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...

Railroad crossing maintenance projects continue in Lyon County. The latest one involves Road Z, also known as Angus Road or the Lyon-Coffey county line. Work is underway between Roads 150 and 160 and will continue possibly through the end of the week. Road Z or Angus Road is closed until work is completed. This follows...

Funeral arrangements have been announced for Pope Francis, who died Sunday at the age of 88. The funeral will be Saturday, with Pope Francis to be buried outside the Vatican walls -- a rarity for pontiffs -- at Saint Mary Major in Rome. The Vatican says Pope Francis suffered a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and irr...

Amanda Gutierrez has made an impact at the Emporia Recreation Commission Now, she'll be its new director effective Tuesday after a four-month stint as interim director. Gutierrez, previously the Assistant Director of Operations, was one of three finalists for the job., Fred Lowery, the Recreation and Operations Superin...

USD 251 North Lyon County is hosting an informational town hall meeting for the public on Wednesday. The town hall will take place on Wednesday at the North Lyon County gymnasium starting at 6:30 pm. The town hall dates back to the late spring and summer of 2024 when the USD 251 Board of Education authorized facility a...

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...