Emporia's Country Mart is changing names later this month. Country Mart will officially become the city's second Good's CashSaver. Store owner Matt Good says this will be a good move for customers, both from the pricing structure and the Reeble's Country Mart legacy. The store will have a soft reopening March 19 before...

A Missouri man suffered potentially serious injuries after a wreck in western Osage County on Tuesday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the wreck involved a pickup and a semi, happening around 10:15 pm at Kansas Turnpike mile marker 165.2 northbound, nearly 40 miles northeast of the Emporia tollgate. Troopers say t...

Last month, National Teachers Hall of Fame Director Maddie Fennell said the Hall would start a new fundraising campaign this year to expand the National Memorial to Fallen Educators. The campaign officially launches Wednesday. Fennell says the memorial is at capacity with the names of 189 teachers, school staffers and ...

Lyon County's recently-terminated contract for animal shelter services will see more discussion at Thursday's action meeting. Raise Your Paws owner Melanie Smith will present numbers and other information from the business' perspective. Two weeks ago, commissioners terminated the contract effective next month, saying t...

The opening line in the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Kansas Grasslands Issue Brief reads as follows: "Grasslands are a critically important, yet often overlooked, natural resource in Kansas." And according to the report published last month, the grasslands of Kansas are disappearing. Grasslands currentl...

A decisive run spanning two quarters proved to be the difference Monday night, as Clifton-Clyde pulled away from Olpe for a 56-41 victory in the KSHSAA Class 1A Division I Girls Substate semifinal. Olpe showed early poise, taking a 3-2 lead midway through the opening quarter. But Clifton-Clyde quickly seized control wi...

Emporia Spartan Boxing is bringing two titles back to Emporia from the fight capital of the world. Sunday, Spartan Boxing Masters competitors Robert Sieberns and Melissa Veatch took to action at the Las Vegas Masters Boxing Championship tournament. Both competitors earned unanimous decision victories in their respectiv...

On Monday, the Emporia and Area Athletes of the Week were announced. Council Grove's Tyler Hutchinson won the Area Athlete of the Week. The senior took gold at 215 in Hays at the 321A State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. He dominated his first three matches winning by fall and then the championship by major decisi...

The Emporia Hot Flashes granny basketball team hosted a six-team crossover event on Sunday and picked up a pair of victories. In game one, the Flashes won a defensive battle 38-32 over the Oklahoma Twisters. The powered past the Oklahoma Legends 57-32 in their second game of the day. The Flashes improve to 7-1 in th...

The Emporia State athletics department wrapped February with another busy weekend of action. The Emporia State indoor track and field teams were in Pittsburg for the MIAA Championships all weekend. Three Lady Hornets scored points in the women's pentathlon. Isabella Davie had the third-best score in ESU history and f...