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Abate District 12 brought Motorcycle Awareness Month to Lyon County. “Look Twice, Save A Life” signs were seen between Emporia and Olpe Saturday for a special Motorcycle Awareness Ride bet...

Two men who left their Lyon County Jail work assignments last month are still missing. Jerry Lynn Batts and B. Jay Snyder did not return from their assignment April 25. Snyder is a white male, 5-foot-...

Lyon County residents are encouraged to take part in a mock election coming soon. County Clerk Tammy Vopat says the mock election is set for Monday afternoon at the Fairgrounds Anderson Building. Vopa...

ESB Financial celebrated the opening of its “Bank of the Future” with a ribbon-cutting and tours Friday. Close to 100 people came for the ribbon-cutting at the bank’s main office at ...

The Glenn Miller Orchestra certainly put the Emporia area in the swing of things last night. Your browser does not support the audio element. The world-famous swing band entertained a near-sellout cro...

Salvador Perez hit a 2 run home run in the top of the 7th to give the Kansas City Royals a 10-8 win over Cleveland Friday night. Cleveland scored 3 runs in the 1st inning. The Royals tied the game in ...

The Emporia State baseball team will need to work their way thru the consolation side of the bracket at the MIAA tournament after losing to Central Missouri 9-2 Friday. Emporia State had tied the game...

Kevin Harvick earned the pole for Saturdays NASCAR Monster Energy Cup race at Kansas Speedway. Clint Bowyer failed to advance thru inspection in time to qualify and will start from the 33rd spot. The ...

The Emporia High girls swim team finished in 4th place at the Centennial League meet Friday. Diver Haylee Weiss had the lone first place finish for the Lady Spartans. Diver Whitney Sparks finished in ...

The season came to an end for 5 members of the Emporia High boys tennis at State Friday. The doubles team of Josh Stutler and Payton Harmon finished with a 1-2 record. Their win was over teammates Cam...