Category Archives: News
KHP responds to pair of injury crashes in Coffey County
The Kansas Highway Patrol investigated two injury crashes in Coffey County on Tuesday. The first wreck happened on US Highway 75 near 25th Road Northwest, or about three miles south of BETO Junction, ...
Jul 15, 2020
Teenager who allegedly shot into Emporia dwellings last year to be sentenced Thursday
Sentencing is coming Thursday for a teenager accused of shooting into at least one of four Emporia dwellings last December. Adam Cole Burnett, 18, pleaded no contest to a single count of residential b...
Jul 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: 'Navigating Change 2020' education guidance to be officially rolled out Wednesday
Before the official rollout of the state’s guidance for school districts in dealing with COVID-19 Wednesday afternoon, The Kansas State Board of Education plans to take action on the document We...
Jul 15, 2020
Teen sex abuse suspect into latest challenge of sentence
A man convicted over two years ago of illegal sexual activity with a teenager is challenging his sentence. Derek Gormly was convicted in late 2017 on charges of aggravated indecent liberties and lewd ...
Jul 15, 2020
Suspects charged in June shooting have hearings delayed to August
The three men accused of a shooting in west Emporia last month had hearings in the case postponed. Edgar Gonzalez, Hector Velazquez and William Walters were all set for preliminary hearings Tuesday. T...
Jul 15, 2020
Severe thunderstorm watch canceled early with no reports of severe weather
The risk of severe thunderstorm activity for Wednesday morning has come and gone without any severe weather. The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Lyon, Chase, Morris and...
Jul 15, 2020
As Mr. G's Express car wash gets set for formal opening, residents take advantage of free car washes
Mr. G’s Express at Sixth and Prairie is officially opening soon. And area residents have been taking advantage of a unique opportunity to both help the fine-tuning process and get a free car was...
Jul 15, 2020
White House reverses ICE policy on international students and online-only classes
International students considering whether to attend Emporia State University — or any other American college or university, for that matter — can breathe easy after the Trump administrati...
Jul 14, 2020
Severe weather risk low for area counties Tuesday night, early Wednesday
Isolated severe weather is possible but unlikely Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The Storm Prediction Center has posted a marginal severe weather risk for Lyon and surrounding counties through t...
Jul 14, 2020
Emporia, Marais des Cygnes Valley schools formally approved for education redesign work
Three Emporia schools are approved for education redesign efforts. Emporia Middle School, Village Elementary and Walnut Elementary were approved for the Apollo II redesign phase by the Kansas State De...
Jul 14, 2020
