Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: Chase County adds two positive tests
Chase County now has three positive coronavirus tests. A man and woman, both in their 50s, are the latest patients. The Chase County Health Department says both cases are related to an outbreak in ano...
Apr 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Governor set to lay out state recovery plans Thursday
An official rollout for the state’s plan to begin reopening the economy is expected later this week. During her daily press briefing Monday, Governor Laura Kelly announced the official plan coul...
Apr 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health changes reporting schedule
Lyon County Public Health will not be releasing updated numbers Monday. Beginning Tuesday they will release an update at 11am each day. This is to allow for a more complete picture with all of the dat...
Apr 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Tyson Chair of the Board says COVID-19 is breaking America's food supply chain
Tyson Foods’ Chairman of the Board says the nation’s food supply chain “is breaking” because of coronavirus. In a full-page ad in the New York Times on Monday, John Tyson said ...
Apr 27, 2020
Emporia Main Street advances to top 25 in national main street contest
Emporia Main Street needs your votes as they are now one step closer to receiving another national recognition and a $25,000 grand prize. Emporia Main Street has been named as one of the top 25 semifi...
Apr 27, 2020
Flint Hills Community Health Center holding back-to-back Zoom meetings Tuesday
The Flint Hills Community Health Center Board of Directors will be holding both its annual and regularly scheduled board meetings Tuesday. During its annual meeting, the board will approve the reappoi...
Apr 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Health Officer asks businesses to have workers, patrons wear masks as part of reopening plans
As Governor Laura Kelly prepares for the eventual reopening of the state economy, Lyon County Public Health Officer Renee Hively urged businesses to take several steps of their own — even if the...
Apr 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Taking off, to a degree -- Sweet Granada, other food-related businesses starting to resume operations
At least one sector of Emporia’s business community is starting to rev back up. The Sweet Granada is resuming curbside pickups and online orders Monday after shutting those down for several week...
Apr 27, 2020
Lyon County Highway Department closing two roads
The Lyon County Highway Department is announcing two road closures, one near Americus and one near Bushong. Road 260 is closed between Roads C and D as crews replace a cross-road culvert. The road cou...
Apr 27, 2020
Third draft of Emporia-Lyon County zoning regulations now available for public study and comment
The third draft of the Emporia-Lyon County zoning plan is now available for review. On KVOE’s Talk of Emporia on Friday, city and county officials urged residents to look over the draft and offe...
Apr 27, 2020
