Category Archives: News
Heat, humidity to stick around into early next week
There is a marginal risk of severe weather for Thursday and Friday, but the bigger weather concern is heat as air temperatures reached 92 Wednesday and the heat index hit 100 for the first time this y...
Jun 04, 2020
UPDATE: Dillons reopens, investigation continues after chiller incident
Dillons has reopened to customers after Wednesday’s chiller malfunction. The store typically opens at 7 am but opened at 9 am after intensive cleaning. The cleanup was needed after refrigerant v...
Jun 04, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Kansas House sends COVID-19 recovery bill to Senate
The Kansas Legislature’s special session continues Thursday. The Kansas House overwhelmingly passed a compromise bill for COVID-19 recovery procedures and policies. The 107-12 vote sends the mea...
Jun 04, 2020
City Commission approves annexation and rezoning ordinances for Fanestil expansion
A major local business will be taking a major step forward in its six-year relocation effort following approval by Emporia City Commissioners Wednesday. During the commission’s recent action ses...
Jun 03, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia non-congregate housing sees sudden uptick in occupancy
Lyon County Public Health emphasized the importance of the non-congregate housing resource during the Lyon County Commission’s recent study session after nearly a dozen COVID-19 patients were ch...
Jun 03, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Trio of new cases reported in Lyon County
Lyon County had a small increase in COVID-19 cases in Wednesday's report. Lyon County Public Health announced three confirmed or probable positive cases, pushing the total caseload to 433. There are 6...
Jun 03, 2020
ESU plans Zoom forum on race relations after death of George Floyd
Emporia State University has slated an open online forum to discuss the recent events revolving around the death of George Floyd and the state of race relations in general. “Humanity First: A co...
Jun 03, 2020
Marchers look for peaceful event with officer and deputy participation Friday; law enforcement leaders join On-Air chat
With racial tensions again in focus nationwide, organizers of a local protest march are hoping Friday’s event will be peaceful. Organizer Diana Ramirez says Friday afternoon’s march from E...
Jun 03, 2020
Osage City teenager charged with sexually assaulting younger teen
An Osage City teenager has been charged with two counts of illegal sexual activity with a younger teen. Osage County Attorney Jack Hobbs has announced single counts of rape and aggravated criminal sod...
Jun 03, 2020
Severe weather risk low for area residents
Area counties have a low-end severe weather risk the next few days. The Storm Prediction Center has Lyon and all surrounding counties have a slight risk of severe weather Wednesday late afternoon and ...
Jun 03, 2020
