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Lyon County Public Health is reporting a small increase in the number of coronavirus cases. Public Health reported five new cases Friday and a total of 1,012 cases since late March. Unfortunately, six...

A man accused of two separate stabbings in Lyon County over the past year is pleading no contest in both cases. Cody Risner, 27, made an appearance in Lyon County District Court on Friday. He pleaded ...

Lyon County voters wanting to cast their ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election will have an offsite event next month. The offsite activities are becoming standard operating procedure for the Ly...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reverting to prior guidance when it comes to close contacts of COVID-19 patients. As it said at the outset of the current pandemic, the CDC now says ...

As Lyon County’s new mass gathering policy begins, the County Commission and Public Health apparently aren’t seeing eye to eye on the policy or how it was developed. County Commissioner Sc...

While Lyon County has dramatically expanded its mass gathering limits for indoor activities, one area county has gone the other way. Effective Saturday, Morris County will go from a 100-person mass ga...

Road construction is coming for Industrial Park III in southeast Emporia as well as part of northeast Emporia. The Emporia Engineering Department has plans to start work next week on storm sewer, curb...

A local case involving a law enforcement pursuit from almost two years ago appears to be close to a resolution. In December 2018, Chelsea Brooks allegedly started a chase from Emporia to west Osage Co...

With the 2020 fall sports season canceled we can now begin focusing on 2021. The MIAA has released the 2021 fall sports schedules. Emporia States football team will open on September 2nd or 4th at Nor...