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Board members for USD 252 Southern Lyon County began formal talks on whether to adjust the district’s Local Option Budget percentage as part of their meeting Monday night. Superintendent Mike Ar...

The USD 251 North Lyon County Board of Education will have its regular meeting Wednesday at a special time and place. The board meeting will be at 6 pm at Northern Heights, giving board members a chan...

A pair of incumbents have filed for re-election to their respective City Councils. Olpe incumbent Rick Jones filed Monday, while Neosho Rapids incumbent Karla Mendoza has also filed. For this election...

Local adjustments have been swift after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration urged a “pause” in administering Johnson & Johnson’s s...

Americus native Savanna Chestnut’s run on NBC’s the Voice came to an end Monday evening. Chestnut faced Pete Mroz in the battle round Monday evening singing the John Hiatt classic Have a L...

Emporia Main Street has received national recognition for its forward-thinking and unyielding efforts to continue moving the local economy forward despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Main St...

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...