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Teen driver sustains minor injury in rural Lyon County crash
One person was transported Saturday evening following a crash south of Emporia. According to Lyon County Deputy Zach Shafer, shortly before 7 p.m., a 17-year-old male driver was southbound in the 1400...
Jul 28, 2018
Emporia AAA Legion season ends in State Semi finals
The Emporia Senior American Legion baseball season came to and end Saturday with a semi-final loss at state. Post 5 was out scored by Salina 6-3. Salina scored 2 runs in the first, a run in the 2nd an...
Jul 28, 2018
Strong storms prompt warning
Isolated strong thunderstorm activity developed Saturday afternoon near Emporia. Portions of southwest Coffey County, including John Redmond Reservoir, were under a severe thunderstorm warning althoug...
Jul 28, 2018
Park Crawl gives residents free samples of healthy activities
Residents turned out Saturday for Healthier Lyon County’s fourth annual Park Crawl at Peter Pan Park. Grant manager Daphne Mertens says it was another solid turnout for participation. Your brows...
Jul 28, 2018
Emporia AAA Legion advances to State Tournament Bracket play
The Emporia Senior American Legion baseball team has advanced to bracket play in the Legion AAA State tournament. The Post 5 Seniors suffered their first loss in tournament play Friday night 3-2 to Ha...
Jul 28, 2018
Royals at Yankees rained out, trade Moustakas
The Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees were rained out Friday night. The Royals traded Mike Moustakas to Milwaukee for two players Friday. The Royals and Yankees will play a doubleheader Saturday...
Jul 28, 2018
Lyon County Clerk seeing good turnout of advance voters
One week into advance voting, Lyon County election officials are seeing a steady stream of residents casting their ballots ahead of the Aug. 7 primary. As of Friday afternoon, 258 Lyon County resident...
Jul 27, 2018
City Commission to review parking concerns near proposed new development
A proposed multimillion-dollar redevelopment and development project downtown could likely have some impact on downtown parking. Emporia Main Street and Haag Development announced a $6.5 million priva...
Jul 27, 2018
Shelley Dunham and Jenny Gihring win Emporia Womens team City Golf Championship
Shelley Dunham and Jenny Gihring are the 2018 Emporia Womens Team City Golf Championships. The duo finished the 2 day tournament with a 161. Your browser does not support the audio element. Fran Hudso...
Jul 27, 2018
20 local residents have begun raising funds for fourth annual SOS event
SOS’s fourth annual SOS Strong fundraiser has officially begun to help end sexual assault. For the past four years, 20 local men from Lyon and surrounding counties have come together to raise fu...
Jul 27, 2018
