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Emporia High baseball begins regional tournament play
A Trip to state will be on the line for the Emporia High baseball team beginning Monday. They will play Kansas City Sumner in the first round of the St. Thomas Aquinas hosted regional. The Spartans ta...
May 13, 2019
Emporia High boys golf team at regionals. Area regionals
The Emporia High boys golf will be playing in the Topeka Seaman hosted regional at Shawnee Country Club Monday. Emporia High Junior Caleb Schmid says the goal is qualify for state. Your browser does n...
May 13, 2019
Area High School baseball and softball teams in regional tournaments
Area High School baseball and softball teams begin regional tournament play Monday. Baseball regionals.2-1A: At Lyndon:Southern Lyon County vs LyndonNorthern Heights vs Rossville.at WabaunseeLebo/Wave...
May 13, 2019
Lyon-Coffey picks new GM as merger continues with Radiant
As Lyon-Coffey Electric Cooperative continues its merger with Radiant Electric, it has also picked a new general manager. Dennis Svanes currently serves as La Plata Electric Association’s chief ...
May 13, 2019
Public meeting Tuesday to discuss Wolf Creek's 2018 performance
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a public meeting this week to discuss last year’s performance by Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation. The NRC says Wolf Creek operated safely...
May 13, 2019
NIGHT UPDATE: Flood warning ends for Cottonwood at Emporia; extensive damage seen on some Lyon County roads
The Flood of May 2019 is coming to an end. Shortly after sunrise Sunday, the Cottonwood River cleared enough of Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia to get traffic started again on the highway for the f...
May 13, 2019
MID-MORNING UPDATE: K-99 fully reopens to traffic south of Emporia
After four-plus days of complete closure, it is finally all systems go for drivers on Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia. The Kansas Department of Transportation opened the northbound lane of traffic ...
May 12, 2019
Two cited after injury crash near Olpe
Lyon County deputies say one person was hurt and two people cited after an injury crash near Olpe on Saturday. Deputy Chuck Moore says the wreck happened in the 1000 block of Road 70. The crash develo...
May 12, 2019
Construction business owner passes away
Emporia business owner Jeff Herrick has died. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home says Herrick was 56 when he died at his home Friday. Herrick started Star Construction in 1995 and had operated the firm...
May 12, 2019
UPDATE: Power outage restored in Neosho Rapids
Neosho Rapids citizens dealt with a power outage for much of Mother’s Day. The outage developed shortly after noon and lasted for close to five hours before it was fixed. Westar Energy says a co...
May 12, 2019
