Dismissed -- for now. The Lyon County Attorney's Office had originally filed charges against Patricio Morales and Fernando Rodriguez Williams earlier this year after an alleged street racing incident in downtown Emporia led to significant injuries for two people in mid-August. After a request by prosecutors, Judge Doug...

Emporia State University has moved to have a federal court dismiss a civil rights violation lawsuit filed earlier this fall. ESU has filed a motion to dismiss Eric Cannon's lawsuit that was filed in September. A decision on that motion is pending, but Judge Rachel Schwartz has agreed to a separate motion from ESU to st...

Processes continue as the Emporia State Presidential Search Committee and Kansas Board of Regents look for the university's next leader. Semi-final candidate interviews have now moved to Kansas City, beginning Wednesday and continuing Thursday. The search process began shortly after current president Ken Hush announced...

Emporia Main Street is bringing the jolly to downtown Emporia this week and the rest of the holiday season. Carriage rides begin Thursday, in partnership with Community National Bank. Main Street Director Casey Woods says it's a good way to experience all downtown Emporia has to offer for the holidays. Items and financ...

The Emporia Recreation Commission has a special meeting ahead Thursday. Board members are meeting at noon to hold an executive session for unspecified matters. The closed-door session is the only item on the agenda. The meeting will be at the Lee Beran Recreation Center.

The high school basketball girl/boy games against Lebo and Flinthills have been canceled for Friday.

Emporia High boys wrestling starts a new season on Saturday. Brook Medrano returns to lead a Spartan team that sent seven to the 5A State Tournament a year ago. Jackson Goodman (132), Garrett LeBlanc (165), and Jose Vargas (285) all return with experience competing at state. Coach Medrano has a full room of athletes r...

Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman announced his retirement from coaching on Tuesday. The 58 year old finishes a 32-year career in coaching with including the last seven years in Manhattan. Klieman said in a press conference that he was putting family first. That conflicts with widely available reports from th...

Emporia girls basketball scored the first six points of the game as they never trailed Tuesday in their win over Wichita North, 56-19, in Emporia. A sloppy first quarter saw the black and red come out on front 10-4. The Lady Spartans grew the advantage to 13 at the break, 24-11. Emporia won the third, 18-8 and surre...

The high school basketball season gets underway this week. Plenty of area teams have been ranked in the Preseason top 10 by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association. Boys: Olpe 1st in 1A Division 1 Burlingame 9th in 1A Division 1 Lebo 7th in 1A Division 2 Girls: Osage City 3rd in 3A Chase County 9th in 2A Marais des ...