The United Way of the Flint Hills' annual fundraising campaign is now less than a month from coming to an end. The annual Campaign Celebration has been announced: May 14 at the Fairgrounds Bowyer Community Building. Lunch is provided. The last update in late February had the United Way campaign at $485,000, approaching...

CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness has moved its Coffey County clinic operations. The behavioral health clinic previously at 109 North 3rd in Burlington is now at 187 Osage in New Strawn. Besides offering a more central location for Coffey County residents, it also means a new and larger facility. It also gives CrossWi...

More criminal charges have been filed against a Hartford man accused of rape and sexual assault in Douglas County. Initially accused of seven total counts of rape, aggravated sexual battery and sexual battery against five people, 44-year-old Aaron Borger now faces 11 total counts against eight alleged victims -- two of...

The key component in the Emporia Public Schools cost containment plan was the subject of a special meeting Wednesday. Board members heard about 45 minutes' worth of testimony and comments from Logan Avenue parents, teachers, staffers and neighborhood residents as they near a decision on whether to end school operations...

SOS had a successful Heroes for Hope. The fundraiser officially culminated Tuesday after generating over $32,000 over the prior month. A $10,000 match from the Hopkins Foundation was also included. Fifteen women held a range of fundraisers that also helped to raise awareness and the services it provides for abuse and n...

The Emporia State baseball team lost their fourth game in the last five after allowing a Western seventh inning comeback to steal game three of their first MIAA midweek series 11-9 in St. Joseph, Mo. yesterday. The Hornets jumped on the Griffons early with four runs in the first aided by a Brady Unrein RBI single and ...

Emporia High baseball dropped both games in Topeka against Hayden on Tuesday. The Wildcats took game one 4-1. Hayden scored in the bottom of the first as they never trailed. Oliver Kline singled in Jackson Meinke in the fourth for the lone Spartan run. Kline finished three for three. Colton Eubanks took the complete ga...

Emporia High soccer fell 4-1 to Manhattan on Tuesday at Spartan Field. The Lady Indians took the 1-0 advantage 13 minutes into the match off a corner. Emporia slowed up the Manhattan attack until a barrage of goals were scored in the final ten minutes. Aracely Aleman ended the shutout with four minutes left in the ga...

Allie Weiss took diving gold for Emporia on Tuesday at Capitol Federal Natatorium in Topeka. The reigning Emporia Athlete of the Week scored a 297.25, which was better than 100 points higher than second place. EHS diving returns to the pool Tuesday, April 21 at Campus High in Wichita.

Emporia State freshman sprinter Stella Agbokpah has been named the MIAA Women's Track Athlete of the Week. Agbokpah broke her own school record in the 200m dash last week finishing third at the Jo Meaker Classic hosted by West Texas A&M last week. She later shaved a hundredth of a second off her 100m dash time wh...