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The Emporia High wrestling team began the second day of Newton Tournament of Champions in 9th place. Two Spartans will be wrestling for Championships. Garrett Whitson at 132 pounds and Isaac Russell a...

(Sportsnetwork.com) Frank Mason III scored 16 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds to help No. 9 Kansas beat 24th-ranked Oklahoma State 67-57 on Tuesday. Mason was 9-of-11 from the free throw ...

Faith or fear? Which one do we choose, for all men are driven by one or the other? If we choose faith, then we believe in the hopeful potential of what we haven't yet seen. Fear disrupts us and will k...

Central Missouri handed the Emporia State womens basketball team their first loss of the season Saturday 62-61. Central Missouri would out score the Lady Hornets 9-1 in the final 4:48 to steal the win...

This morning when you woke up what was the first thing you did? Grab a cup of coffee? Let the dogs out, at some point you turned on the TV. By breakfast you had turned on your cell phone and checked e...

There is or should be an ongoing debate locally about the strategy for economic development utilizing local Emporia and Lyon County tax revenues. Decoded that means the recent failure to obtain re-zon...

Christmas is tomorrow. We all know the story, but one has to wonder what if a reporter from CNN had been in Bethlehem that night. It might have sounded like this: CNN: So Joseph, you are the father of...

A one-vehicle accident near Burdick killed the driver Saturday evening. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 21-year-old Chase Kniebel of Herington was eastbound on BB Road when his SUV went off the road ab...

Emporia has a great deal of positive activity going on. You start with our University and Technical College. Both are growing, starting new programs and hold much promise for the future. Our hospital ...

Not sure if you watch The Voice on NBC, but Monday night we did and one of the contestants chose to sing "The Old Rugged Cross." The performance was amazing and that song brought back many memories fr...