Survey work continues as Emporia, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the Kansas Department of Transportation eye potentially significant improvements to the railroad corridor in east Emporia. The survey is available at corridorsafetyimprovements.com. You are encouraged to click the "Share Your Feedback" link at...

Newman Regional Health has two significant fundraisers now underway. The annual slate of Denim and Diamonds activities is fully underway after the annual golf tournament last week, which raised over $21,000, and the kickoff barbecue lunch Thursday that raised another $6,200. The Denim and Diamonds gala will be Aug. 7, ...

The final candidate looking to take on the role of Dean of the Emporia State University School of Business and Technology had his first official introduction to the community Thursday afternoon. Dr. Robert Allen King, the current associate dean of undergraduate business programs, associate professor of marketing and pr...

Emporia Police officers say a runaway teenager has been found. Officers announced a request for public help in finding 14-year-old Ava Wasylk shortly after the teenager was reported as a runaway around 1 pm. At that time, she was last ween walking west from Sixth and Commercial. Shortly after 4:30 pm, officers said Was...

2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of SOS Inc. and current leadership continues to pay homage to the leadership and volunteers who laid the foundation for the local agency. Wednesday, SOS held a founders' celebration inside the Lyon County History Center, welcoming many of the women who were instrumental i...

Emporia High hosted a softball classic beginning on Friday at Peter Pan Park. The Lady Spartans used a big first inning to take down Blue Valley West 7-1. The visitors scored in the first, but the Lady Spartans roared back with five runs and never trailed again. Alivia Barrett and Oaklie Dawson each had two hit game...

Emporia High boys tennis was at the 5A regionals hosted by Salina Central today. Brecken Hines and Ricard Macias each fell in straight sets in the first round. The doubles teams Aiden Sanchez and Tegan Mitchell along with Collin Moody and Nicholas Weller both dropped straight-sets decisions in the first round. The t...

Emporia High senior diver Allie Weiss broke her older sister's six-dive school record to win in Topeka at Capitol Federal Natatorium in Topeka on Friday. Weiss dominated the field again winning by nearly 90 points with a 342.70. That broke older sister Haylee's Lady Spartan record of 323.90. Weiss dives again at the...

The #7 Missouri Southern softball team scored six runs, all with two outs, on the way to a 6-1 victory over Emporia State in the semifinals of the MIAA Tournament at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia. Southern got on the board first with two outs in the third thanks to their first two-out homer of the game. E-Stat...

MIAA Pitcher of the Year Colby Deaver tossed a 130-pitch nine-inning complete game as the No. 6 seed Emporia State baseball team upset No. 3 seed Missouri Southern 4-2 at Wendell Simmons Field in Edmond, Okla. on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Tournament. It was a career-high in pitches and a career-long ou...