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The preliminary hearing for Devawn Mitchell in the crash killing Emporian Steve Henry last month is now taking place in June. At an attorney review in Lyon County District Court on Monday, Judge Doug ...

Emporia Police are investigating a crash that led to a city streetlight getting destroyed Sunday. The incident happened in front of Max’s BP, 202 East Sixth. Police Sgt. Lisa Hayes says a stolen...

Have you not received your COVID-19 vaccination yet? Lyon County Public Health wants to know. Public Health launched a new poll on its Facebook page Monday asking residents who have yet to receive a C...

Progress is on schedule and on budget within USD 253 Emporia Public Schools as phase one of the Building for the Future bond initiative continues. That was the report from senior project coordinator E...

Moderate increases in new and active COVID-19 cases were noted in Lyon County Public Health’s first data set of the week. Public Health reported four new cases bringing the overall total since l...

Firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a railroad car and damaged two nearby structures in Hartford on Sunday. Crews from Hartford-Neosho Rapids, Olpe and Emporia, along wit...

More COVID-19 vaccinations will be available for residents ages 18 and older in Emporia this week. Haag Pharmacy will have single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines available, and it’s changing...

Budgetary matters and ongoing planning will be the main focal points for the USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education’s meeting Monday night. The board will discuss its Local Option Budge...

The Lyon County Planning and Appeals Board is meeting this week. Board members will field a request from US Cellular to build a communications tower in the 2200 block of Road 130 west of Neosho Rapids...

The Nature Conservancy, a longtime partner with the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, has entered into an agreement with the US Department of Agriculture’s Natual Resource Conservation Servic...