A Greenwood County man was killed in a crash near Severy on Friday morning. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the incident happened just before 9 am on Kansas Highway 99 about two miles north of Severy. Curk Creed, age 64 of Eureka, was driving a concrete truck southbound when the truck went off the right side of the high...

Emporia State Federal Credit Union is alerting members to an ongoing scam effort. According to a news release from the credit union on Friday, scammers have been contacting members impersonating ESFCU employees. The scammers are believed to be cloning the credit union's phone number and contacting members seeking sensi...

Water service is temporarily offline at Emporia's B&B movie theatre. Flint Hills Mall posted via its official Facebook page early Friday morning that there is "no water at the south end (theatre) of the mall." The mall has placed signage directing patrons to "temporary bathrooms" until the situa...

Emporia State University has welcomed a new leader for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. In a news release Thursday, the university announced the hiring of Dr. Mark Meister as the school's first permanent dean. Dr. Meister brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in both faculty and administrative roles,...

While the annual Keep it a Safe Summer event may have skipped a year, it sure did not skip a beat, as evident by the turnout for the event Thursday evening. Once again, the Lyon County Fairgrounds played host to the informational activity-filled happening, which saw an estimated 900 individuals and nearly 40 different ...

The Emporia High girls swim and dive team finished third at the Topeka West Invitational on Wednesday. Emporia High finished with 323 points, finishing behind Manhattan and Seaman. Allie Weiss won the diving portion of the event with a score of 283.05, winning by 71 points. The 200-yard freestyle relay of Camryn Spaffo...

For the first time this season, the Emporia High baseball team was swept in a doubleheader. Hayden, the No. 2-ranked team in Class 4A, defeated the No. 8 team in 5A, 14-0 in six innings and rallied for a 5-3 victory in the finale. The sweep kept the reigning state champions in Class 3A undefeated with a 10-0 record. In...

Two Emporia High athletic teams were on the road on Tuesday. Emporia High junior Allie Weiss won the Campus Diving Invitational with a score of 460.80. Weiss will dive again on Wednesday at Topeka West, with the Lady Spartan swimmers competing following the diving portion of the meet. The Emporia High girls soccer team...

The Emporia State baseball team took the lead in the bottom of the first on a T. J. Racherbaumer grand slam and never trailed again in a 9-2 victory over Missouri Western to win a midweek MIAA series at the Trusler Sports Complex on Tuesday. The day started shakily for ESU starter Gerardo Grijalva (2-1) as he allowed ...

Emporia State athletics announced Tuesday that Melissa "MJ" Baker has been named the ninth head coach of Lady Hornet basketball. Baker replaces Brian Ostermann who resigned in March following two years with the program. Baker previously spent eight seasons at Eastern Florida State College. There she led th...