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The Consolation Semifinals of the Lyon County League Basketball tournament will be played Thursday. The games begin at 4 pm.Southern Coffey County girls vs Hartford.Followed by the Southern Coffey Cou...

The Emporia High bowling teams will be hosting a 4 team tournament Thursday. The Spartans will be hosting Topeka Seaman, Derby, and Highland Park. Anya Tollakson will be one of the bowlers for the gir...

The Emporia High boys wrestling team was 1-1 in duels Wednesday night. The Spartans defeated DeSoto and lost to Bashore-Linwood. Pierce Moore, David Tucker, Ethan Garate, and Carter Garza were undefea...

Baylor defeated Kansas State 107-59 Wednesday night. The #2 ranked Bears jumped out to a 38-5 lead and never looked back. Nijel Pack was the lone Wildcat to score in double-figures finishing with 11 p...

Emporia State University is getting ready for Founders Day, COVID-19 edition, next month. The virtual event will take place at noon Feb. 12. As part of the program, the university will honor those who...

A pretrial hearing is coming for a man accused of being involved in a shooting and home invasion robbery from last fall. Kenneth Hopkins will be in Lyon County District Court for the hearing at 2 pm F...

No more “fire drills.” That’s the goal of a new approach to coronavirus vaccines from the Biden administration — one welcomed by Governor Laura Kelly. During her weekly news co...

Activities are underway for Emporia State University’s annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Director of Diversity Student Programs Teresa Taylor Williams says a rolling tribute message ...

A teenager listed as missing from Burlington has been found safe. Trenton Leroy Beaty went missing Jan. 20 and was found Monday. Details about his disappearance and discovery are not being listed at t...

A woman sought by the FBI as part of a child sexual exploitation case has been found. FBI Public Affairs Specialist Bridget Patton says the woman called Jane Doe 43 was identified and located after a ...