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Audio Saturday 1/30/21
Lyon County League Championship GIRLS: Olpe v Lebo: 58-31 FIRST HALF Your browser does not support the audio element. SECOND HALF Your browser does not support the audio element. BOYS: Lebo vs Olpe: 4...
Jan 31, 2021
Emporia State men 2nd, women 5th at Pitt State MIAA Challenge
The Emporia State mens track team finished in 2nd place and the women finished in 5th place at the Pittsburg State hosted MIAA Challenge. Tanner Raubenstine had 2 first-place finishes. He won the 60-m...
Jan 31, 2021
Emporia High boys swim and dive team 6th at EHS Invite
The Emporia High boys swim and dive team finished in 6th place out of 7 teams at the Emporia High Invitational Saturday. Braxton Higgins continues to dominate diving. He finished in 1st place by over ...
Jan 31, 2021
Kansas, Kansas State lose, Wichita State wins
The Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State suffered losses in the Big-12/SEC Challenge. Wichita State won in overtime. The Kansas Jayhawks fell behind early and were not able to recover against Tennessee losin...
Jan 31, 2021
Olpe Girls, Lebo Boys crowned 100th Lyon County League champions Saturday
The Olpe Lady Eagles and Lebo Wolves were the loan teams standing at the conclusion of the 100th annual Lyon County League Basketball Tournament Saturday night. In the girl’s game, Olpe took an ...
Jan 31, 2021
Maize outscores Emporia High girls in Glaciers Edge Tournament
The Emporia High girls basketball team was outscored by Maize 49-40 in the final game of the Glaciers Edge Tournament Saturday. Maize used a 14-4 run in the 3rd quarter to take control of a close game...
Jan 31, 2021
Semi rollover crash closes Turnpike onramp at Emporia gate for around an hour Saturday
Traffic entering the Kansas Turnpike headed south from Emporia had to take an unusual detour Saturday night. A semi using the southbound onramp to the highway rolled off the ramp around 2:30 pm. Troop...
Jan 31, 2021
Emporia State basketball teams dominate Newman
The Emporia State basketball teams rolled to wins over Newman Saturday. The Lady Hornets defeated Newman 85-65 behind 28 points from Ehlaina Hartman. She made 8 three-point shots, just 1 shy of the sc...
Jan 30, 2021
CORONAVIRUS: Flu numbers remain abnormally low as COVID-19 pandemic continues
Last fall, health officials at all levels — local, state and federal — mentioned fears of having to battle big numbers of both coronavirus and influenza infections at the same time. That h...
Jan 30, 2021
Pair of kidnapping, conspiracy suspects accept plea agreements, third going to trial
Two of three defendants accused of kidnapping and conspiracy in a local case dating back to last fall have accepted plea agreements. Lane Rogers and Dakota Wilson formally accepted pleas as part of se...
Jan 30, 2021
