Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: County Commissioners release CARES Act disbursement planning document
Lyon County's plan for distributing CARES act allocations throughout the local community is now in the hands of state officials. Lyon County Commissioners made the announcement following an executive ...
Aug 20, 2020
Charges amended after alleged Emporia shooting incident
Pretrial hearings are coming next month for three men accused in a shooting incident earlier this year. Edgar Gonzalez, Hector Velazquez and William Walters were the subjects of preliminary hearings W...
Aug 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund approves three new grants
On a day when local businesses and nonprofits were urged to position themselves for federal grants as the COVID-19 response continues, area residents were reminded of a local effort to help businesses...
Aug 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia State, FHTC both cluster-free, but ESU confirms student case
Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College are both cluster-free when it comes to coronavirus. However, Emporia State has one confirmed case and both institutions are monitoring develo...
Aug 20, 2020
Emporia City Commission approves 2021 fiscal year budget Wednesday
The 2021 budget is now official for the city of Emporia following Wednesday evening’s action session. Following a brief public hearing, commissioners unanimously voted to approve the 2021 fiscal...
Aug 20, 2020
Similar business philosophies, interest in Seamless expertise leads to Century Business' acquisition of Emporia company
A Topeka company has reached an agreement to acquire Emporia’s Seamless Data Systems. Seamless has announced it has entered an agreement to sell its managed services, data networking and compute...
Aug 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County reports 4 new cases, 72 active cases
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 4 new COVID-19 cases and 5 recoveries in Wednesdays update. The number of active cases is at 72. 37 of the active cases are connected to long term care clusters....
Aug 19, 2020
Lyon County Commission to potentially approve 2021 budget Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners will consider final action on the 2021 fiscal year budget during their weekly action session Thursday morning. The commission will hold a public hearing before rendering a ve...
Aug 19, 2020
United Way of the Flint Hills hosting food drive for annual campaign kickoff Thursday
The annual United Way of the Flinthills Campaign Kickoff is set to take place Thursday with a new format. United Way Executive Director Mickey Edwards says this year’s campaign kickoff will be a...
Aug 19, 2020
Local law enforcement ready for 'You Drink, You Drive, You Lose' campaign
Law enforcement will be out in force — more so than normal the next two weekends. “You Drink, You Drive, You Lose” starts Thursday and continues through Sunday. It then resumes Aug. ...
Aug 19, 2020
