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Emporia State baseball out scores Northwest Missouri State
The Emporia State baseball team out scored Northwest Missouri State 8-6 Sunday to win the series 2 games to 1. Connor Hurst 2 run home run in the bottom of the 7th broke a 5-5 tie. The Hornets with th...
Mar 9, 2020
'Black ice' lawsuit after fall at KTA Matfield Green service exit proceeding after Court of Appeals decision
A man seeking a negligence judgment against the gas station and restaurant at the Kansas Turnpike’s Matfield Green service area can move forward with his claim. The Kansas Court of Appeals says ...
Mar 9, 2020
Court of Appeals affirms ruling in Lyon County child sex abuse case
A man convicted in Lyon County District Court of sexual activity with a minor did not get a favorable appellate ruling from the Kansas Court of Appeals. Joe Louis Stewart, 59, was convicted in 2018 on...
Mar 9, 2020
State basketball tourney pairings announced
Four area basketball teams now know their state tournament assignments. The Lebo boys and Olpe girls are both spending time in Dodge City for the Class 1A Tournament starting Wednesday. Lebo, the No. ...
Mar 8, 2020
Awareness was spread for amphibians at the David Traylor Zoo's Spring Forward event
The David Traylor Zoo celebrates the time change with the educational event, Spring Foward for Amphibians on Sunday afternoon. Amphibians represent a very important, yet delicate niche of our ecosyste...
Mar 8, 2020
Central Missouri out scores Emporia State women in wild MIAA Championship game. Receives at large NCAA bid
Central Missouri used a 9-2 run to close out the MIAA Tournament Championship game for a 82-75 win over the Emporia State womens basketball team Sunday. Emporia State jumped out to a 6-2 lead before C...
Mar 8, 2020
UPDATE: Power restored to southwest Chase County after Sunday-morning outage
Residents in far southwest Chase County had to deal with a power outage Sunday morning. Power went out along the Chase-Marion County line south of Cedar Point around 6:40 am. Nearly 70 customers from ...
Mar 8, 2020
Car heavily damaged after hitting mailbox and tree before catching fire
Nobody was injured after a vehicle bounced off a couple fixed objects and caught fire in central Emporia early Sunday. Fire crews were called to the 800 block of West Fifth around 3:10 am. Emporia Fir...
Mar 8, 2020
Bike share program returns for first full year in Emporia
The first full year of Empria’s bike share program is upon us. The program rolled out in September and was available for about a month last year before it was put on hold for the winter. In that...
Mar 8, 2020
Residents raise the ante for local projects through Altrusa Casino Night
Emporia’s Altrusa Club turned the American Legion into a casino Saturday night, if only for a few hours. The club’s annual Casino Night brought a good crowd to the Legion for fun and fundr...
Mar 8, 2020
