Weary but elated, the participants in the most recent Honor Flight through USD 252 Southern Lyon County are now home. The contingent got home from Washington, DC, on Tuesday night after a jam-packed schedule of visits to different landmarks and historical locations in and around the nation's capital. Navy veteran Bobby...

Strong storms may affect the KVOE listening area in two separate waves by Monday evening. TV-13 meteorologist Doug Meyers says there are still some variables yet to resolve, but we could see isolated supercell activity by early evening, leading to all possible severe weather hazards. Once the risk of isolated supercell...

Emporia's annual Cinco de Mayo celebration will be taking over downtown this weekend. The annual event will be held Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm in the 800 and 900 blocks of Commercial Street and will once again include all of the events and activities that the community has come to expect with the celebration. This in...

Rain or shine -- and this year had more rain than shine -- there were still a lot of people at Saturday's Dynamic Discs Food Truck Fest and Glass Blown Open Player Party before the rain picked up in intensity as the evening wore on. Before the rain brought things to a halt, Tournament Director Jackie Morris says the ve...

With its annual Community Celebration now less than a month away, the United Way of the Flint Hills went into a new area of community engagement Saturday, holding its first-ever Video Game Tournament at Emporia State University's Esports Arena. Thirty players signed up to play games like NCAA Football, Mario Kart, Fort...

The Emporia State baseball team suffered their second shutout of the year falling 3-0 to Arkansas-Fort Smith at the Trusler Sports Complex on Saturday. ESU managed just three hits in the game and were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position in the game. Lion starter Grant Shankle (5-7) earned his first career comple...

The Emporia High track and field teams competed in the Leitel Legacy Invite hosted by Lawrence Free State on Friday. The Spartans finished ninth with 23 points. Chance Duncan won the discus with a throw of 162-9 and finished sixth in the javelin (162-6). RJ Tabares finished second in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14...

Emporia State scored nine-straight runs on the way to a 12-8 victory over Arkansas-Fort Smith in game one of their final home series of the year on Friday night. The Lions started hot with three-straight singles off ESU starter Cade Barton to lead 3-0, but the Hornets plated three in the bottom of the inning with T. J...

The Emporia State tennis team swept Arkansas-Fort Smith on Senior Day with a 4-0 win to go undefeated at the Kossover Family Tennis Center on Friday. ESU got two 6-1 wins to win the doubles point. ESU picked up three straight-set wins at #4 through #6 singles. The other matches from #1 through #3 singles were abando...

The Emporia High girls swim team finished fifth at Marion on Friday with 163 points. Brooke Monroe had the top finish, taking third in diving with a score of 179.80. The 400-yard freestyle relay team of Taryn Woydziak, Monroe, Camryn Spafford and Connelly Prouse finished fourth (4:46.58). The 200-yard freestyle relay t...