An Emporia woman arrested on suspicion of attempted murder is not being charged with that crime. Following a review by the Lyon County Attorney's Office, 23-year-old Jocelyn Castillo has been charged with one count of aggravated battery, bodily harm with a deadly weapon. That count also has an alternat charge of domest...

Railroad maintenance is taking place near Neosho Rapids. Lyon County Emergency Communications says crossing work is taking place near Road 150 and X, meaning Road 150 will be closed between X and Y -- and Y will be closed between 150 and 160. Work may be done by Monday but could be extended.

Emporia Police are investigating after an injury crash in north central Emporia on Thursday night. Emporia Police and Emporia Fire responded to 11th and Merchant after two vehicles collided. Fire Capt. Willie Ward says one vehicle broadsided the other, and one person in the T-boned vehicle was taken to Newman Regional ...

A Greenwood County man was killed in a crash near Severy on Friday morning. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the incident happened just before 9 am on Kansas Highway 99 about two miles north of Severy. Curk Creed, age 64 of Eureka, was driving a concrete truck southbound when the truck went off the right side of the high...

Emporia State Federal Credit Union is alerting members to an ongoing scam effort. According to a news release from the credit union on Friday, scammers have been contacting members impersonating ESFCU employees. The scammers are believed to be cloning the credit union's phone number and contacting members seeking sensi...

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...

The Emporia State women's tennis team leveled their season and MIAA record after a 5-2 win at Missouri Western Thursday. After Andrea Santiago and Paige Stranghoner won 6-1 at #3 doubles, the Lady Hornets coughed up the doubles point by losing the next two matches, but ESU dominated singles winning five of the six mat...

The Emporia State softball teams posted a split on Wednesday against Drury. The Lady Hornets claimed game one 3-1 and took the lead scoring on a pair of fielder's choices in the second inning. ESU added a run in the third on a sacrifice fly. The Lady Hornets were outhit 7-4 in the game but Drury committed two errors ...