Emporia Fire handled a small structure fire Wednesday evening. Fire crews were dispatched to 109 Merchant just before 8:30 pm. Battalion Chief Ryan Conley says the unnamed resident was burning leaves in his yard, but the leaves were also against the house and the burn caught the siding on fire. The fire also got throug...

There are now two job fairs available for area workers to attend early next month. The first one is April 7 as Osage County Economic Development, Osage City and KansasWORKS have organized a Community Job Fair at the Osage City Community Building. Employees and others impacted by the upcoming closure of ORBIS the next s...

USD 253 Board of Education members are about to begin the "most intense" part of their search for a new superintendent. Next week, the board will conduct in-person interviews with the superintendent finalists who were selected following a better than two-hour meeting, nearly all of which was spent in executiv...

Judging by the turnout for an annual fundraiser in his honor, John "Doc" Baxter's memory and spirit are still very strong in the local community. According to organizers of the 13th annual John "Doc" Baxter taco feed Wednesday, more than 1,000 tacos were served to several hundred residents, many of ...

The Emporia Masonic Lodge #12 and the University of Kansas Cancer Center are bringing a free event to the community this weekend. A free cancer screening event will be held Saturday at Central Care Cancer Center, 1401 West 12th Avenue, from 9 am to noon. Local Mason Dave Hendricks, a guest of KVOE's Primetime Newsmaker...

The Emporia State baseball team swept Newman in a three-game series with victories Saturday & Sunday at the Trusler Sports Complex over the weekend. In game two on Saturday, the Hornets used another big inning and excellent pitching to stifle the Jets 8-0. The Hornets put up a six-spot in the bottom of the first t...

The Emporia State softball team went 1-3 in their return to MIAA play over the weekend. The Lady Hornets split their doubleheader with Missouri Southern on Saturday. The Lions suffocated the ESU offense in game one on the way to a 4-0 win. The Lady Hornets were outhit 8-2 in the contest. Trailing 2-0 through six inn...

The #19/No. 5 seed Kansas State women's basketball team is in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002 after defeating #13/No. 4 seed Kentucky 80-79 in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Ky. on Sunday. UK led by five at the end of the first, but KSU took a t...

Legendary "Voice of the Jayhawks" Bob Davis has passed away at the age of 80. His family made the announcement on Friday afternoon. Davis was a native Kansan and was born in Iola growing up in Topeka and graduating from Topeka West and later Washburn University. His first broadcasting job was at KAYS in Ha...

The No. 5 seed Kansas State women's basketball team blasted No. 12 seed Fairfield 85-41 in the first round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament on Friday. The 'Cats jumped in front with a 21-9 first quarter and held a 12-point lead at the break. Using a 16-0 run in the third, the Wildcats blew the game open by o...