Emporia's second in-person job fair in four months is coming Tuesday. The Emporia Stronger Job Fair is set for 11 am to 2 pm at the Humanitarian Center. Veterans seeking to make connections with potential employers are encouraged to attend between 11-11:30 am. As many as 30 local, regional and out-of-state businesses w...

Some frosty air is in place to start the week. Freeze warnings have been posted for Lyon and all surrounding counties until 9 am Monday. A freeze watch affects Lyon, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties from 12-9 am Tuesday. Overnight temperatures could be just above freezing in Emporia on Monday and right at f...

Officially, the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education will have two meetings Monday morning. Board members will convene at 9:30 am to officially announce the district's next superintendent of schools and to approve the related contract. The board will then move directly into a second Zoom meeting to discuss personnel in e...

The Kansas Legislature's veto session begins Thursday, and Democrat Governor Laura Kelly has added several bills to the pot for possible override actions. On Friday, the governor vetoed six bills: *House Bill 2033, dealing with researching at-risk educational programs. The governor says this is unnecessary because it i...

Appeal procedures are ongoing in an Emporia aggravated kidnapping case. Willam D Anderson's current defense attorney, Brian Williams, recently filed paperwork requesting new representation as the case moves forward. Wichita attorney Kristen Patty has been appointed as Anderson's defense. Anderson was initially sentence...

Sophomore disc golfer Atlanta Krueger is Emporia State's first individual national champion after claiming the women's title at the Collegiate Disc Golf National Championships in Rock Hill, S. C. on Wednesday. Krueger was in second at -1 following the first round and trailed by two shots going into a nine-hole final r...

Two Emporia High teams were in action on Wednesday. The Emporia High softball team was swept by Hayden, 5-2 and 11-3. In game one, Emporia High held a 1-0 lead before Hayden scored four in the fifth and never looked back. Marley Sewell and Bailey Schlesener each went 2-for-3 at the plate. Alivia Barrett allowed five ru...

The Emporia State men's track & field team will start the season in the Top 25. The initial outdoor rankings from the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association places the Hornets #13 in the country. Reigning and defending MIAA and National Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field champion Pi...

The Emporia State baseball team surrendered an unearned run in the 10th inning to fall 5-4 at Missouri Western on Tuesday. The Griffons scored the first run in the third before ESU took the lead on a two-run single by Cooper Schwindt. Western struck back with a pair of runs in the fourth before stealing home to exten...

Twenty-one area athletes were named to the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association's All-State basketball teams released Tuesday afternoon. In Class 3A, Council Grove's Brycen Palmquist is a second team selection while Osage City's Kasen Parsons is a third team selection. On the girls side, Osage City's Kaelyn Boss is a ...