Five people were sent to hospitals following an extensive crash zone that developed outside Admire on Wednesday. Lyon County deputies, Kansas Highway Patrol troopers, Emporia Fire/EMS, Allen-Admire Fire, Miller Fire and Reading Benefit Fire all responded to the 1300 block of US Highway 56 around 3:15 pm following repor...

Emporia's Imaginarium will not be moving into the former Graves Drugs space as was originally planned. Ownership sent out a news release Wednesday afternoon announcing plans to sell the property at 609 Commercial Street after purchasing it last year. Original plans were to renovate the former local drug and convenience...

One of the final pieces of the procedural phase of Emporia's newest housing development is in place; the other, however, will need at least two more weeks before it can say the same. During their regular action meeting Wednesday morning, Emporia City Commissioners approved an ordinance establishing a Planned Unit Devel...

After months of planning and anticipation, the date for the local community's link-up with the International Space Station has been announced. The link-up, through the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, will take place next Wednesday, April 8th, at 9 am on the campus of Emporia State Univ...

With discussions ongoing about repairing the immediate sinkhole site at 10th and Commercial, Emporia city officials are also considering exactly how extensive repairs may be elsewhere in downtown Emporia. City Engineer Jim Ubert, a guest on KVOE's Morning Show on Wednesday, says results are pending after underground vi...

The Emporia High boys tennis season got underway Tuesday with the Emporia Invitational. The best finish in the singles tournament came from Brecken Hines in eighth. The opening match was a thrilling 8-7 win. In his second round match, he fell 8-0. The sophomore also went down in his final two matches, including in the ...

The Emporia State baseball team won their first midweek series against Missouri Western with an 8-3 win at the Trusler Sports Complex on Tuesday. The Hornets fell behind early but scored single runs in the second and third to take the lead including a solo homer by Frankie Santiago. Logan Myers had RBIs in the first ...

Baseball: SLC 16 Eureka 0 SLC 23 Eureka 8 Anderson Co 21 Osage City 0 Anderson Co 15 Osage City 0 Mission Valley 25 Northern Heights 0 Mission Valley 25 Northern Heights 3 Softball: MdCV 8 Horton 4 Horton 18 MdCV 11 West Franklin 19 Burlingame 0 West Franklin 16 Burlingame 0 SLC 13 Eureka 1 SLC 20 Eureka 0 Osage City 1...

Emporia soccer fell in their first matchup at the Titan Classic in Wichita on Monday to Derby, 4-3 in a shootout. Eighty minutes wasn't enough to decide a winner as neither team found the back of the net in regulation. The Black and Red started strong in penalty kicks as Emersyn Johnson, Madison Evans, and Rylie Mitche...

Thirteen area athletes received All-State honors from KSHSAA. Ballots are sent to every coach in the state where they are asked to nominate players from their own team as well as players from other teams for consideration for All-State and All-Class honors. Boys: 5A Third Team: Rylan Crowell, Emporia 1AD1 First Team: ...