It appears traffic rearrangements due to a wreck causing significant bridge damage last week will take "several months" to finish. The Kansas Turnpike Authority says repair plans are in progress after an "over-height" load hit the northbound Turnpike bridge over US Highway 50. Several factors remain...

CareArc's Community Health department is asking residents to be proactive in preventing measles as the disease continues to spread. CareArc Marketing Manager Justin Ogleby says measles is highly contagious. It can live in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves a given area. Anybody who is infected ...

Long-discussed plans for facility needs at USD 251 North Lyon County had more discussions Wednesday night. There was a good crowd of patrons at the NLC Elementary gymnasium as residents learned more about facility assessments the last two years and potential costs involved for significant repairs at each building. This...

A new convenience store is coming to northwest Emporia. Walmart has started construction on a new convenience store and gas station in the northeast corner of its parking lot. With early preparations now underway, Walmart Global Communications spokesperson Anne Hatfield says this new building is in the early planning s...

Trial is the next step in a Lyon County rape case. And it's coming soon. Barring a last-minute schedule adjustment, jury selection is set to begin Monday in the case against Russell Paul Patterson Jr, following a trial status hearing Wednesday. Trial is tentatively set to last all next week. Patterson was arrested in A...

Burlingame boys basketball coach Eric West has stepped down as head coach after seven years of guiding the Bearcats and 11 years in the program. West was approved as Burlingame's next athletic director during USD 454's Board of Education meeting on April 9. Along with coaching boys basketball at Burlingame, West is an ...

Emporia High freshman Rylie Mitchell recorded her first career hat trick leading the Lady Spartans to a 6-0 victory over Wichita Classical on Tuesday night. Katie Smart got the Lady Spartans on the board in the 22th minute. Mitchell scored her goals in the 29th, 45th and 72nd minutes. Peyton Chanley scored her first go...

The Emporia High boys golf team shot a season best 313, good for 10th in a competitive field of the Firekeeper Open on Tuesday. Emporia High finished 25 strokes behind team champion St. James Academy. Third through 10th in the team standings were separated by just 11 strokes. Will Walker led the way for the Spartans, f...

The Emporia High baseball team dropped two close games in the McPherson Quad on Tuesday. In Emporia High's first game, the Spartans fell 4-3 to Great Bend and fell in their second game to Rose Hill, 4-2. Against Great Bend, Emporia High jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning before Great Bend responded with three...

The Emporia State baseball team fell after allowing Fort Hays State to score seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning on the way to a 12-4 victory in Hays on Tuesday. The Tigers swept the midweek series winning each game by at least seven runs. FHSU never trailed going in front 5-0 through seven, but the Black &...