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Emporia Junior baseball team 2-0 on day 1 of Summer Slam
The Emporia Junior baseball team was 2-0 on day 1 of the Emporia Summer Slam tournament Saturday. The 17s opened the tournament with a 18-0 3 inning run rule win over Garnett. The 17s blew the game op...
Jun 21, 2020
Emporia Senior baseball team 1-1 Saturday in McPherson tournament
The Emporia Seniors were 1-1 at the McPherson tournament Saturday. In their first game they were out scored by Buhler 4-3. Buhler scored all 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th.The 19s bounced back with a...
Jun 21, 2020
Kansas State halts football workouts
Kansas State has paused all workouts for football players as positive COVID-19 tests have increased at the university. The school announced Saturday that, as of June 19, 14 of the 130 athletes tested ...
Jun 21, 2020
Line up set for NASCAR Cup race at Talladega
The starting lineup for Sunday's GEICO 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Super speedway has been set. Martin Truex Jr. will start from the pole position, with Denny Hamlin joining him on the fro...
Jun 21, 2020
Hartford, Olpe graduates get their diplomas Saturday
USD 252 Southern Lyon County celebrated its graduates with ceremonies at both Hartford and Olpe on Saturday. Both schools had commencement exercises outside, reflecting both the weather and the now on...
Jun 21, 2020
Motorcycle driver dead after Osage County crash
One motorcycle rider is dead after a crash near Lyndon on Saturday. The crash happened at 2:10 pm at the junction of Kansas Highways 268 and 368. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Bryan Holla...
Jun 21, 2020
Emporia Lady Spartan Softball team continues play at KC tournament
The Emporia Lady Spartan 18 year old softball team was 0-1-1 on day two of the Jimmy Johns Freaky Fast 6 game smash in Kansas City Saturday. They played the Classics to a 4-4 tie. Drue Davis was 2 for...
Jun 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Presbyterian Manor residents test negative
After two straight weekends of announcing COVID-19 in its local workforce, Emporia Presbyterian Manor had better news to report Saturday. Presbyterian Manor says a round of tests including all residen...
Jun 20, 2020
Small transformer fire in downtown Emporia handled quickly
Traffic on a downtown Emporia street was rerouted briefly after a transformer fire Saturday. Emporia Fire and Evergy were called to the 10 block of East Fourth shortly after noon after a transformer c...
Jun 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health announces seventh death
Lyon County has another death related to coronavirus. Lyon County Public Health says an Hispanic man passed away. He is Lyon County’s seventh COVID-19 death and first since June 3. Further detai...
Jun 20, 2020
