Water matters are at the forefront for Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Legislature recently, and the Kansas Water Office has approved significant grant funding for a quartet of area communities. Harveyville is receiving almost $1.3 million from the Water Projects Grant Fund to handle a long-sought set of imp...

Aron Dody begins his new duties as Chase County's superintendent of schools July 1, and the Chase County High School graduate says he wants to end his education career in that position. Spinden says there are no plans for the district to replace current school buildings with new ones now that Dody has been selected. Do...

The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas is into a pair of transitional periods. One has to do with the person in the main leadership role. With Jim Witt exiting as interim CEO after over a year in that chair, the RDA Board of Directors recently chose former Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Preside...

This year's Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture at Emporia State University will feature two speakers with one message. AJ Locashio and Sarah Phelps will discuss the advocate lifestyle, as well as the community's role in continuing engagement and activism. Part of that conversation will include topics like the challeng...

Emporia Public Works Director Dean Grant says the city's second gold medal in the Berkeley Springs water competition is something all city residents should be proud of. Experts judge the Municipal Water category based on aroma, taste, aftertaste, clarity and "mouthfeel." Berkeley Springs, West Virginia's tap ...

Two more classifications now know their sub-state brackets as KSHSAA releasing Classes 2A and 3A on Saturday. In Class 2A in the Yates Center region, the Chase County girls are the No. 2 seed and will host Yates Center on Thursday with a time to be determined. The Chase County boys are the No. 6 seed and will host Yate...

The Emporia High boys wrestling team will be sending seven wrestlers to the Class 5A State Wrestling Championships next weekend in Park City. Entering Saturday's competition in the Class 5A West Regional at Newton, the Spartans had 10 wrestlers remaining with Jose Vargas at 285 clinching his ticket on Friday at 285. Ko...

The Emporia High boys swim team had its season end at the Class 5-1A State Swim Championships on Friday. Logan Woydziak finished 18th in the prelims of the 50-yard freestyle, becoming the second alternate for the consolation finals. Woydziak finished 23rd in the 100-yard freestyle. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of ...

The Emporia High basketball teams split their doubleheader with Topeka High Friday night at Spartan Gymnasium. Emporia High snapped a 3-game losing streak with a 64-35 victory over the Trojans, winning the Dean Smith Trophy. Topeka High won the girls game, 45-14. In the boys game, Emporia High jumped out to an 8-0 lead...

The Emporia High boys bowling team claimed the Centennial League Championship on Friday at Junction City. The Spartans won their first league title since 2015 with a 3,170, 44 better than Hayden. Caydrick Crouch led Emporia High with a second place finish with a 672. Michael Wendling was fifth with a 613. Colton Swift ...