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Free safety check for child car seats offered by Safe Kids Emporia coming this weekend
Safe Kids Emporia will have their first Child Passenger Safety Check Lane of the year coming this Saturday. The Child Passenger Safety Check Lane is a free service where children’s car seats are...
Apr 25, 2019
Audio - Thursday - 04-25-19
Emporia Arts Center Director Dawn Young promotes the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert April 30. Your browser does not support the audio element. Dynamic Discs owner Jeremy Rusco previews activities surrou...
Apr 25, 2019
Audio - Wednesday - 04-24-19
Dynamic Discs owner Jeremy Rusco previews activities surrounding the Glass Blown Open. Your browser does not support the audio element. 60th District Rep. Mark Schreiber updates the current legislativ...
Apr 25, 2019
Emporia State baseball out scores Missouri Western 8-3. 9th in Regional rankings
The Emporia State baseball team out scored Missouri Western 8-3 Wednesday. The Hornets scored 4 runs in the 9th inning to seal the win. Connor Hurst drove in 2 of the runs with a double. The other 2 r...
Apr 25, 2019
Rusco: 'Army of people' among reasons GBO builds on success every year
Play continues Thursday in the 2019 Glass Blown Open. With more players every year, more volunteers are needed. And tourney organizer and Dynamic Discs owner Jeremy Rusco says “an army of people...
Apr 25, 2019
Day one GBO
The Glass Blown Open Disc Golf tournament began Wednesday. After the first round in the womens open division Catrina Allen of Pipestone, Minnesota has the lead at 4 under par. Emporian Paige Bjerkaas ...
Apr 25, 2019
Kansas Attorney General meets with county prosecutors during Emporia meeting
A handful of county prosecutors from around Kansas spent part of their Wednesday in Emporia to chat with Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt. The attorney general was in town to update prosecutors o...
Apr 25, 2019
Drug distribution defendant offers motion to withdraw plea
Sentencing has been delayed for one of five defendants in an alleged drug distribution ring from last fall. Before her hearing Wednesday, Seana Herron filed a motion to withdraw her plea. She had plea...
Apr 25, 2019
City announces first round of slurry seal projects
Emporia’s annual slurry seal project is about to launch. The city will begin Friday by repaving six residential streets: *Dove Run from Wild Turkey to the cul-de-sac*Pheasant Ridge from Wild Tur...
Apr 25, 2019
Emporia High has new Volleyball Coach
The Emporia Board of Education approved the hiring of Ashley Nehls as the new volleyball coach at Emporia High School. This will be the second time that Nehls has been the head volleyball coach at Emp...
Apr 25, 2019
