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Busy period ongoing for Emporia Main Street
Emporia Main Street is typically busy, but it has a lot of things going over the next two weeks. Main Street's Downtown Emporia Eggstravaganza continues through Friday, and Director Casey Woods says there are still a few eggs available at downtown merchants. Meanwhile, the annual Show of Hands pitch contest is Thursday...
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Emporia's Bird scooter program shutting down this week
The Bird scooters zipping around Emporia the past three years will be, pardon the pun, flying away soon. Bird has announced it will be ending its local presence March 31. Emporia city commissioners approved a partnership with Bird in 2021, and the scooters have been in regular use since coming to Emporia. However, Bird...
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Wilson named as Emporia State's new theater director
Emporia State University has a new director for its theater department. Aubrey Wilson graduated from Emporia State with a bachelor of art in theater with a minor in communication. She also has a master of fine arts in theater arts from the University of Iowa and has held several teaching and stage management positions ...
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Emporia State preparing for annual Women's History Month Reception and Awards Ceremony
Emporia State University will have its annual Women's History Month Reception and Awards Ceremony on Friday. The Ruth Schillinger Award, named after Emporia State's first Affirmative Action officer and former Dean of Women Ruth Schillinger, will go to Dr Dawn McConkie, a professor of music and Interim Assistant Dean fo...
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FHTC featured by actor Dennis Quaid's Viewpoint Project
Flint Hills Technical College is the focus of a recent feature by Viewpoint Project. Viewpoint features noted actor, director and producer Dennis Quaid as its host. It creates documentaries on a range of issues and topics with the goal of making "meaningful documentaries that inspire audiences to take action."...
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Latest Sports
Lebo-Waverly baseball sweeps Erie, softball swept by Red Devils
The Lebo-Waverly softball team was swept by Erie, while the Wolfdog baseball team swept the Red Devils on Monday in Waverly. The Wolfdogs rallied to walk-off the Red Devils in the opener, 9-8, thanks to a walk-off RBI single by Ashton Lattimer. Lebo-Waverly made quick work in the finale defeating the Red Devils, 18-3, ...
Mar 26, 2024
Emporia High boys tennis to begin season with busy week
The Emporia High boys tennis team will be busy this week to kick off the season. Emporia High will host two tournaments this week beginning with a tournament on Thursday at the Emporia High Tennis Courts. Tuesday's tournament was postponed due to the cold weather and will be made up at a later date. Senior Jacob Simons...
Mar 26, 2024
Comithier Receives All-District Honors
Senior guard Alijah Comithier has been named Second Team All-Central District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Comithier ended his career as the MIAA active leader in career scoring with 2,128 career points while scoring over 1,000 as a Hornet in his two years in Emporia. Comithier received First Te...
Mar 25, 2024
ESU Tennis Sweeps Singles to Beat Quincy
The ranked Emporia State men's tennis team kept its momentum going with a win Sunday at Quincy 6-1. The Hornets dropped the doubles point to open the match before sweeping the singles matches to knock off the Hawks. Anton Sarunic, Harrison Brown, Hachem Fahem, and Sergia Vera each won in straight sets with Mostafa El...
Mar 25, 2024
Spartan Boxing Club 2-1 at Golden Gloves Regionals Saturday; Junior Robles claims third straight regional title, advances to Golden Gloves nationals in May
Emporia Spartan Boxing had a tremendous showing at the 2024 Golden Gloves regional tournament in Hutchinson Saturday. 20-year-old Junior Robles earned a hard-fought unanimous decision win at 147 lbs over Dominique Primer to claim his third consecutive Golden Gloves regional championship. Robles now advances to the Gol...
Mar 24, 2024