The state's Cold Weather Rule comes to an end next week. The Cold Weather Rule will officially end Monday. It prevents utility companies from shutting off services to customers if the temperature goes below 35 degrees or is forecasted to be in the low-to-mid 30's for at least a 24-hour period. However, customers need t...

Emporia Fire handled a small structure fire Wednesday evening. Fire crews were dispatched to 109 Merchant just before 8:30 pm. Battalion Chief Ryan Conley says the unnamed resident was burning leaves in his yard, but the leaves were also against the house and the burn caught the siding on fire. The fire also got throug...

There are now two job fairs available for area workers to attend early next month. The first one is April 7 as Osage County Economic Development, Osage City and KansasWORKS have organized a Community Job Fair at the Osage City Community Building. Employees and others impacted by the upcoming closure of ORBIS the next s...

USD 253 Board of Education members are about to begin the "most intense" part of their search for a new superintendent. Next week, the board will conduct in-person interviews with the superintendent finalists who were selected following a better than two-hour meeting, nearly all of which was spent in executiv...

Judging by the turnout for an annual fundraiser in his honor, John "Doc" Baxter's memory and spirit are still very strong in the local community. According to organizers of the 13th annual John "Doc" Baxter taco feed Wednesday, more than 1,000 tacos were served to several hundred residents, many of ...

It's a busy start to the season for the Emporia High softball team with four games, all on the road, in two days. EHS will open its season on Thursday at Ottawa for a doubleheader and follow that with a trip to Wichita to face Wichita South on Friday. Emporia High head coach Tommy McClure said one thing he likes about ...

The Emporia High girls soccer team opened its season with an 8-0 victory over Junction City on Tuesday at the EHS Turf Field. EHS had five players score goals with senior Katie Smart recording a hat trick. Sophomore Emersyn Johnson scored two goals, while junior Keilara Owens, senior Karah Cooper, and freshman Rylie Mi...

The Emporia State women's tennis team defeated Newman for the first time since 2017 with a 4-3 victory over the Jets on Tuesday at the Kossover Family Tennis Complex. The win ended a three-dual losing streak for the Lady Hornets (6-5, 1-0 MIAA). ESU took the doubles point behind two tiebreaks to sweep the three double...

The #24 Fort Hays State Baseball team outhomered the Hornets 4-3 on the way to a 15-5 run-rule victory in seven innings in Hays, Kan. on Tuesday to open up a midweek conference series. The Tigers plated the first four runs on a pair of homers before Noah Steele, Cooper Schwindt, and Jovanni Toledo tied the game with t...

The Emporia State baseball team swept Newman in a three-game series with victories Saturday & Sunday at the Trusler Sports Complex over the weekend. In game two on Saturday, the Hornets used another big inning and excellent pitching to stifle the Jets 8-0. The Hornets put up a six-spot in the bottom of the first t...