An investigation is underway after a fire damaged a garage in southeast Emporia Sunday morning. According to a news release from the department, EFD was called to 113 Carter around 7 am for a reported detached garage fire. Upon arrival, firefighters found a garage fully engulfed in flames located to the rear of the mai...

It may be midweek at the earliest before Madison residents can consumer water without having to boil it first. The boil water advisory, issued Thursday afternoon, remains in place for the community until testing can be done on water samples through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. According to Madison M...

There's been no word as of yet as to where Terrapower's new natrium reactor project will land in Kansas, but the possibility of housing the project has generated a lot of interest across the state in recent months. In his regular report to the Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas Board of Directors o...

One person was hurt after a motorcycle wreck in central Emporia on Saturday. Emporia Fire and Emporia Police responded to the crash near Second and Commercial at 4:20 pm. The motorcycle driver had apparently laid the bike down for unlisted reasons. The driver was taken to Newman Regional Health with unspecified injurie...

Fire activity areawide was minimal Saturday despite elevated fire danger. Shortly after 1 pm, Americus and Emporia firefighters responded to a small grass fire in the 200 block of Road 230, about 3 miles west-southwest of Americus. Less than an acre burned before the fire was put out. A cause has not been listed. Winds...

The Emporia State women's tennis team picked up a 4-3 win over Ouachita Baptist at the Kossover Family Tennis Center in Emporia on Saturday. ESU picked up the doubles point with a sweep of all three matches. The Tigers won at #6 and #2 singles to take the lead in the duel, but Sheridan Wichman pulled E-State level wi...

The Emporia State softball team split their Saturday doubleheader with Northeastern State at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia. NSU scored the final four runs of the game on the way to a 6-2 win in game one of the twinbill. The teams traded unearned runs on errors in the first two innings then each scored on extr...

The Emporia State softball team opened MIAA play with a sweep of #18 Rogers State at the Trusler Sports Complex on Friday. The Lady Hornets opened the day with a 3-1 win in eight innings. Both pitching staffs dominated and RSU broke the tie in the eighth, but Avery Brewer lashed a three-run homer to left field to win...

The Emporia State baseball team scored the last four runs of the game on the way to a 9-6 victory over Central Oklahoma on Friday to open a three-game series at Wendell Simmons Field in Edmond, Okla. The Hornets peppered the 'Chos for three runs in the third before a Nathon Cruz homer made it 4-0 through three and a h...

Osage City knocked off the defending 3A Champion and previously unbeaten, Halstead, 44-39 in overtime at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in the semifinals on Friday. Halstead took the early lead 8-5 after one. The Dragons closed the second quarter with five straight points to enter intermission, 18-13. Osage City trailed ...