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A pavement resurfacing project is scheduled to begin Monday on the Kansas Turnpike, southwest of Emporia. The project includes milling and overlaying pavement from mile marker 96.3 to 112.3 on I-35/KT...

The Emporia Energy 18 year old team finished in 2nd place at the Hawaiian Hitfest over the weekend. The 18s opened with a loss to Mustangs Meyer 5-3. They won their next 4 games. Defeating Papillon Ou...

The Emporia Senior American Legion baseball team wrapped up play in the Iola tournament with 2 wins Sunday. Post 5 defeated 417 Royals 5-3. They scored 4 runs in the 5th. They scored 2 runs on an erro...

The Kansas Division of Emergency Management is the latest agency to have an apparent hacking of its social media. The breach was discovered on Sunday on the department’s Twitter account when a d...

Emporia Public Works crews made quick work of a water main issue that developed early Sunday morning near 7th and Garfield. Underground Utilities Supervisor Mike Dvorak tells KVOE News a six-inch line...

This year’s Dirty Kanza threw some new challenges at the 2,700 plus cyclists who took part in the host of races. Saturday’s races began with a 30-minute lightning delay with a classic Kans...

Matt Acker of Grand Rapids, Michigan won the first ever DK XL. Ted King was a second time winner of the DK 200. Acker finished the XL, a 350 mile ride on gravel, in 25 hours 10 minutes 2 seconds. Your...

Jorge Soler hit a solo home run in the 8th inning lifting the Kansas City Royals past the Oakland A’s Saturday. The Royals scored 2 runs in the 1st inning on a Salvador Perez double. They added ...

The Emporia AAA American Legion baseball team was out scored by Chanute and defeated 417 black on day 1 of the Iola tournament Saturday. Chanute out scored the Post 5 seniors 6-3. Chanute built a 6-0 ...

A handful of Emporia State University alumni were recognized for their service both to the university and their community Saturday. Emporia residents Jim and Kathy Kessler along with Karen Sommers, re...