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Emporia High girls golf team 7th at Salina Central
The Emporia High girls golf team finished in 7th place out of 11 teams at the Salina Central Invitational Tuesday. Individually for Emporia High Avery Eckert finished in 7th place with an 87. Olivia E...
Sep 09, 2020
Emporia High gymnastics opens season at Newton
The Emporia High gymnastics team opened their season with a duel at Newton Tuesday. Newton won the duel. Individually for Emporia High- Hadleigh Mertens finished in 5th place all-around, 4th on the be...
Sep 09, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Active caseload in Lyon County hits levels last seen in mid-May, overall count nears 950
Lyon County Public Health was expecting an increase in coronavirus cases through the Labor Day weekend, and that's what it reported late Tuesday afternoon. Public Health reported 32 new cases to send ...
Sep 08, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Chase County logs first death, separates community cases from Detention Center outbreak
Not surprisingly, several area counties reported COVID-19 increases from Friday to Monday. *Chase County is at 81 cases, up from 76 last week. The county is confirming its first death due to the virus...
Sep 08, 2020
KHP announces details of Tuesday crash in northwest Emporia
An Emporia man went to Newman Regional Health for treatment after a crash in the northwest part of the city Tuesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Frederic Hernandez was eastbound on 24th...
Sep 08, 2020
Emporia Fire: Meat smoker caused blaze that destroyed two buildings at 718 Market
The cause and origination point have been announced for Monday night’s devastating building fire in central Emporia. Battalion Chief Tony Fuller says a meat smoker on the south porch of the main...
Sep 08, 2020
One-time Lyon County man pleads guilty to having illegal child videos, images
Sentencing is set for mid-December for a one-time Lyon County man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing child pornography. An investigation into Jimmy Dwayne Leger, 26, started when federal investi...
Sep 08, 2020
Kansas ranks fourth in 2020 Census response
We are now entering the home stretch of the 2020 census and Kansas is looking great in terms of response percentage. That was the report of Census Bureau Senior Partnership Specialist Steve Hale on KV...
Sep 08, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia City Commissioners to review city mask mandate Wednesday
Discussions on the future of Emporia’s mask ordinance will be one of many talking points for Emporia City Commissioners Wednesday morning. The ordinance, in place since mid-August, is set to exp...
Sep 08, 2020
COVID-19 data dashboard update among agenda items for USD 253 Board of Education meeting Wednesday
The USD 253 Board of Education will be continuing discussions on COVID-19 related adjustments to the 2020-21 school year Wednesday evening. An update on the district’s COVID data dashboard will ...
Sep 08, 2020
