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UPDATE: Additional information expected Monday regarding Saturday's shooting and standoff in Emporia
Additional details are expected from Emporia Police sometime Monday, however, one injury and one arrest have been confirmed following a shooting and standoff in Emporia Saturday So far, Emporia Police Sergeant Dominick Vortherms has told KVOE News officers received a shots-fired call Saturday night and found one person...
Apr 28, 2024
US-50 CRASH: Cottonwood Falls, Wichita women hurt in Saturday wreck
Two women, one from Cottonwood Falls and one from Wichita, were hurt in a wreck near the Lyon-Chase County line Saturday afternoon. Lyon County Deputy Nathan Rankin says deputies and Emporia/Lyon County EMS were paged out to the 200 block of US Highway 50 west of Road C for what was listed as a multi-vehicle wreck. The...
Apr 27, 2024
US Highway 50 repaving project halfway done
Eastbound traffic on part of West Highway 50 isn't striped yet, but it is paved. Work crews got paving done this week as the highway gets repaved between Graphic Arts and Prairie streets. Westbound paving is coming, although that may well have to wait with numerous chances of showers and thunderstorms over the next wee...
Apr 27, 2024
Turnpike Tussle for athletics, Turnpike Alliance for academics? ESU, Washburn announce 3+3 law partnership
Emporia State and Washburn universities are bitter rivals in any competition, but they have found a way to develop a significant academic partnership. ESU and Washburn have announced a new 3+3 partnership for students interested in obtaining a law degree as part of a special event at ESU on Friday. Emporia State studen...
Apr 27, 2024
Newman Regional Health gears up for strategic planning retreat Monday
Campus plans are part of the Newman Regional Health Board of Trustees' strategic planning retreat Monday, according to Chief Executive Officer Cathy Pimple. Board members will meet at the hospital from 8:30 am to 3 pm, and Pimple says the overall plan is to align the hospital's priorities and "establish a strong f...
Apr 27, 2024
Latest Sports
Emporia High girls soccer shuts out Wichita West
It was quick work for the Emporia High girls soccer team at Wichita West on Thursday afternoon. Seven different Lady Spartans scored in a 10-0 victory. Emersyn Johnson, Emeil Bennett and Colee Butler each scored two goals. Katie Smart, Addy Marshall, Sidney Linares and Arielle Macias. Emporia High is now 8-3-1 on the s...
Apr 25, 2024
Emporia High's Weiss, Monroe finish 1-2 in EHS Invitational; Lady Spartans finish fourth
Emporia High sophomore Allisyn Weiss and junior Brooke Monroe finished 1-2 in the diving portion of the EHS Invitational on Thursday afternoon. Weiss and Monroe recorded personal best scores in the six-dive meet to lead the way for Emporia High to a fourth place finish as a team. . Weiss won her seventh meet of the sea...
Apr 25, 2024
Burlingame's Kaylin Noonan signs with Emporia State women's basketball
The Emporia State women's basketball program is adding another local standout to its 2024-25 season roster. Burlingame's Kaylin Noonan signed to play for the Lady Hornets on Wednesday. Noonan holds eight school records at Burlingame. Noonan holds career school records in points with 1,654, rebounds with 733, and steals...
Apr 25, 2024
Sarunic Bright Spot for Hornet Tennis in Tussle Loss
The Emporia State men's tennis team fell 6-1 to #9 Washburn in the Turnpike Tennis Tussle on Wednesday at the Kossover Family Tennis Center. The loss eliminated the Hornets from postseason contention in the MIAA/GAC Tournament. The Ichabods took the doubles point winning two of three matches. #50 Anton Sarunic talli...
Apr 25, 2024
Lady Hornets Knock the Rust Off in KC
The Emporia State softball team scored three runs in the first and never trailed in a 4-1 victory over Rockhurst in Kansas City, Mo. Tuesday. The game ended a 10-day layoff for ESU. Alexis Dial started the scoring with a triple before an Emma Furnish squeeze bunt made it 2-0. Bailey Flewelling doubled her in to cap ...
Apr 24, 2024