Category Archives: News

USD 253 Emporia is changing plans for its next two board meetings. With the search for a new superintendent about to move into the interview stage, the board is planning to concentrate on the search p...

Emporia’s Friendship Center is partnering with the Kansas Food Bank to offer monthly food boxes to low-income seniors. The Commodity Supplemental Food Program is available for people age 60 and ...

The state’s two US Senators and Lyon County’s representative in the US House have announced their committee assignments for the 117th Congress now underway. Senior Senator Jerry Moran will...

For the past 14 months, Ed Owens has led the Emporia Police Department on an interim basis. City Manager Mark McAnarney formally removed the interim tag Thursday afternoon. Owens was named to the posi...

Farmers Market Manager Jessica Hopkins is stepping down. Hopkins hasn’t given a timetable or a reason for her decision, although in a statement on the Farmers Market blog she says plans to still...

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic local residents will still be taking a refreshing dip all to support Special Olympics athletes later this month. The 2021 Polar Plunge is scheduled to take place Saturday...

As Lyon County Public Health’s COVID vaccination waitlist continues to grow, administrators are certain allocations will continue to adequately meet the growing demand. That was the consensus du...

Three groups of residents are eligible for coronavirus vaccines with the process now into its second phase, but Lyon County Public Health is asking residents ages 65 and older to sign up now. Why̵...

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has introduced legislation that would have all law enforcement agencies in Kansas adopt written policies saying they must submit all sex assault kits to forensic lab...

Limited numbers of coronavirus vaccines will now come to more nationally-known pharmacies as part of a federal program. The Federal Retail Pharmacy Program has already sent vaccines to CVS and Walgree...