A year off did not hinder the quality of competition for FHTC's annual culinary competition, the Cut, Thursday evening. The 9th installment of the event saw four competitors, Susana Sanchez, Emily Hulce, Antonio Miranda and Isaac Joy test their creativity and skill across three rounds of competition where they were cha...

Work to expand Kansas Highway 99 or Commercial Street in south Emporia isn't moving as fast as original plans had mentioned. A more involved process to move underground utilities has combined with a couple extended rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall over the last month to lengthen the overall project. City Engineer J...

Reconstructing the Emporia service exit along the Kansas Turnpike reached a milestone this week. The Turnpike Authority says building demolition is done. Crews have now started to pour concrete for basement footings, and they are also moving forward with water and sewer utility work. The KTA is modernizing the facility...

Advance voting is now at moderate levels in Lyon County. Lyon County Election Officer Amie Jones says over 400 voters went to the Fairgrounds Anderson Building to cast their ballots Thursday, putting the offsite total at 679 or 3 percent of Lyon County's registered total. Almost 600 ballots have been mailed to Lyon Cou...

From a record high Tuesday to a frosty weekend. Welcome to the Flint Hills in fall. Tuesday had a high temperature of 93 degrees, shattering a record set back in 1962. After highs struggling to reach the mid-50s with breezy conditions all Friday, temperatures will dive to 32 degrees by early Saturday. Wind chills will ...

Emporia High tennis extended its state postseason run on Friday as the doubles team of Alexa Tovar and Chelsea Mendez advanced to Saturday at the 5A State Tournament. ​Competing at the Andover District Tennis Complex, the Spartans saw mixed results on the opening day of state play: ​After dropping their opening mat...

MIAA Offensive Player of the Week Ella Favot scored three minutes into the match and Peyton Pipes chipped in two of her own scores as ESU beat Missouri Southern 3-2 on a chilly and windy Friday at the ESU Pitch in Emporia. Favot picked up her eighth goal of the year on an Avery Zimmerman assist before the Lions tied i...

Emporia High soccer battled to a 1-1 draw against Manhattan on Thursday at Spartan Field, concluding a rescheduled matchup and a demanding stretch of games. The contest, originally delayed two weeks due to inclement weather, saw early action when Braxton Pugh put the Spartans on the board with a goal at the 27-minute m...

Haiden Ziglar of Olpe and Ellei McCrory of Northern Heights captured the individual titles at the Lyon County League Cross Country Championships on Thursday at The Orchard in Emporia. ​Ziglar secured the boys championship in dominating fashion, posting a winning time of 18:30. He pulled away from the rest of the fiel...

The Unified bowling season got underway on Thursday for Emporia High at Flint Hills Lanes in Emporia. The Emporia Red squad won the event with a score of 836. Chanute Gold secured second with a 580 series and Iola 2 finished third with a 578. Emporia's Parker Amos was named Bowler of the Meet by his peers. The Spartans...