From neighborhood fireworks to patriotic parades and one of the community's largest fireworks displays in years, Emporia ...

Downtown Emporia will once again become a hub for art, music and community as t First Friday Art Walk returns Friday, July 3, ...

With the Fourth of July coming up, there seems to be no break in the high humidity and heat heading into the weekend.

The next installment of the Storytime on the Steps collaboration at Red Rocks State Historic Site will be held Wednesday, ...

The Emporia City Commission approved several routine agenda items Wednesday before voting to postpone its next regular meeting by one week to allow commissioners and staff to attend a statewide ...

Chase County commissioners approved the creation of a new registered offender technology fund Tuesday while beginning review of department budget requests for the 2027 fiscal year.

Emporia, died on Saturday, June 27, 2026. She was 78. Lynda was born on Christmas Day in 1947, the daughter of Andy and Ethel Torrens Fowler. She married Orval Van Hardesty on July 28, 1966, at the ...