A new convenience store is coming to northwest Emporia. Walmart has started construction on a new convenience store and gas station in the northeast corner of its parking lot. With early preparations now underway, Walmart Global Communications spokesperson Anne Hatfield says this new building is in the early planning s...

Trial is the next step in a Lyon County rape case. And it's coming soon. Barring a last-minute schedule adjustment, jury selection is set to begin Monday in the case against Russell Paul Patterson Jr, following a trial status hearing Wednesday. Trial is tentatively set to last all next week. Patterson was arrested in A...

Fraudulent text messages about unpaid tolls are on the rise again. The Kansas Department of Transportation says it seeing an increase in smishing, where residents get messages saying they owe money and offer a bogus link for payment. In stressing the messages are not legitimate, KDOT says it "does not request or c...

Large hail and heavy rain were features of thunderstorm activity Wednesday evening. Much of Osage County was under a flash flood warning after 2-plus inches of rainfall. At this time, the only confirmed flood zone was Kansas Highway 31 near the Osage City Airport, which had to be closed for much of the evening due to f...

A celebration of life is coming next weekend for a longtime member of Lyon County's emergency communications department. Ron Buckridge, the former Deputy Director of the Lyon County Emergency Communications Center, passed away March 30 at the age of 55 following a six-year battle with cancer. A native of Emporia, Buckr...

Emporia High freshman Rylie Mitchell recorded her first career hat trick leading the Lady Spartans to a 6-0 victory over Wichita Classical on Tuesday night. Katie Smart got the Lady Spartans on the board in the 22th minute. Mitchell scored her goals in the 29th, 45th and 72nd minutes. Peyton Chanley scored her first go...

The Emporia High boys golf team shot a season best 313, good for 10th in a competitive field of the Firekeeper Open on Tuesday. Emporia High finished 25 strokes behind team champion St. James Academy. Third through 10th in the team standings were separated by just 11 strokes. Will Walker led the way for the Spartans, f...

The Emporia High baseball team dropped two close games in the McPherson Quad on Tuesday. In Emporia High's first game, the Spartans fell 4-3 to Great Bend and fell in their second game to Rose Hill, 4-2. Against Great Bend, Emporia High jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning before Great Bend responded with three...

The Emporia State baseball team fell after allowing Fort Hays State to score seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning on the way to a 12-4 victory in Hays on Tuesday. The Tigers swept the midweek series winning each game by at least seven runs. FHSU never trailed going in front 5-0 through seven, but the Black &...

The Emporia High softball team went 0-2 at the McPherson Quad on Tuesday. Emporia High was shutout in its first game against Derby, 11-0, in five innings. The Lady Spartans did not record a hit in the game. Emporia High was defeated in its second game to Rose Hill, 12-1, in six innings. Emporia High led 1-0 after one, ...