Advance voting continues across Kansas. Lyon County Election Officer Amie Jones says 100 people voted in advance at the County Courthouse on Wednesday, the highest daily total so far this election cycle. Nearly 800 people have now cast their ballots in person ahead of Tuesday's primary. Not all of the county's over 400...

A rollover crash hurt a Burlingame woman Wednesday. The wreck at West 125th and Auburn Road happened just before 3:15 pm, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Troopers say an SUV driven by 56-year-old Elizabeth Mendelsohn crossed the center line. Mendelsohn overcorrected, eventually sending her vehicle off the road ...

After over 18 months of onsite work and years of planning, QuikTrip has opened in Emporia. The facility at 3535 Crossing Boulevard, just southwest of the Flint Hills Technical College main campus, opened to the public early Thursday morning after a brief employee gathering and a photo opportunity. Division Operations M...

Two Kansas counties have filed formal charges against a special education teacher after alleged illegal sexual activity with a child. Cristen Bahr, 45, faces single counts of criminal sodomy, indecent solicitation of a child and electronic solicitation of a child in Elk County after alleged illegal activity with a 15-y...

Lyon County Commissioners may be right near the finish line when it comes to the 2026-27 budget. Following a near two-hour study session Wednesday morning, commissioners directed Lyon County Controller Dan Williams to put the current budget numbers into a state spreadsheet and have those numbers ready to present to com...

Emporia State's Welch Stadium is getting new turf ahead of the 2026 football season. Installation is in progress now for a new state-of-the-art FieldTurf system. The project is anticipated to take two weeks so the field will be ready for the beginning of Hornet fall training camp which is set to begin on August 3. I...

Head Emporia State women's tennis coach CyCy Peyroche has announced she's stepping down as the head coach of the Lady Hornets. She was the first female to be named a head coach in the history of the ESU tennis programs when she took over as the interim coach of both the men's and women's teams for the 2023 spring seas...

Former Madison High School standout Casey Helm is returning to the Sunflower State and joining the Kansas State Track and Field team. Helm was a four time Class 1A Discus champion and broke the state record with a throw of 214 feet, 1 inch. That remains the top mark in the state. Following graduation, he attended Prin...

With international football's grandest event -- the World Cup -- into the quarterfinal stage and with American football games still over a month away, there is another brand of football that has a noted ESU alum doing very well. Tonight, the Argos travel to Winnipeg to take on the Blue Bombers. Game time is 7:30 pm. Ph...

There will not be a girls basketball season at Hartford High this fall and winter. USD 252 board members reluctantly approved a 1-year pause in scheduling and operations as part of their meeting Wednesday night, according to Superintendent Ryan Muhlig. Hartford girls had a small roster for the 2025-26 campaign that was...