Longtime David Traylor Zoo resident Hot Lips has died. Hot Lips, a cotton-top tamarin monkey, was born at the zoo in 2000 spent his entire life at the zoo before he passed away last week at the age of 25. Cotton-tops typically live around 10-14 years. The Zoological Information Management System says Hot Lips is the se...

It's the last hurrah for a significant local fundraiser this week. Laps 4 Landon has been benefiting cystic fibrosis research and care for 18 years after Landon Dody, the event's namesake, was diagnosed with CF. Longtime organizer Dr Jennifer Thomas says the event developed through a lengthy friendship between her and ...

The Emporia Symphony Orchestra concludes its season Tuesday night. Director of Bands Gary Ziek says there will be a wide range of classical music. ESU has a totally different feel with its next concert as the Jazz Ensemble performs Thursday. Ziek says it will be a "high-voltage" show feeling "like a Miam...

Policy reviews and updates will take place during the CareArc Board of Directors' monthly meeting Tuesday. Updates include policies for exempt employee pay deductions, credentials and privileges and service recovery, while reviews include matters like leave. Other items include monthly reports from administrators, as w...

Jobless rates remain elevated over prior norms for Emporia and Lyon County. The Kansas Department of Labor says Emporia's jobless rate for March was 4.7 percent, above the February mark of 4.5 percent and the March 2024 number of 3.1 percent. Lyon County's jobless rate was slightly lower, 4.5 percent, as opposed to 4.3...

The Emporia High baseball team snapped a 3-game losing streak with a sweep at Topeka High on Friday. EHS won the first game 12-0 and completed the sweep with a 20-0 victory in game two. In game one, the Spartans scored two each in the first and sixth innings, added five in the third and three in the fourth. Owen Ruge g...

The Emporia State baseball team unleashed an onslaught to powder Northeastern State in a doubleheader sweep Friday to sweep their three game series in Tahlequah, Okla. In game one of the true doubleheader Friday, ESU only had three more hits than the RiverHawks but lapped NSU 18-5. The Hornets pounded 18 hits in the g...

Two area schools hosted track and field invitationals on Thursday. Northern Heights, Marais des Cygnes Valley, Olpe, and Osage City competed in the Travis Sheeley Memorial Invitational in Allen. Chase County, Burlingame, Hartford, Madison, and Waverly competed in the Tim Griffin Relays in Cottonwood Falls. Travis Sheel...

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...