Emporia residents can now go online to license their pets. The Emporia Police Department says licenses are now available at emporiaks.gov/animalcontrol. The form includes basic contact information, as well as information about the animal being licensed, veterinarian information and space for the pet owner to upload cop...

Speed limits are adjusting just north of Emporia and near Olpe. Lyon County Public Information Officer Vici Smith says the Kansas Department of Transportation is reducing the speed limit on Kansas Highway 99 from Emporia's north city limits to Road 187 from 60 to 45 mph. The K-99 speed limit outside Olpe goes from 60 t...

Policy and purchases will be considered by Lyon County Commissioners when they convene for their regular action meeting Thursday morning. Commissioners will be conducting a review of animal-at-large issues and may approve a resolution regarding dog control in the county. This will come after commissioners review and co...

Emporia's new Emporia Fire Station 1 is now fully operational and according to City Manager Trey Cocking on the most recent Q&A With Trey, firefighters have settled in well to their new home. With Fire Station 1's construction now complete, work on upgrading and adding to Fire Station 2 on Industrial Road is now un...

Spring is busy for the Flint Hills Optimists. The Optimists have their annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 4 at Jones Park. As normal, there will be search areas for children ages 2 and below, ages 3-4, ages 5-7, ages 8-9 and children with special needs. The hunt will be at 10 am. Parking at Jones Park is always extremely ...

On Sunday, the Flint Hills League All League teams were released for boys and girls basketball. Local athletes receiving recognition: Girls: 1st team: Emory Speece Osage City, Allie Kneisler Lyndon and Kaelyn Boss Osage City. 2nd team: Jayla Jenkins Osage City, Ava Wilson Chase County and Jardyn Segrist of Lyndon. Boys...

Emporia's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy earned a perfect record in Kansas City this past weekend. The team took three competitors to the New Breeds Jiu-Jitsu tournament in KC Saturday, with all three earning gold medals. Trenton Carroll, who last month had a successful Amateur MMA debut for Shamrock FC, took the top posi...

Osage City fell in the 3A state title game to Silver Lake Saturday 60-44 at Hutchinson Sports Arena. The Lady Indians made their first ever appearance in the championship game and never led in the contest. They were outscored 11-8 after one. Silver Lake used a 13-0 run in the second to grow their advantage to 26-14 a...

The Emporia State women's tennis team picked up a 4-3 win over Ouachita Baptist at the Kossover Family Tennis Center in Emporia on Saturday. ESU picked up the doubles point with a sweep of all three matches. The Tigers won at #6 and #2 singles to take the lead in the duel, but Sheridan Wichman pulled E-State level wi...

The Emporia State softball team split their Saturday doubleheader with Northeastern State at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia. NSU scored the final four runs of the game on the way to a 6-2 win in game one of the twinbill. The teams traded unearned runs on errors in the first two innings then each scored on extr...