Saturday's unseasonably mild conditions are setting up a brief return to winter, followed by a wet week. After showers and embedded thundershowers early in the day, Saturday will see highs in the mid-70s with sunshine and occasionally breezes as high as 20 mph. Conditions will be similar to Friday. Initially, the forec...

"Major combat operations" have started in Iran. President Donald Trump has confirmed a joint operation between the United States and Israel against Iranian military and government sites, involving missile strikes from US warships as part of what the US is calling "Operation Epic Fury" and the Israel...

Emporia High basketball claimed two wins at Junction City on Friday. In the girls' game, Emporia earned their second league win of the year 36-26. The Lady Spartans used a 6-2 run to open the game and pulled ahead 10-7 after one. EHS gave up just one basket in the second as the lead grew to four, 14-10. Emporia went...

The Northwest Missouri baseball team scored the final 11 runs of the game to knock off Emporia State 11-5 at the Trusler Sports Complex in Emporia, Kan. on Friday in game one of a three-game series. The Hornets cruised to a 5-0 lead as Brady Unrein drove in a run on a double in the second to put the Black & Gold o...

Emporia's Rapid Response Task Force met Friday to discuss plans to help employees at Hopkins -- and other area employers -- that either have been or will be displaced by different business decisions. Team members are discussing how best to help the 130 employees at Hopkins either already displaced or soon to be displac...

Emporia High School still has 12 wrestlers competing for a spot on the podium after day one at the 5A state wrestling tournament in Park City. Returning state champions Alexa Castillo (170) and Kensley Medrano (120), reached the championship semi-finals before Medrano was defeated 8-5 in overtime by Brynlee Morris of S...

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Lyon County Road Y-5 reopened to traffic several hours after a non-injury crash involving a semi. Y-5 was closed for around five hours for cleanup. 11:45 am Friday Lyon County deputies say a semi crashed near Hartford on Friday, causing an extended detour affecting traffic in southeast Lyon and southwest Coffey countie...

Severe spring weather season isn't officially upon us yet -- only because it isn't March. However, the National Weather Service in Kansas is marking Severe Weather Awareness Week all next week, and beginning Tuesday, the Storm Prediction Center will start using a new set of graphics to include what are called Condition...

January finances did not develop as budgeted at Newman Regional Health. At the monthly Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, the hospital reported a net loss of over $630,000, which was unfavorable to budget by almost $220,000. Patient traffic was lower than expected in numerous categories - acute care, nursery, reha...