Several area fire departments have been deployed to southwest Kansas to help with firefighting efforts. The East Central Kansas Task Force, as it's being called, has been dispatched to Bucklin as a staging point at the request of the Office of Kansas State Fire Marshal. In a social media post announcing the deployment ...

This month's meeting has a lot of items for the Emporia Recreation Commission Board to discuss and, in some cases, take action. The action items Monday include the annual operation agreement between the Rec Commission and city of Emporia for the Jones Aquatic Center, as well as employee retention tax credits and a vehi...

A Burlington driver was among several people involved in an injury crash in Wilson County on Friday afternoon. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 20-year-old Hunter Reiling was driving a pickup northbound on US Highway 75 when his vehicle was hit by an eastbound SUV about three miles south of Wilson State Fishing Lake and ...

An area lake has been removed from any algae-related alerts through the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. KDHE has lifted the algae watch effective for Council Grove City Lake for the past month. The same can't be said for Emporia State University's King Lake, which has been in an algae warning now for over ...

The Sertoma Club of Emporia demonstrated what it means to be a good neighbor this weekend in honor of America's 250th anniversary. The club recognized America250's Good Neighbor Day America by offering free rides on the Sertoma Club train in Soden's Grove. The only request from the club was for a donation of canned goo...

Four Hornet baseball players have received All-Central Region honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Colby Deaver (pitcher) and Logan Myers (second base) each made the First Team while Noah Steele (first base) and Grant Huffman (relief pitcher) earned second team honors. Additionally, Deave...

Emporia State junior third baseman Brooke Flewelling has been named Second Team All-Region by the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association. Flewelling led the Lady Hornets and MIAA in home runs as ESU made the semifinals of the MIAA Softball Tournament. She was Second Team All-MIAA and hit .346 with 16 home runs, eigh...

Regional baseball results in 2-1A from Thursday. Southern Lyon County handled Yates Center 11-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. SLC will play Flint Hills Tuesday at Central Heights. Chase County edged Marion 3-2 to move on to the quarters. The Bulldogs head to Maron on Tuesday to face Marmaton Valley. Northern Heights...

Emporia High swimming and diving claimed fourth Thursday at the Centennial League meet at Capitol Federal Natatorium in Topeka. Taryn Woydziak led the swimmers with silver in the 100 Freestyle. She added a sixth place finish in the 50 Freestyle. Allie Weiss set a new school record and won gold in diving. Manhattan won...

Madison boys and Northern Heights girls claimed the 2026 Lyon County League Track and Field meet titles Thursday at Welch Stadium in Emporia. Madison topped Olpe 153.50 - 139 for the championship. Northern Heights edged Olpe 155 -153 for the top spot. 100m Harper Schmidt Olpe & Mason McDonald Mad 200m Harper Schm...