Category Archives: News
City, county officials requesting information from Eucalyptus Real Estate about two-year delay in property tax payments, decline in housing conditions
Lyon County Attorney Marc Goodman says an out-of-state realty company is not pulling its load as a corporate citizen when it comes to paying property taxes or maintaining its rental properties in Empo...
Apr 24, 2021
Area crops slightly behind schedule due to cool, damp conditions
Recent cool, damp conditions may have more of an impact on the current planting season than a short-term bout of freezing or sub-freezing temperatures. Lyon County Extension ag agent Brian Rees had an...
Apr 24, 2021
Kansas City man arrested in Osage County for suspected drug distribution
Osage County deputies have arrested a Missouri man on suspicion of intent to distribute illegal drugs. Sheriff Chris Wells says 23-year-old Hector Corona-Torres of Kansas City was stopped on Interstat...
Apr 24, 2021
Madison man arrested for alleged drug activity near Council Grove school
Council Grove Police arrested a Madison man Thursday night on suspicion of intent to distribute illegal drugs. Police Chief Shawn Wangerin says officers did a traffic stop in the 400 block of East Mai...
Apr 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS: FEMA offering assistance with funeral expenses
Residents who have lost loved ones due to coronavirus can now get financial assistance for funeral expenses. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says formal paperwork must say deaths were attribut...
Apr 24, 2021
Ducks Unlimited secures millions of dollars in federal funds for conservation efforts in Kansas
Conservation efforts in Kansas through Ducks Unlimited are getting a huge boost from the federal government. Kansas Senator Roger Marshall has announced a $2 million grant award as well as a better th...
Apr 24, 2021
Bill to lower prescription drug prices, increase access to generic varieties signed by President Biden
Kansas Senator Roger Marshall announced the Ensuring Innovation Act, which is designed to lower prescription drug prices, has been signed by President Joe Biden. Marshall says the goal here is to clos...
Apr 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS: Minnesota, eight countries added to travel quarantine list
One state and eight countries have been added to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s COVID-19 travel quarantine list. KDHE says people need to quarantine if they have returned from...
Apr 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS: Johnson & Johnson vaccine to return soon
Johnson & Johnson vaccines are back on the table as the COVID-19 response continues. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted a 10-day pause for investigation of rare and serious bloo...
Apr 24, 2021
Governor vetoes bills related to election procedures, gun rights, personalized license plates
After issuing vetoes of a transgender athletics bill and two others connected to education Thursday, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issued four more vetoes Friday. The governor vetoed Senate Substitute f...
Apr 24, 2021
