Moderate drought continues to push eastward across Kansas. Last week, moderate drought went generally along and west of a line from Manhattan to Neosho Rapids to Madison. This week's report from the US Drought Monitor has moderate drought along and west of a line from Osage City to Beto Junction to Virgil. The report c...

Messiah Lutheran Church is opening up the Lyon County Fairgrounds for worship on Sunday. As has been the case now for around 15 years, the main parking lot near the Anderson Building will be open to the public for the church's annual Easter drive-in service. Interim Pastor Norbert Tegtmeier says the event has remained ...

Earth Day activities are taking place Saturday in Emporia. Once again, Emporia State's Prophet Aquatic and Research Outreach Center has activities connected to an event at the David Traylor Zoo. Activities at PAROC are from 10 am to noon, and Outreach and Engagement Coordinator Alexandra Hayes says the event will be bu...

Hornets for Hope is active again at Emporia State University, and the latest sign of that is the upcoming Suicide Prevention Walk on campus this Saturday. Beacon for Hope Suicide Prevention Director Melissa Owen says suicide rates increased after the COVID-19 pandemic, and Beacon reached out to see if there was revived...

A free and educational hunting experience is coming Saturday. The Kansas State Rifle Association will host an upland hunt on Saturday. KSRA Executive Director Megan Hillbish says the hunt is free and open to all ages. Participants must bring a valid Kansas hunting license. Hillbish says the list of activities will be l...

For the first time this season, the Emporia High baseball team was swept in a doubleheader. Hayden, the No. 2-ranked team in Class 4A, defeated the No. 8 team in 5A, 14-0 in six innings and rallied for a 5-3 victory in the finale. The sweep kept the reigning state champions in Class 3A undefeated with a 10-0 record. In...

Two Emporia High athletic teams were on the road on Tuesday. Emporia High junior Allie Weiss won the Campus Diving Invitational with a score of 460.80. Weiss will dive again on Wednesday at Topeka West, with the Lady Spartan swimmers competing following the diving portion of the meet. The Emporia High girls soccer team...

The Emporia State baseball team took the lead in the bottom of the first on a T. J. Racherbaumer grand slam and never trailed again in a 9-2 victory over Missouri Western to win a midweek MIAA series at the Trusler Sports Complex on Tuesday. The day started shakily for ESU starter Gerardo Grijalva (2-1) as he allowed ...

Emporia State athletics announced Tuesday that Melissa "MJ" Baker has been named the ninth head coach of Lady Hornet basketball. Baker replaces Brian Ostermann who resigned in March following two years with the program. Baker previously spent eight seasons at Eastern Florida State College. There she led th...

The Emporia High boys golf team finished third at the Manhattan Invitational on Monday. Emporia High shot a 326, finishing 22 strokes behind team champion Manhattan and five strokes behind runner-up Washburn Rural. Hudson Sauder finished third with a 77. Will Walker finished 12th with an 81. Jared Johnson was 15th with...