The holidays have come early to the historic grade school in Cottonwood Falls.
Two notes: The article you've linked was published in October 2019. We are set to speak with NRH to get more information on the current state of things at the hospital.
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More than 700 free Thanksgiving meals were served between two locations in the Emporia community, Thursday.
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A suspect is in custody after an alleged auto theft that led local law enforcement on a high speed chase through Emporia, Wednesday evening.
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Lyon County Public Health officials are urging the community to be cautious over the holiday after confirming the 47th COVID-related death in …
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Former Superintendent Kevin Case will continue to pull his full salary through the end of his contract and a lump sum payment of $10,000, acco…
Due to a delivery delay to the local post office, Tuesday's print edition of The Emporia Gazette did not get delivered to area communities on time.
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With many unable to gather with family due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of local women have organized another free Thanksgiving meal for …
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The Emporia State University Student Foundation is selling face masks to benefit the Student Foundation Emergency Scholarship.
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It's credited in the print version. I'm not sure why it didn't show up online. Peggy Mast wrote this. I'm trying to fix it so it shows online.
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Hi, can you clarify your question? This story ran on the front page of the weekend edition and has been running on the crawler of the web site since Friday.
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The ordinance goes into effect once the legal document has been published in The Gazette. I believe it is set to publish on Tuesday which I will confirm tomorrow.
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Mr. Slater has been ill and has been participating in the meetings via phone.
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Hi Judsie, I understand the confusion!
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Also, Kansas has a…
Ryann Brooks commented on County awards $800,000 in CARES funds to local businesses, nonprofits
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