Six years ago, members of VFW Post 1980 considered selling the building at 932 Graphic Arts to offset financial woes dating back to 2014. That conversation ended with the building still under post control. Now, with a combination of factors -- money included -- a sale of the building can't be avoided. Sickler says the ...

A reported bridge fire destroyed a small culvert in north Lyon County on Tuesday. Allen-Admire, Americus and Miller fire crews were initially called to the fire scene near the intersection of Roads 370 and H-2 around 8:30 am. Americus and Miller were canceled while on the way. The fire was limited to a wooden culvert a...

Lawmakers representing Lyon County say there is work ahead to stabilize budgets over the next four to five years after the latest revisions by the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group. 17th District Senator Mike Argabright says lawmakers have a lot of potential factors to consider as they set budgets. The big one? Revenu...

One man facing charges of flee and elude and aggravated battery, among others, will return to Lyon County District Court next month. Following a preliminary hearing Monday, Cristian Jesus Lopez was set for a pretrial hearing May 23. Lopez was charged after an alleged incident March 8, including single counts of aggrava...

Democrats at the local and state levels are encouraging residents to attend a town hall Tuesday evening. Kansas House Minority Leader Brandon Woodard and Kansas Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes are among the panel of guests expected to attend. Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran and Congressman Derek Schmidt, all...

The Emporia State softball teams won two games over Newman to wrap up their home schedule at the Trusler Sports Complex on Saturday. The Lady Hornets finished the first game strong for a 12-4 run-rule victory over the Jets. The Navy & Red opened the scoring with a surprising homer, just the second for the Jets all...

Four area athletes competed on the final day of the KU Relays on Saturday. The top finish came from Northern Heights' Jaitlyn Johnson, who finished 13th in the discus with a toss of 122-8. Emporia High had three athletes compete. After finishing third in the triple jump on Friday, Emporia High's Paige Newland finsihed ...

The Emporia State tennis teams each fell on the road Friday against conference rival Northwest Missouri. In the men's matchup, the #49 Bearcats shaved the #37 Hornets 4-3. The Hornets took the doubles point with the decisive win at #1 doubles by #36 doubles team Alexis Mattenberger and Gwendal Mazuay . Mostafa Elbasn...

The Emporia High girls soccer team fell to Wichita East, 5-2, on Friday night. The first 40 minutes were competitive with a 2-2 tie. Emersyn Johnson gave the Lady Spartans a 1-0 lead. The Blue Aces responded and then a goal by Lodia Gamez made it 2-1 in the 21st minute. Wichita East scored the next four goals in the ga...

In the high school portion of the KU Relays in Lawrence, Emporia High's Paige Newland finished third in the triple jump with a mark of 39-0.5. Chance Duncan finished 12th in the discus (158-6). RJ Tabares finished 15th in the 300m hurdles, while finishing 30th in the 110m hurdles prelims (15.13). Harley Smith finished ...