Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: 'Cash-strapped' Emporia Senior Center forced to cancel events -- and make yet another budget adjustment
Thursday night’s decision to cancel activities and events at the Emporia Senior Center was the latest difficult decision for Director Ian Boyd this year. Coronavirus has caused Boyd and the Seni...
Nov 06, 2020
FHTC welding students create memorable trophies for Freedom Fest
When Emporia’s annual Freedom Fest takes place Saturday, there will be some unique trophies awaiting the winners. Students in the Flint Hills Technical College welding program created the trophi...
Nov 06, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: USD 253 Board of Education delays phase three of COVID-19 education plan Thursday
Phase three of USD 253’s COVID-19 education plan is now on hold until further notice. During a special meeting Thursday evening the board voted unanimously to postpone moving into the next phase...
Nov 06, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County reports 65 new cases; Active case number hits record peak
Thursday was a record-setting day for Lyon County, but not in a good way. Lyon County Public Health reported 65 new COVID-19 cases which is 20 more cases than the previous largest single-day increase ...
Nov 05, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: South Dakota, two countries added to quarantine list
Another week, another change in the Kansas Department of Health and environment's coronavirus travel quarantine list. KDHE has added one state, South Dakota, and two countries, Belgium and Czechia, fo...
Nov 05, 2020
Lyon County Highway Department closes two roads for maintenance
The Lyon County Highway Department has closed two roads for repairs to close out the work week. Road 165 is closed from M-5 to N, while N is closed between 160 and 170 for maintenance. Both roads coul...
Nov 05, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Commission approves new public health order through mid January; Mask requirements/ gathering restrictions among key items included
A county-wide mask ordinance and mass gathering limits of 45 or less are two of the key components of Lyon County’s new public health order. County commissioners unanimously adopted the order du...
Nov 05, 2020
Attorney General says more consumers victimized by former Wabaunsee County coroner
More legal trouble is ahead for one-time Wabaunsee County coroner Shawn Parcells. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says nearly 80 new consumers were harmed by Parcells when he provided autopsy se...
Nov 05, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Citing high levels of cases and community spread, Public Health urging residents to re-emphasize social distancing
Now is not the time for large gatherings or lots of people in close quarters, according to Lyon County Public Health Emergency Preparedness Director Jennifer Millbern. Instead, now is the time to re-e...
Nov 05, 2020
Lyndon teen now missing for one year
It has been one year since an Osage County teenager went missing, and the current whereabouts of 15-year-old Jeremy Samuel Veal are still unknown. Veal went missing from Lyndon in early November 2019....
Nov 05, 2020
