For the second year in a row, Emporia Main Street is being recognized as one of the two very best main street programs in the nation. It was announced Wednesday morning that Emporia finished in second place in voting in the 2025 USA Today 10Best Main Street in America competition. As mentioned, this is the second cons...

Easter egg hunts are in abundance this weekend. Emporia Main Street kicks off the weekend with a nontraditional hunt starting at 10 am Friday. Director Casey Woods says 3-D printed eggs from the Fabrication Lab will be hidden along Commercial Street from Third to 12th. And yes, you can keep one if you find it. Like the...

Jamie Dreiling says a combination of gut feeling and a lot of basketball viewing put him in good stead to win KVOE's annual Beat the Bracket contest. Participants had a short time period to fill out brackets, available at several business partners like Blackcreek Diesel & Automotive, Bourbon Cowboy, Emporia State F...

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is seeking a major presidential disaster declaration after five days of rough weather last month. Governor Kelly has officially sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency seeking federal assistance after fires, severe storms, high straight-line winds, flooding and winter weathe...

Sunflower Summer is returning. Sunflower Summer eliminates admission costs for both eligible students and one adult guardian per attraction per season. Tickets for different attractions across Kansas are available through the Sunflower Summer app, available free of charge. Meanwhile, Kansas Tourism is encouraging any a...

The Emporia State men's tennis team powered past Augustana 6-1 at the Kossover Family Tennis Complex on Sunday. ESU swept the doubles point winning all three matches including two in a tiebreak. #17 Anton Sarunic fell to his 25th ranked opponent at #1 singles, but it was all Hornets otherwise with every Emporia State...

The Emporia State baseball team fell 12-6 in game three of the Turnpike Tussle at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia on Sunday. The Ichabods won the series two games to one. Each team plated a run in the first before Washburn tacked on single runs in the second and third. Washburn led 5-3 through six after the tea...

The Emporia State baseball team scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth but came up short as Washburn nipped the Hornets 14-13 to claim game two of the three-game Turnpike Tussle Series at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia on Saturday. The teams combined for 30 hits in a game that Washburn never trailed follow...

The Emporia State track & field teams wrapped up a busy four days on Saturday in Wichita. The weekend started for the Hornets & Lady Hornets at the Joe Meaker Classic Multi's in Canyon, Texas. Jonah Remsberg finished third with 7,033 points becoming just the second man to go over the 7,000-point mark in ESU h...

The Emporia State softball team dropped a pair of games at Missouri Western on Saturday. ESU couldn't hold on to an early lead in game one and fell 4-2. ESU plated two runs but didn't score again. Brooke Flewelling returned from injury and doubled home two runs for ESU. Western got one back on a double steal in the ...