Even with some likely reflection of the Hopkins Manufacturing shutdown, the Kansas Department of Labor's March unemployment report shows Emporia and Lyon County jobless rates declining. Emporia's jobless rate was at 5.6 percent in February, dipping to 5.2 percent in March. Lyon County had a similar decline, from 5.4 to...

Asphalt work is underway on part of Americus Road The Lyon County Highway Department is working on Road F from Road 320 north to US Highway 56. It is a process that could take several weeks to finish. The Highway Department has stoplights and a pilot car directing traffic. Minor delays are expected between 7 am and 2:3...

The Emporia Recreation Center pool remains closed with no clear timeline for reopening after a mechanical issue surfaced earlier this week. According to officials, a failed gasket seal has kept the pool pump offline since Wednesday, preventing normal operations and forcing the temporary shutdown. Executive Director Ama...

An expansion of sorts is on order for the National Memorial to Fallen Educators. Following a successful 12 for 12 fundraising campaign earlier this spring, the National Teachers Hall of Fame has ordered two granite stones to be used to honor teachers, administrators and support staffers killed in the line of duty throu...

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks says a hunter was hit by a train and killed this past weekend. Wildlife and Parks says the incident was reported around 7:30 am April 25 south of the junction of 293rd Street and South Paulen Road, or about 3 miles northeast of Melvern. Nicholas Pasley, age 43 of Clarksville,...

Baseball: Mission Valley 11 Osage City 2 Mission Valley 12 Osage City 1 SLC 16 MdCV 1 SLC 14 MdCV 4 Chase County 1 West Franklin 0 West Franklin 9 Chase County 4 Wolfdogs 16 NH 1 Wolfdogs 9 NH 0 Softball: West Franklin 12 Chase County 2 West Franklin 6 Chase County 1 Mission Valley 10 Osage City 2 Osage City 2 Mission ...

Emporia High soccer team battled through a tight matchup Thursday but came up just short in a 3-2 overtime loss at Wichita East. The Lady Spartans struck early, taking the lead just three minutes into the match. Emersyn Johnson converted a penalty kick in the box to give Emporia a 1-0 advantage. Wichita East answered l...

Chesney Erkel and Marley Harter both finished top 20 to lead Emporia High golf to 12th Thursday in Hesston. Erkel finished tied for 14th with a +5 to lead the Spartans. Harter was right on his toes with a +6 which was tied for 17th. Emporia was two strokes back from a top ten showing. The Black and Red shot a team 328....

Council Grove baseball continues to roll through the spring schedule, and the Braves are starting to look like a serious contender for a deep postseason run. With their eyes set on a first state tournament appearance since 2015, momentum continues to build. Head coach Matt Wilkens points to the work put in long before ...

In a matchup of two teams ranked in the top ten of the Central Region softball rankings, Emporia State picked up a key sweep with wins of 3-2 and 9-6 at Central Missouri in a pair of makeup games yesterday. Trailing 2-0 in the fourth, the Lady Hornets scored three-straight runs thanks to a two-out triple by Addison Ca...