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Lyon County Highway Department closes two roads for maintenance
The Lyon County Highway Department has closed two roads for repairs to close out the work week. Road 165 is closed from M-5 to N, while N is closed between 160 and 170 for maintenance. Both roads coul...
Nov 05, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Commission approves new public health order through mid January; Mask requirements/ gathering restrictions among key items included
A county-wide mask ordinance and mass gathering limits of 45 or less are two of the key components of Lyon County’s new public health order. County commissioners unanimously adopted the order du...
Nov 05, 2020
Osage City football playoff game with Fredonia cancelled
The Osage City High School play-off football game against Fredonia scheduled for Friday night has been cancelled. Fredonia has reported an increase in COVID-19 cases. Fredonia has placed over 90 stude...
Nov 05, 2020
Attorney General says more consumers victimized by former Wabaunsee County coroner
More legal trouble is ahead for one-time Wabaunsee County coroner Shawn Parcells. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says nearly 80 new consumers were harmed by Parcells when he provided autopsy se...
Nov 05, 2020
Audio - Thursday - 11-05-20
Newsmaker: Lyon County Public Health Emergency Preparedness Director Jennifer Millbern updates the local COVID-19 response effort. Your browser does not support the audio element. Newsmaker 2: First F...
Nov 05, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Citing high levels of cases and community spread, Public Health urging residents to re-emphasize social distancing
Now is not the time for large gatherings or lots of people in close quarters, according to Lyon County Public Health Emergency Preparedness Director Jennifer Millbern. Instead, now is the time to re-e...
Nov 05, 2020
Lyndon teen now missing for one year
It has been one year since an Osage County teenager went missing, and the current whereabouts of 15-year-old Jeremy Samuel Veal are still unknown. Veal went missing from Lyndon in early November 2019....
Nov 05, 2020
Mediation hearings for Fridays' docket in Lyon County District Court postponed
Several mediation hearings on the Lyon County District Court docket for Friday have been postponed. Hector Velazquez and William Walters were set for hearings in connection to an alleged shooting at 1...
Nov 05, 2020
Rain from last week trims moderate drought area
Last week’s healthy rains cleared Greenwood County from moderate drought, but didn’t change the US Drought Monitor’s map beyond that for area counties. Virtually all of Coffey County...
Nov 05, 2020
Emporia State basketball players to make "Buckets for Breanna"
The Emporia State womens and mens basketball teams will be working on their free throw shooting this Saturday and Sunday. The two teams will be making “Buckets for Breanna”. Beginning Satu...
Nov 05, 2020
