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 State baseball team got off to a hot start on the way to an 18-8 victory in game one of their series at Northeastern State. The Hornets scored four in the first and followed that up with five runs in the second. ESU pounded out 17 hits led by Jovanni Toledo's 4-for-5 day, including two runs and five RBIs ...

Lebo senior Saige Hadley was named to the KVA All-Star Game to be played on June 7. Hadley will be playing on the red team in the game that will be played at Washburn Rural High School at 5 p.m. Hadley, a two-time Class 1A-Division II Player of the Year, helped the Wolves to state championships in 2022 and 2023 and sta...

The Emporia State women's tennis team leveled their season and MIAA record after a 5-2 win at Missouri Western Thursday. After Andrea Santiago and Paige Stranghoner won 6-1 at #3 doubles, the Lady Hornets coughed up the doubles point by losing the next two matches, but ESU dominated singles winning five of the six mat...

The Emporia State softball teams posted a split on Wednesday against Drury. The Lady Hornets claimed game one 3-1 and took the lead scoring on a pair of fielder's choices in the second inning. ESU added a run in the third on a sacrifice fly. The Lady Hornets were outhit 7-4 in the game but Drury committed two errors ...

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...