New equipment and courses are coming to Champions Landing thanks to recent action by Emporia City Commissioners. During their most recent study meeting, commissioners received an allocation request from Champions owner Jeremy Rusco for just over $53,900 in Transient Guest Tax dollars. It is important to note, TGT dolla...

An Emporia Police officer is getting statewide recognition for his lifesaving work. Officer Martin Orozco has received the Silver Award from the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police. The award, one of the organization's highest honors, goes to officers whose "exceptional actions have directly resulted in saving ...

A preliminary hearing date is ahead after a man was arrested this week in Emporia on suspicion of raping a teenager. Luis Jalpa-Sena, age 26, was arrested Monday and charged Thursday with single counts of rape, aggravated criminal sodomy and and aggravated sexual battery. Jalpa-Sena was also charged with two counts of ...

Right now it looks like a "road closed" sign. But the end is now in sight for the 24th and Prairie Waterline Replacement Project. Work has been underway for close to a year, and Emporia City Engineer Jim Ubert -- a guest on KVOE's Morning Show on Thursday -- says work could be done by the end of May. Short-te...

Moderate drought continues to push eastward across Kansas. Last week, moderate drought went generally along and west of a line from Manhattan to Neosho Rapids to Madison. This week's report from the US Drought Monitor has moderate drought along and west of a line from Osage City to Beto Junction to Virgil. The report c...

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...