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The annual Seatbelts Are For Everyone safety initiative is underway in Lyon County. The annual enforcement effort, organized by the Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office, focuses on increasing seatbel...

Lyon County saw a slight increase in overall and active COVID-19 cases Monday. Public Health announced 11 new cases since last Friday putting the overall total to 4,080 since last March. Nine recoveri...

Preliminary totals are showing the second annual KVOE United Way Radio Auction was once again a major success. This year’s auction, organized by KVOE and United Way Campaign Co-Chairs BJ and Kri...

Several things are changing this week as Lyon County continues the COVID-19 vaccination process. Clinics organized by Flint Hills Community Health Center are moving from the Bowyer Community Building ...

It certainly doesn’t feel like it Monday and it won’t this week, but the severe weather season is upon us and the National Weather Service is beginning Severe Weather Awareness Week. Both ...

A pedestrian suffered minor injuries after he was hit by a pickup in the heart of downtown Emporia on Monday morning. According to Emporia Police Officers on scene, a pedestrian was walking southbound...

Property valuation notices are heading out to Lyon County residents Monday. This means the 30-day appeal window is now underway, and County Appraiser Ryan Janzen says people can go to www.lyoncounty.o...

A search continues for dogs that fled the scene of a crash in Marion County that killed two Emporians and a Salina man on Friday. As many as 20 dogs were being transported in a trailer pulled by 70-ye...

Around 1,000 Evergy customers were powerless for a little over an hour Sunday afternoon. The outage developed due to an undisclosed equipment failure on a line north of Strong City around 2:20 pm. Cre...

Fire crews made quick work of a grass fire east of Emporia Sunday afternoon. Hartford-Neosho Rapids firefighters were called to 2249 Road 170, roughly 5 miles east of Emporia, Sunday afternoon after a...