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A little competition never hurt anyone, especially when it’s for a great cause. To this purpose, local law enforcement and emergency responders were stationed throughout Emporia Saturday for the...

The second annual Snow Place Like Christmas brought holiday joy to the Lyon County History Center on Saturday morning. While the History Center was the venue for the event, Parents as Teachers actuall...

A schedule adjustment has been reported for Saturday. Community events *Phil Vassar and Lonestar concert delayed from 7 pm start to 8 pm start. If you have schedule adjustments to report, whether they...

The Emporia High boys wrestling team will be competing at Eudora and the girls and jv will be wrestling at Shawnee Heights Saturday. Junior Ethan Garate will be wrestling at 170 pounds. Your browser d...

The Emporia High boys swim team had 6 top 3 finishes and two first place finishes in a duel with Blue Valley Southwest Friday. Diver Reed Slayden finished in 1st place. The 200 free relay team of Andr...

Area High School Basketball Scores 12-13-19. Yates Center Wildcat Classic: Olpe 56 Hartford 25 – girls championship game.Olpe 74 Sedan 38 – boys Championship game. Hartford 40 Oswego 21 &#...

Two teenagers were treated at Newman Regional Health and later released after a rollover crash north of Emporia shortly after midnight Saturday. Lyon County Deputy Nathan Rankin says a car driven by 1...

Large crowds gathered for the Emporia Senior Center’s inaugural Christmas Gala making the holiday event a large community success. Seats were filled just after the doors opened at 5:30 pm on Fri...

Hesston defeated the Emporia High girls and boys basketball teams on the final night of the Swather Preseason Classic Friday night. Hesston won the girls game 40-34. A 13-0 run to start the 3rd quarte...

Emporia Fire Crews made quick work of a reported structure fire at Emporia’s Hostess production facility. Emporia Fire and Emporia Police responded around 6 pm. Friday evening. Moderate smoke wa...