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The Kansas City Chiefs opened training camp Sunday with rookies and selected veterans reporting. Coach Andy Reid said the next 3 days will be very important. Your browser does not support the audio el...

Kevin Harvick won Sundays NASCAR Monster Energy Cup race at New Hampshire. With 6 laps to go Harvick gave Kyle Busch a push from behind to take the lead and held on for his 6th win of the year. Clint ...

The Chase County Explosion won the USA Softball Heartland World Series 16B tournament. They defeated the Bison Outlaws from Illinois 12-1 in the championship game. They finished the tournament with a ...

At the Sunflower State games, The Emporia Hornets 3-4th grade boys basketball team earned a gold medal. The Emporia Hornets defeated the Kansas Defenders 4th grade team 33-22 in the Championship game....

TOPEKA — With the primary election now just about two weeks away, Gov. Jeff Colyer has embarked on a tour of all the state’s 105 counties. The tour launched Saturday, and Gov. Colyer is pl...

This is the first day you can vote in person ahead of the primary election Aug. 7. Voters wishing to take advantage of this process need to vote at the Lyon County Clerk’s Office inside the Coun...

BURLINGTON — One man is dead and two have been hospitalized after a three-vehicle wreck in Coffey County on Sunday morning. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a pickup, SUV and semi collided at the ...

The past two weeks have been hard on Emporia’s water system — and on the Public Works employees tasked with fixing all the water leaks that have developed. A final count is pending, but fo...

Sharon Karr, a longtime employee at Emporia State University and the wife of one-time local legislator Jerry Karr, passed away Thursday at the age of 80. Born near Beloit, Karr attended College of Emp...

One person was hurt after a rollover crash in southeast Emporia early Sunday. Emporia Police and Emporia Fire/EMS were called out to Logan Avenue just east of Warren Way after a pickup truck crashed a...