Category Archives: News
UPDATE: Traffic reopened on Commercial Street following damage to railroad Tuesday; Repair update pending
Traffic has returned to normal in downtown Emporia after a damaged Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line saw motorists being detoured for much of the late afternoon. Early indications are the damage ...
Oct 06, 2020
UPDATE: Undetermined cause leads to house fire in east Emporia
Emporia fire has concluded an investigation into a house fire that damaged a home in east Emporia Tuesday afternoon. According to Battalion Chief Tony Fuller an undetermined cause led to the fire that...
Oct 06, 2020
Hundreds attend Newman Regional Health's drive-through flu shot clinic
Tuesday was a great day to “roll down your window and roll up your sleeve.” That was the thought of Newman Regional Health administrators as they held their drive-through flu shot clinic a...
Oct 06, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Southern Lyon County announces first positive case, nearly 30 students and staff in quarantine
USD 252 Southern Lyon County has its first coronavirus case. Superintendent Mike Argabright says the confirmed patient is a staffer at Neosho Rapids Elementary. Seven other staffers at the school were...
Oct 06, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia Main Street asking community to complete latest consumer survey
Local businesses are continuing to adapt to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and you have the opportunity to help them do so thanks to Emporia Main Street. Main Street is encouraging residents to fill ou...
Oct 06, 2020
'Coolest Thing Made in Kansas' honor comes as EMP Shield works to protect national electric grid
EMP Shield inventor and executive engineer Tim Carty is understandably pleased to oversee the “Coolest Thing Made in Kansas,” according to the Kansas Manufacturing Council. Based in Burlin...
Oct 06, 2020
Former USPS contract driver from Emporia charged with illegal mail activity
A one-time contract driver with the US Postal Service Emporia office has been charged with illegal mail activity. The US Attorney’s Office says 23-year-old Dennis Tapscott of Emporia has been ch...
Oct 06, 2020
Keeping Kansas Great Bus Tour rolls through Emporia Tuesday
US Senate hopeful and current Kansas Congressman Roger Marshall paid a visit to the Emporia community Tuesday afternoon. Marshall stopped at the Lyon County Fairgrounds as part of his Keep Kansas Grea...
Oct 06, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Moran visits downtown Emporia to gauge success of federal programs
US Senator Jerry Moran got an in-person status report on Emporia’s small business community with a visit to town Monday. Moran chatted with Emporia Main Street leaders as well as Trox Gallery an...
Oct 06, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: USD 251 announces case in Northern Heights staff
Contact tracing is underway after a staff member at Northern Heights High School recently tested positive for coronavirus. The district says the district is cooperating fully with Lyon County Public H...
Oct 06, 2020
