Category Archives: News
Lyon County deputies investigating lengthy mud spills near Emporia
Lyon County deputies are investigating how two apparently related mud-and-gravel spills developed west of Emporia on Wednesday evening. Initially, the call to US Highway 50 and Road F was for a hazard...
Jul 16, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Governor announces plan to delay school openings by three weeks; area superintendents begin to weigh in
While Kansas is working hard to reopen its schools for the 2020-21 academic year, Governor Laura Kelly announced all openings will be delayed as of Monday pending action by the Kansas State Board of E...
Jul 15, 2020
More Kansas counties seeing confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis in livestock
Vesicular stomatitis has begun to pop up in more Kansas counties in recent weeks according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture. 10 counties now have confirmed cases of VSV including Chase, Greenwo...
Jul 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Kansas State Board of Education approves 'Navigating Change 2020'
The Kansas State Board of Education has signed off on the Department of Education’s massive missive on helping schools get through the coronavirus pandemic this upcoming fall. The board approved...
Jul 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health reports 29 active COVID-19 cases
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 29 active COVID-19 cases in Wednesdays update. There are 3 new cases in the update for 536 total confirmed positive or probable positive cases. There is 1 additi...
Jul 15, 2020
Deputies: I-35 wreck near Emporia happens after driver fell asleep at wheel
An injury crash near Emporia’s east city limits resulted in a hospital trip for one person Wednesday. Emergency personnel were dispatched to Interstate 35 mile marker 135, or near Emporia’...
Jul 15, 2020
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
