Newman Regional Health will host its free, monthly Child Safety Seat Inspection event on Tuesday. From 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., folks with a reservation will have the chance to hear about car seat selection, direction, location, installation and more from trauma program coordinator for Newman Regional Health, Abby Hogan, and ...

A little more than 24 hours after it was issued, the boil water advisory affecting a Coffey County community has been lifted. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment rescinded the advisory affecting Lebo Friday. The advisory was issued Thursday morning just an hour after the city announced a community-wide wat...

Advance Voter turnout is nearing 10 percent in Lyon County. Turnout is currently at 8 percent, with just over 1,700 voters casting ballots over the last week. Over 660 mail ballots have been sent out to voters in that same timeframe, with 269 returned. A reminder: the final day to request a mail ballot is Tuesday, Octo...

Lyon County Commissioners will be taking another two weeks, at least, before approving a new policy related to animals at large. During their regular action meeting Thursday, commissioners chose to table an updated policy for that matter following a round of discussions with both county staff and residents. This is the...

A change in representation is coming in a Lyon County murder case. During a hearing in district court Thursday, Alexei Perez-Ricardo submitted a motion for substitution of counsel looking to replace Rand Simmons. The request was approved by Judge Jeffrey Larson and the court will be appointing the new counsel at a late...

The Emporia State cross country teams got a preview of the MIAA Championships that are two weeks away at the MWSU Cross Country Course in St. Joseph, Mo. on Saturday. The Hornets battled for a sixth place finish, but the women couldn't get moving and finished 11th. Carson Fouard led ESU with a 38th place finish while...

Emporia High's cross country teams are heading to state after both the boys and girls squads earned third-place finishes Saturday at the 5A Sub-State meet at Lake Barton Golf Course in Great Bend. ​The Spartans earned their team qualification on the back of two top-10 individual performances. Xaden Delgado led the ch...

With the close of the Kansas high school football regular season on Friday night, the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) has officially released the opening-round playoff brackets as teams state-wide transition to single-elimination play. ​Several area programs earned home postseason games, whil...

Emporia High will open postseason play at home next week as the brackets are set for the Class 5A high school boys soccer regional tournament. The Spartans earned the No. 5 seed in the West region and will host No. 12 Goddard in a semifinal matchup Tuesday. Emporia enters the postseason with a 12-3-1 record, while the ...

Madison came up just short in a district matchup on Friday falling to Flinthills 46-22. The Bulldogs through an interception that was returned for a touchdown 90 seconds into the game. The turnover would be the first of five on the night for Madison. Flinthills would take a 20-8 end of first quarter lead after two touc...