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Emporia State baseball to open Central Regional against Southern Arkansas
The Emporia State baseball team begins play in the NCAA Central Regional Tournament Thursday. The Hornets will play number 1 seed and 14th ranked Southern Arkansas. Coach Bob Fornelli says just making...
May 17, 2018
Greeley Excavating awarded nearly $1 million bid for water system improvements in southeast Emporia
The Emporia City Commission took action Wednesday evening to greenlight a major water system improvement project to benefit a southeast Emporia industrial area. Greeley Excavating won the contract to ...
May 17, 2018
Emporia High girls dive and swim team ready for State
The 5-1A State diving meet begins Thursday. For the 2nd year in a row Emporia High will have 3 divers competing. Junior Haylee Weiss is returning as the two time defending state champion. Haylee says ...
May 17, 2018
Public forum to gauge community ideas on possible rec center renovation
The public is invited to share how they’d like to see the Emporia Recreation Commission proceed on a potential renovation of the Lee Beran Recreation Center. A public forum is being held at 6 p....
May 16, 2018
Emporia High baseball season has heart breaking end
Wichita Heights scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th, the winning run on a wild pitch to slip past the Emporia High baseball team 2-1 in the regional championship game. Emporia High scored the games...
May 16, 2018
Chase County baseball, Lebo Waverly and Osage City Softball teams earn trips to State
The Chase County baseball team, Lebo-Waverly and Osage City softball teams earned trips to State winning regional championship games Wednesday. The Chase County baseball team is making a return to tri...
May 16, 2018
Early inning rally lifts Rays to series sweep over Royals
A three-run first inning propelled the Tampa Bay Rays who held on for a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals Wednesday afternoon. The Rays scored three early runs off Jason Hammel and added a solo home...
May 16, 2018
One person transported after collision between vehicle and bicyclist
One person was taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon following a collision between an SUV and a bicycle near just north of the intersection at 6th and Commercial Street in downtown Emporia. Empori...
May 16, 2018
KCC: Over 400 Flint Hills injection wells wrongly permitted
Hundreds of injection wells in the Flint Hills did not go through the proper public notice period before permits were approved. A recent report from staff at the Kansas Corporation Commission says ove...
May 16, 2018
Audio - Wednesday - 05-16-18
Rick Cunningham previews summer sports camps through the Emporia Recreation Commission.Rick Cunningham previews summer sports camps through the Emporia Recreation Commission. Your browser does not sup...
May 16, 2018
