Chester Thomas Fruit, known as Tom, was born in Emporia, KS in 1961. Tom grew up in Haviland, Kansas, where his high school graduating class was just a dozen students.

Emporia is set to join the rest of the globe in celebrating the world’s largest sporting event. Visit Emporia announced Friday that the city will host the official countdown clock for the 2026 FIFA ...

The winter sports season is slowly coming to an end, and another sport has finished its season in bowling. Spartan Bowling travelled to Wichita for the final meet of the ...

Emporia is in construction season, and three large-scale projects appear to be on pace to open in the second quarter of the ...

And the Lee Beran building — whose future was ambiguous under the previous proposal — remains central to the plan. Executive Director of the Emporia Rec Center Amanda Gutierrez summed it up well: “We ...

In the previous offseason, the Lady Spartans were looking for a new head coach. This upcoming offseason, they will be doing ...

Fifteen members of the local community will be stepping up to be Heroes for SOS during Heroes for Hope 2026. These Heroes share information about SOS services and raise essential ...

The Lyon County Commission awarded two construction contracts totaling over $3,000,000 to projects tied to Community ...

Dean Meyer passed away peacefully on February 21, 2026, in Windsor, California. He was born on September 12, 1938, to Adamina ...

Postseason play in any sport can feature many different kinds of games: high-scoring shootouts, low-scoring make-every-basket-count games, back-and-forth games coming down to a final shot, and even la ...

The postseason in any sport can produce some of the most random winners or losers in spectacular fashion. A team can come in scorching hot and fizzle out come playoff ...

On Wednesday evening, the Lady Spartans began their postseason journey at Sub-state against Kapaun Mt. Carmel. Having to face ...