she is waiting on approval by the Gold Awa…

With sponsorship from the Council Grove Elementary PTO, the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus is coming to Council Grove on Wednesday, September 11. It will be located in the lot north of the KATY D…

Many sports enthusiasts feel there’s no better tradition than mingling with fellow fans while tailgating. Tailgating entails arriving at a stadium parking lot several hours early on game day; ic…

Benjamin Watson, 24, Florida, was driving his 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 on Hwy. 177 when he passed out and crossed the center line and ran off the road into the west ditch. When he awoke, he overcorrected a…

Area students receiving degrees May 12, from the University of Kansas were: Jamie S. C. Beck, White City, Doctor of Pharmacy; Jeffrey Mark Ball, Master of Science in Education in Curriculum & Inst…

Ethan Goodyear, 16, Junction City, was northbound on Sunset Circle in White City in a 1993 Ford Ranger. He pulled into the west ditch to park when the brakes quit working and he struck the back of a 2…

EMPORIA (KAKE) - An early morning flash flood in Emporia created problems for some small businesses, and the city as a whole.

Emporia’s public works director said the city’s crews did have …

A recently completed survey of parent perceptions of post-secondary options and high-demand careers found significant changes since it was first conducted in 2019, including parents’ growing acc…

The Kansas Manufacturing Council, an affiliated program of the Kansas Chamber, is looking for the 2024 Coolest Thing Made In Kansas.

Presented by Forvis Mazars, KMC launched the contest in 2020 to prom…