Ryann Brooks

The circled plot of land located at Roads 180 and G is a 16.70-acre plot recently purchased by Stormont Vail. The Topeka-based healthcare provider hopes to build a $44 million clinic at the location.

The Lyon County Commission will meet Thursday morning to consider several major expenditures, including almost $250,000 in law enforcement equipment and various infrastructure improvements across county facilities.

Mark Schreiber, left, and Mic McGuire chat in the Lyon County Courthouse as election results are counted Tuesday night.

Republican Mike Argabright secured victory in the Kansas Senate District 17 race Tuesday, winning with a decisive margin over Democrat Lillian Lingenfelter.

Becky Smith, left, rings up Keith and Jane King's carryout order at the Emporia Farmers Market Soup-a-Palooza on Tuesday at the Anderson Building.

Longtime community leaders Don and Robbie Hill have been selected as Parade Marshals for the 46th Annual Community Christmas Parade, the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday.

The boil water advisory affecting Emporia residents will likely continue through the weekend despite significant progress in addressing water quality issues at the treatment plant, city officials announced today.

The City of Emporia's Water Treatment Plant is now operating within state compliance standards, Communications Manager Christine Torrens said Friday morning, but residents should continue boiling their water through the weekend as officials complete a comprehensive system flush and required testing.

After seven-and-a-half years of helping tell stories from Emporia and beyond, I'm writing one final piece for The Emporia Gazette — my own goodbye.

Flint Hills Technical College will install four new Computer Numerical Control machines as an update to its Computerized Machine Tool Engineering program through a $230,000 grant given by Lyon County.