The investigation into Sunday's house fire in south Emporia has taken a sobering turn. A news release from the Emporia Fire Department indicates one person was found dead inside the home as firefighters did their primary search inside 518 South Exchange. The victim's name is not being released at this time until next o...

The time period through early Tuesday could well be eventful in regards to the weather. A wind advisory now continues areawide through 9 pm Sunday, with wind gusts already above 40 mph at the Emporia Municipal Airport. Southerly gusts could be as high as 45 mph through the alert period. A marginal-to-slight risk area h...

An Emporia man was taken to Newman Regional Health for medical care after a wreck Sunday morning. Lyon County Deputy Curtis Morse says authorities and rescue personnel were dispatched to the intersection of Roads 170 and N shortly before 6 am, finding an SUV with heavy front-end damage and one person, 25-year-old Wilme...

A brush fire is smoldering at the Emporia-Lyon County Transfer Station on Sunday, but officials say the situation is under control. Emporia Fire crews were dispatched to what was reported as a large burn pile on fire at the Transfer Station around 11:30 pm Saturday. Fire Capt. Greg Davis says crews stayed on scene for ...

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 ...

The Area and Emporia Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday. Octavian Dean of Madison is the Area Athlete of the Week. The senior won three gold medals at the Lyon County League track and field meet in Emporia on Thursday. Dean swept the 110m and 300m hurdles. He also took the top spot in discus as the Bulldo...

Three members of the Emporia High baseball program earned recognition on the recently released 2026 All-Centennial League Baseball Team. The Black and Red placed three on the all-league second team. Sophomore Oliver Kline joined juniors Micah Gray and Colton Eubanks for league honors. In addition to the second-team sel...

Multiple Emporia High athletics learned their playoff assignments on Saturday as released by KSHSAA. Baseball hits the road and will be at the Kapaun Mt Carmel pod on Tuesday. EHS opens with Maize South at 2 p.m. after being seeded 10th. Winner matches up with the winner of Kapaun Mt Carmel and Ark City. Softball hits ...

Emersyn Johnson won it for Emporia High soccer Friday at Topeka High 1-0 in overtime. Neither team found the back of the net in regulation. Viveca Fuller set up Johnson for the game winner in the second ot. That is the 11th clean sheet on the season for defense. The Lady Spartans 10-6 (2-3) find out their postseason as...

Emporia High School's girls track and field team earned a runner-up finish while the boys placed fourth Friday at the Centennial League meet in Junction City. The Lady Spartans finished second behind Manhattan in the team standings, while Junction City claimed the boys league title. The Black and Red collected several ...