Emporia Main Street is bringing the jolly to downtown Emporia this week and the rest of the holiday season. Carriage rides begin Thursday, in partnership with Community National Bank. Main Street Director Casey Woods says it's a good way to experience all downtown Emporia has to offer for the holidays. Items and financ...

The Emporia Recreation Commission has a special meeting ahead Thursday. Board members are meeting at noon to hold an executive session for unspecified matters. The closed-door session is the only item on the agenda. The meeting will be at the Lee Beran Recreation Center.

Newman Regional Health has announced re-accreditation through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care. The hospital says it met the ACHC's highest standards in several categories, including clinical operations, compliance, patient safety and organizational leadership, adding accreditation reflects adherence to nat...

The Emporia community is chock full of innovative entrepreneurs with unique ideas and products and sometimes all they need is a little assistance to get those ideas from concept to reality. One local entrepreneur is receiving that assistance through a relatively new grant program announced earlier this year, the Kansas...

After the community gave so generously to Project Playscape this year, the Americus-based non-profit, in cooperation with other local entities, will be giving a gift of its own to the community this weekend. The city of Americus, Project Playscape and the Americus Fire Department will be hosting holiday activities on S...

All-District for 6-Man Football in District 1 has been released. Marais des Cygnes Valley finished second to Peabody-Burns in 2025. The Trojans saw their season end in the Regional round to Otis-Bison. MdCV placed Gus Ford, jr. (RB/DL), Josh Ulupano, jr. (OL), Ty Calderwood, sr. (WR/LB/P), Ricky Traver, so. (Flex/Ret...

Emporia High girls wrestling is coming off the best season in school history. Head Coach Shawn Russell saw the first two gold medals in program history. Kensley Medrano (120) and Alexa Castillo (235) each reached the top of the mountain in 5A. Coach Russell understands his team won't be able to sneak up on anyone. Th...

The Emporia State women's basketball team scored the first six points of the game and never trailed on the way to a 91-55 victory over Saint Mary on Sunday at White Auditorium in Emporia. The Lady Hornets started the game on a 14-4 run and led 21-12 at the end of the first quarter. They extended the lead to as high a...

The Emporia State men's basketball team's comeback fell short in an 85-83 loss to Northwestern Oklahoma State at Percefull Fieldhouse in Alva, Okla. on Saturday. The Hornets and Rangers battled early before E-State stretched their lead to eight with just over seven minutes to go in the first half. Northwestern took c...

The Emporia State men's basketball team couldn't keep up with #19 Oklahoma Baptist in a 69-48 loss at the Noble Sports Complex on Friday afternoon in Shawnee, Okla. The Hornets battled early but gave up a 17-2 run to fall behind 20-10 midway through the first half. ESU scored nine of the next 11 to pull within three,...