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After simultaneous increases in active and new COVID-19 cases for the majority of last week, active cases diminished Monday in Lyon County. Public Health reported just five new cases bringing the over...

Newsmaker: CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness Development Manager Lucas Moody discusses a new grant to expand children’s programs. Your browser does not support the audio element. Newsmaker 2: C...

Traffic is steady as Lyon County residents start the self-scheduling process to line up COVID-19 vaccinations. Lyon County Public Health Incident Commander Renee Hively says the only issue so far is p...

The Emporia-Lyon County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals will meet Tuesday night with several items on the agenda. Foremost on the list is a request for a minor plat t...

Emporia State University has announced its second finalist for the provost position. Dr. Aimee Shouse is currently the dean of Arts, Letters and Sciences at Southwest Minnesota State and has served in...

Two juveniles face criminal charges after incidents of vandalism across town. Emporia Police Sgt. Lisa Hayes says the juveniles were reported as suspicious people early Friday morning. Officers made c...

A special enrollment period continues for people interested in getting health insurance through the federal marketplace. The open enrollment period goes through May 15. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansa...

Emporia High Senior Charles Snyder has been named to the All-Centennial League basketball team. He is a 3-time 1st team selection. He averaged 19 points and 8 rebounds for the Spartans this past seaso...

Kansas and Wichita State have been selected to be a part of the NCAA mens basketball tournament. The Kansas Jayhawks are making their 31st consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, they are the 3 seed i...

Decent rainfall, no flooding. That’s the upshot from the weekend in the weather department after Lyon County and several surrounding counties were in a flood watch Friday into Sunday. Rain Weeke...