The Emporia Granada Theatre will be full of laughs as CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness has its now-annual Stand Up to Stigma fundraiser Friday night. Aaron Wayne will perform comedy hypnosis to the stage, and Development Manager Jacque Wellnitz says it will be a great show, both for the audience as a whole and the 20...

The Emporia Fire Department's Swift Water Rescue Team is done with its latest round of training. Fire Capt. and team leader Ben Lienemann says the training this week was a refresher for most of the team members, but it was an introduction for people brand-new to the team. Swift Water Rescue Team members need at least a...

Downtown Emporia will be festive Saturday as Hispanics of Today and Tomorrow holds its annual Cinco de Mayo festival. Board President Mike Torres says the 800 block of Commercial will be blocked off for the event. The original plan was also to cordon off the 900 block, but the area near 10th and Commercial is still und...

Riding conditions should be good for La Grind, launching Saturday and Sunday from downtown Emporia. High temperatures will be in the mid-60s Saturday and low 80s Sunday. Race organizer Tom Hayden doesn't expect any weather-related issues, even with rainfall earlier in the week. Handlebars serves the Emporia area and al...

Over the next week-plus, Emporia State University will bring three finalists for Dean of the School of Business and Technology to campus. The process begins Thursday afternoon with Derek Yonai, the current director of the Brown Innovation Center at Flagler College in Saint Augustine, Florida, and a former Emporia State...

Emporia State's #1 women's doubles team of Giovanna Ferreira and Carla Paul Piquer have been named First Team All-MIAA for 2026. The duo went 6-3 in MIAA matches including ending the season on a four-match winning streak. Ferreira also picked up an honorable mention nod in singles going 4-5 at #1 singles. The Lady H...

After decades on the deck guiding young athletes, longtime Emporia High diving coach Barb Clark is preparing for one final home meet - and a well-earned tribute. Clark has been coaching EHS divers since the 1980s, building a program that has produced multiple state champions and left a lasting mark on generations of st...

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Emporia High tennis took the home courts for the Emporia Invite Tuesday. Brecken Hines secured eighth in singles after dropping his first match. The sophomore then picked up wins 8-2 and 8-5. Collin Moody and Nicholas Weller topped the Spartan duos in ninth. EHS returns to action on May 4 for the League Tournament in T...

Three Emporia State tennis players have been named to the 2026 All-MIAA/GAC Men's Tennis Team. Anton Sarunic picked up Second Team honors after going 3-2 in North Division competition in singles. He was 3-1 in the #2 singles spot for the Hornets and is the first player to earn second team all-conference since 2019. ...