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The Kansas City Chiefs got rookies onto the practice field in padded shirts and helmets for the first time Tuesday. The veterans continue to go through lifting and conditioning work. Chiefs Head Coach...

(NCAA) The NCAA Board of Governors has directed schools and conferences to meet specific requirements if they are to conduct NCAA fall sports during the preseason, regular season and postseason. Furth...

Preliminary results won’t be official until Friday, but the leaders for the Lyon County Commission races have comfortable leads after Tuesday’s official primary election. Republican incumb...

Emporia Main Street has, unfortunately, had to remove yet another major event from the 2020 activity calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Main Street Director Casey Woods, the 2020 Grea...

Four new COVID-19 cases and seven recoveries are being reported by Lyon County Public Health in Tuesday’s update. There are now 83 active cases. The number of confirmed positive and probable cas...

A woman allegedly involved in a lengthy law enforcement pursuit over 18 months ago will return to court next month. Less than a month ago, 30-year-old Chelsea Brooks pled no contest to a single count ...

Recent water-related damage at Chase State Fishing Lake between Cottonwood Falls and Elmdale is being monitored by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, but damage noticed at the dam F...

An important deadline is coming Wednesday for USD 253 Emporia Public School families and students to keep in mind. Online enrollment concludes Wednesday for the district which has been offering both o...

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: Emporia...

Emporia City Commissioners will consider lending formal approval to a slew of COVID-19 preventive projects during an action meeting Wednesday. Commissioners tentatively approved the project list durin...