In case you haven't been paying attention, the November general election ballot will be lengthy. Besides state-level positions, including governor, attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer, the local ballot has several special questions, depending on your ZIP code: *Emporia voters will vote on a 0.25-percent ...

It took some time to confirm, but there was a gas leak at the Emporia Senior Center on Monday. Emporia Fire Capt. Wade Schmidt says crews responded to an abnormal odor around 8 am. Kansas Gas was also called to the scene. After an investigation, it was determined there was a small gas leak from an unspecified kitchen a...

If you have questions about Medicare -- and you might have a lot, depending on your circumstances -- Lyon County Extension has answers. Certified SHICK counselors and Extension staffers Travis Carmichael and Melody Garcia have a Medicare Basics Q&A -- actually two of them -- on Wednesday. Sessions will be from 10:3...

Democrat gubernatorial candidate Cindy Holscher spent much of the past weekend in Emporia. Holscher visited with constituents at Gravel City Roasters on Saturday, following that appearance with an educator meet-and-greet at the Lyon County Democrat party headquarters Sunday. Following the meet-and-greet Sunday, and wit...

Lyon County deputies say an Emporia woman was hurt when her bike hit a pickup truck north of the city Sunday afternoon. Deputy Daniel Calvert says the incident developed shortly before 4 pm in the 1300 block of Road 270, near the junction with Road N. Calvert says 36-year-old Samantha Morrison was cycling westbound on ...

The Lyon County League volleyball standings through the first month of the season: Marais des Cygnes Valley 21-5 (3-0) Waverly 10-12 (3-0) Lebo 13-10 (2-1) Burlingame 7-9 (2-1) Olpe 11-12 (2-2) Northern Heights 7-12 (2-2) Madison 4-16 (0-4) Hartford 1-22 (0-4)

Emporia High cross country competed Saturday at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, with the Spartans turning in several strong individual performances. In the Girls Blue & Crimson B 5K, Emma Beatty led the Emporia girls, finishing third out of 216 runners. Madison Evans also placed inside the top 10 percent of the field, c...

The Chase County Bulldogs defeated the Lyndon Tigers 30 to 12 on a muddy football field in Lyndon on Friday night. Austin Anderson lead the Bulldogs with touchdown runs of 29, 51 and 8 yards. Anderson also had 122 yards rushing on 17 carries. Vincent Hodges added 85 yards on the ground and a score. Chase County did att...

Emporia High opened its homecoming game with a strong start Friday night at Welch Stadium, but Junction City rallied to take control and hand the Spartans a 32-6 loss in Centennial League play. The Spartans put together an impressive opening drive that lasted nearly seven and a half minutes. The possession ended with q...

The Olpe Eagles used a dominant rushing attack to defeat St-Mary's Colgan 29-0 on Friday night. The win was the 500th win all time for Olpe, 175th win in Head Coach Chris Schmidt's career, and the first victory in the new Olpe Sports Complex. Abbott Bailey broke a 0-0 tie with a 20-yard rush with 5:23 remaining in the ...