Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia City Commissioners to review city mask mandate Wednesday
Discussions on the future of Emporia’s mask ordinance will be one of many talking points for Emporia City Commissioners Wednesday morning. The ordinance, in place since mid-August, is set to exp...
Sep 08, 2020
COVID-19 data dashboard update among agenda items for USD 253 Board of Education meeting Wednesday
The USD 253 Board of Education will be continuing discussions on COVID-19 related adjustments to the 2020-21 school year Wednesday evening. An update on the district’s COVID data dashboard will ...
Sep 08, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: On top of increased caseload, Lyon County Public Health now dealing with contact tracing robocalls
Lyon County Public Health is still busy dealing with coronavirus, whether through tests, questions, raw data — or robocalls. The question of contact tracing procedures is being discussed after a...
Sep 08, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Governor seeking extension of state disaster declaration
The state’s coronavirus-related disaster declaration ends next Tuesday, and Governor Laura Kelly would like it extended. The governor made her announcement during her weekly news conference. You...
Sep 08, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: New federal unemployment payment half of original $600 amount for affected Kansans
Kansas residents out of work due to coronavirus are now eligible for federal unemployment benefits, although the amount is less than what they received earlier. The Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Sep 08, 2020
Man accused of taking food from Emporia Wendy's during July burglary
One man is accused of burglarizing an Emporia restaurant and has a hearing Wednesday in Lyon County District Court. Jacob Matthew Milton Vaughan, 22, is facing single counts of burglary of a non-dwell...
Sep 08, 2020
Emporia apartment house listed as total loss after overnight fire; Red Cross, Salvation Army offering help to displaced residents
Emporia Fire continues investigating a fire that destroyed an apartment house, displaced all its residents and led to injuries for one firefighter late Monday night. The fire at 718 Market was reporte...
Sep 08, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Area weekend numbers to be reported Tuesday, state cluster site information to debut Wednesday
Tuesday will see a lot of updates on the local and area coronavirus situation. Lyon County entered the Labor Day weekend with 913 total cases since March, up from 870 on Aug. 31. The number of active ...
Sep 07, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia High Be The Change Club working to continue message amid COVID-19 pandemic
Emporia High School’s Be The Change Club is looking to embrace change as it continues its message of empowerment for local youth. For the past 11 years Be The Change has met every Wednesday of t...
Sep 07, 2020
Dirty Kanza organizers close to announcing name change with preparations fully underway for 2021 event
This was supposed to be Dirty Kanza week in Emporia — at least the rescheduled week. Obviously coronavirus changed the game, first by forcing organizers to delay the event and then to cancel it....
Sep 07, 2020
