Since being the longtime home of Emporia Gazette publisher William Allen White and his family, Red Rocks has now been open to the public as a state historic site for 20 years. That milestone anniversary was celebrated Saturday with activities both on site and across town, including an optional driving tour set up in pa...

Weary but elated, the participants in the most recent Honor Flight through USD 252 Southern Lyon County are now home. The contingent got home from Washington, DC, on Tuesday night after a jam-packed schedule of visits to different landmarks and historical locations in and around the nation's capital. Navy veteran Bobby...

Strong storms may affect the KVOE listening area in two separate waves by Monday evening. TV-13 meteorologist Doug Meyers says there are still some variables yet to resolve, but we could see isolated supercell activity by early evening, leading to all possible severe weather hazards. Once the risk of isolated supercell...

Emporia's annual Cinco de Mayo celebration will be taking over downtown this weekend. The annual event will be held Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm in the 800 and 900 blocks of Commercial Street and will once again include all of the events and activities that the community has come to expect with the celebration. This in...

Rain or shine -- and this year had more rain than shine -- there were still a lot of people at Saturday's Dynamic Discs Food Truck Fest and Glass Blown Open Player Party before the rain picked up in intensity as the evening wore on. Before the rain brought things to a halt, Tournament Director Jackie Morris says the ve...

The Emporia State athletics department was busy again over this past weekend. The Lady Hornets started Saturday with a 6-1 Senior Day win against Northeastern State to wrap up the regular season. ESU swept the doubles point with wins at #3 and #2 doubles and led in the first set in the third match when it was abandone...

The Emporia State baseball team scored five in the second and four in the ninth on the way to a 10-3 victory over Arkansas-Fort Smith on Sunday at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia. The Hornets won the series 2-1. ESU blew the game open with six hits in the second inning including five in a row with one out. The...

The Emporia State baseball team suffered their second shutout of the year falling 3-0 to Arkansas-Fort Smith at the Trusler Sports Complex on Saturday. ESU managed just three hits in the game and were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position in the game. Lion starter Grant Shankle (5-7) earned his first career comple...

The Emporia High track and field teams competed in the Leitel Legacy Invite hosted by Lawrence Free State on Friday. The Spartans finished ninth with 23 points. Chance Duncan won the discus with a throw of 162-9 and finished sixth in the javelin (162-6). RJ Tabares finished second in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14...

Emporia State scored nine-straight runs on the way to a 12-8 victory over Arkansas-Fort Smith in game one of their final home series of the year on Friday night. The Lions started hot with three-straight singles off ESU starter Cade Barton to lead 3-0, but the Hornets plated three in the bottom of the inning with T. J...