More pickleball courts are coming to Emporia soon. The Emporia Pickleball Club has partnered with the City of Emporia to increase the number of courts by adding pickleball lines to the existing tennis courts at Hammond Park. The new courts will extend the number to 10, along with six available at Reeble Park. Emporia P...

Arts, crafts and music are coming to the Historic Richard Howe Farmstead on Sunday. It's the seasonal debut of the Good Way Gardens concert season, with Humbletown coming from South Dakota to perform. Poet and writer Linzi Garcia will have her own readings as well as selections from Walnut Elementary students through a...

There's yet another reason to visit the David Traylor Zoo. A baby ring-tailed lemur was born March 24 and announced Thursday by the city. The lemur was born to Nova and Oscar and is already being cared for by its parents and older sisters -- Lily, Rose, Violet and Daisy. The baby's gender is not yet known. Ring-tailed ...

There will be rain across the KVOE listening area Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, there won't be a lot of it. The National Weather Service expects showers through Friday, with embedded thunderstorms possible Friday night before more showers are possible Saturday. Snow showers are possible early Sunday. Current proj...

For the 41st time, Emporia's Radio Stations welcomed working women from around the area to White Auditorium for a night of fun, prizes and togetherness. The 41st annual Working Women After Hours event saw several hundred women pass through the doors of the auditorium to interact with various business vendors from acros...

Two Emporia High teams were in action on Wednesday. The Emporia High softball team was swept by Hayden, 5-2 and 11-3. In game one, Emporia High held a 1-0 lead before Hayden scored four in the fifth and never looked back. Marley Sewell and Bailey Schlesener each went 2-for-3 at the plate. Alivia Barrett allowed five ru...

The Emporia State men's track & field team will start the season in the Top 25. The initial outdoor rankings from the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association places the Hornets #13 in the country. Reigning and defending MIAA and National Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field champion Pi...

The Emporia State baseball team surrendered an unearned run in the 10th inning to fall 5-4 at Missouri Western on Tuesday. The Griffons scored the first run in the third before ESU took the lead on a two-run single by Cooper Schwindt. Western struck back with a pair of runs in the fourth before stealing home to exten...

Twenty-one area athletes were named to the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association's All-State basketball teams released Tuesday afternoon. In Class 3A, Council Grove's Brycen Palmquist is a second team selection while Osage City's Kasen Parsons is a third team selection. On the girls side, Osage City's Kaelyn Boss is a ...

Due to the forecast for Severe Weather on Tuesday evening, most athletic events for Emporia High have been postponed. The boys tennis team was set to open its season with a home tournament but has been postponed with no make-up date announced. The Spartans will now open their season on Thursday at Spring Hill. The soft...