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Two Emporians have been arrested for suspected drug activity. Emporia Police Sgt. Lisa Sage has confirmed 36-year-old William Ellis and 35-year-old Octavia Ellis were arrested Tuesday in the 1400 bloc...

OLPE — If timing is everything, things could not be much worse for two Americus men arrested overnight on suspicion of several auto burglaries. Already facing court hearings this week and next f...

Emporia firefighters made quick work of what was initially paged out as a structure fire Wednesday morning in the 800 block of West 5th Ave. Firefighters got the call just before 8:30 a.m. after someo...

Keep It a Safe Summer spokesperson Rhonda Gordon previews the event May 23.Keep It a Safe Summer spokesperson Rhonda Gordon previews the event May 23.Your browser does not support the audio element. D...

“Heredity,” is defined as “the passing of traits from parents to their offsprings. It would have been nice to have inherited a few more things from my dad like his skinny body type o...

Jorge Soler hit a 3 run homerun in the 13th inning lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 7-6 win over the Boston Red Sox Tuesday night. Alex Gordon hit a solo homerun in the 9th to tie the game at 3 to ...

The Emporia High baseball team split a doubleheader with Topeka Hayden Tuesday night. The Spartans won the first game 12-6. The Spartans scored 4 runs in the first inning to take a 4-2 lead. They adde...

The Emporia High softball team swept a doubleheader from Topeka Hayden Tuesday. They won the first game 4-0 in 8 innings. Kristeena Thompson hit a 3 run homerun in the 8th inning. Andie Wilson tossed ...

The Emporia High girls swim and dive team finished in 3rd place out of 8 teams at the Topeka High Invitational Tuesday. Individually Ashlyn Alingh had the fastest time in the 100 butterfly. In diving,...

Washburn Rural shutout the Emporia High girls soccer team 7-0 Tuesday. The Lady Spartans will close out the regular season next Thursday at Topeka High.