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UPDATE: Fire in northwest Greenwood County burns close to 2,000 acres
Our high fire danger from the past few days is waning, but not before two major grass fires developed south of Emporia since Thursday afternoon. Fire developed Sunday afternoon in northwest Greenwood ...
Mar 08, 2020
Coronavirus comes to Kansas with 'presumptive-positive' case in Johnson County
State health officials say coronavirus has likely made its debut in Kansas. The Department of Health and Environment has announced the state's first "presumptive-positive" case after testing sent to K...
Mar 08, 2020
Kansas holds on for win over Texas Tech, clinches Big-12 Crown
The Kansas Jayhawks out scored Texas Tech 66-62 Saturday to clinch the Big-12 regular-season championship and the number 1 seed for the Big-12 tournament. Devon Dotson led the way with 17 points. Udok...
Mar 08, 2020
Kansas State defeats Iowa State
Kansas State closed out their regular season with a 79-63 win over Iowa State ending a 10 game losing skid. Xavier Sneed scored a game high 31 points to lead the Wildcats. Kansas State will play at 8p...
Mar 08, 2020
Emporia State softball sweeps Missouri Southern
The Emporia State softball team swept Missouri Southern in a doubleheader Saturday. The Lady Hornets won the first game 9-1 in 5 innings. They blew the door open with 6 runs in the 4th inning. Rachel ...
Mar 08, 2020
Emporia State tennis sweeps Ottawa
The Emporia State tennis teams picked up wins over Ottawa Saturday. The Emporia State women won their duel 7-0. The won all 3 doubles matches and all 6 singles matches. The Emporia State men won their...
Mar 08, 2020
Lebo and Olpe punch their tickets to state championship tournament in Dodge City
The Olpe Lady Eagles and Lebo Wolves are state tournament bound following sub-state championship wins at White Auditorium Saturday. The Lady Eagles managed to pass their biggest test of the season as ...
Mar 08, 2020
2020 Miss Amazing crowned Saturday night at EHS
18 contestants took the stage at Emporia High School’s auditorium Saturday evening to show off the skills that make each of them truly amazing. The second annual Kansas Miss Amazing Pageant took...
Mar 08, 2020
US Senate hopeful and Kansas Congressman Roger Marshall stops through Americus Saturday
The first of two political appearances in the coming days took place Saturday as Republican US Senate candidate and Kansas Congressman Roger Marshall made an appearance in Americus. Marshall spent the...
Mar 08, 2020
Emporia State baseball walks off with win over Northwest Missouri State
The Emporia State baseball team walked off with a 4-3 win over Northwest Missouri State Saturday. Sam Chaput singled to drive in Jack Maki for the win. Josh Norlin and Paul Claassen also drove in a ru...
Mar 07, 2020
