Greenwood County Sheriff Heath Samuels says it will be Monday before information is released about a reported incident at the county jail from Tuesday. This is part of standing policy by the Sheriff's Office to send out all news releases and arrest logs on Monday. Initial reports from The Eureka Herald indicated 4 inma...

Lyon County Fire District 5 Hartford/Neosho Rapids is set for a major equipment update thanks to a recently announced federal allocation through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. District 5 announced Tuesday afternoon that it has been made the recipient of $567,078.09 t...

For the third time in the last year, the community has a chance to hit the lottery, or rather, Loteria Friday night. Kansas Spanish Speakers will be hosting its third Loteria, also known as the Mexican version of Bingo, at 6 pm at the Flint Hills Technical College main campus. Spanish Speakers Director Lelan Dains says...

Tickets are now available for residents to take part in "the most exciting five minutes of fundraising" later this year. The annual Rotary Club of Emporia Grocery Grab fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, November 14th and will once again take place at Good's CashSaver at 2703 US Highway 50. Tickets are avai...

Construction on a long-awaited improvement project at the CareArc main campus is set to begin by the end of this month. That's according to CEO Renee Hively, who shared the same information with the CareArc Board of Directors during their monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon. According to Hively, construction on a new pa...

Emporia High golf placed fifth Monday at Cyprus Ridge Golf Course in Topeka. The Lady Spartans were led by Taylen Koch in a tie for 13th place. She shot 26 over par. Sofia Henning finished in 16th at 30 over par. Emporia took fifth place with 425 team strokes. EHS heads to Salina on Thursday.

The Emporia State volleyball team opened up MIAA play 1-0 last week. Consequently, the Lady Hornets are up one spot in this week's AVCA Top 25 poll. Ferris State received 45 of the 47 first-place votes and remains No. 1 as the top nine in the poll remained stable. Wayne State is second followed by Tampa, Fresno Paci...

The Emporia State football team has moved up to No. 12 in this week's AFCA Top 25 poll and No. 13 in the D2Football.com media poll following their 19-9 win over Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday. Ferris State was idle and remained No. 1 in the poll followed by Harding, Kutztown, Minnesota State-Mankato and Colorado State-P...

The Emporia and Area Athletes of the Week were announced Monday morning. Brayden Sailer is the EHS Athlete of the Week. The senior scored seven goals across two wins for the Spartans on the pitch. Tyce Ndegwa of Hartford is the Area Athlete of the Week. The QB for the Jaguars threw for 116 yards and four TD's. He add...

The Emporia State soccer team came within 11 seconds of a shutout win in their MIAA opener last Friday. On Sunday they did get the shutout to the finish line blanking Fort Hays State 3-0. ESU outshot the Tigers 17-11 in the match. Avery Zimmerman scored six minutes into the contest and Ella Favot found of the back o...