Category Archives: News
Downtown sanitary sewer project nearing an end
Work continues, and maybe wrapping up shortly, on Emporia’s downtown sanitary sewer project. The project has been ongoing for over the past year and has unfortunately seen some setbacks due to t...
Aug 17, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: 28 new COVID-19 cases in Lyon county
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 28 new COVID-19 cases since Fridays update. The number of total cases has increased to 762. There are no recoveries reported in Mondays update. There are now 90 ...
Aug 17, 2020
Volunteer need continues for Friendship Meals program
Friendship Meals is looking for volunteers. Friendship Center spokesperson Vicki Vankooten says staffers will cook and prepare the meals for delivery drivers to take around town. Your browser does not...
Aug 17, 2020
GenEmporia donation drive for SOS now underway
GenEmporia is asking area residents to donate certain items benefiting SOS and its clients. Spokesperson Kathryn Martin says it makes sense to help SOS at a time when a lot of families are in crisis m...
Aug 17, 2020
Applications now available for Kansas Reservoir Protection Initiative projects
The Kansas Water Office is drawing attention to its Reservoir Protection Initiative as a way to lengthen the lives of several lakes, including John Redmond Reservoir southeast of Emporia and Fall Rive...
Aug 17, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health says Kansas doing its utmost to keep death toll accurate in light of ongoing concerns
Since the coronavirus pandemic began in March, a significant percentage of Americans have felt the death toll numbers have been artificially or deliberately inflated. A case in point was a poll from A...
Aug 17, 2020
UPDATE: Three people transported to NRH following KTA crash in Chase County
Three people were taken to Newman Regional Health after a wreck involving two SUVs, one pulling a trailer, in Chase County on Sunday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the SUVs, one driven by 37-year-old...
Aug 16, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: White House Response Coordinator notes increased community spread in Lyon County, urges unpopular steps to stop spread
One of the leading federal health officials in the COVID-19 recovery effort made a stop in Kansas City on Saturday, focusing on the state response and — to a degree — the local situation. ...
Aug 16, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: USD 252 honing its approach as fall semester nears
USD 252 Southern Lyon County is preparing for some new things with the school year beginning Aug. 25. Coronavirus is dictating a lot of changes, including the widespread use statewide of masks and dai...
Aug 16, 2020
FHTC instructor/Network Engineer Adam Starr selected as 2020 distinguished alumni
Flint Hills Technical College has selected a current faculty member as the recipient of the 2020 FHTC Distinguished Alumni Award. The college announced Wednesday that the FHTC Foundation Board had cho...
Aug 15, 2020
