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'Black ice' lawsuit after fall at KTA Matfield Green service exit proceeding after Court of Appeals decision
A man seeking a negligence judgment against the gas station and restaurant at the Kansas Turnpike’s Matfield Green service area can move forward with his claim. The Kansas Court of Appeals says ...
Mar 09, 2020
Court of Appeals affirms ruling in Lyon County child sex abuse case
A man convicted in Lyon County District Court of sexual activity with a minor did not get a favorable appellate ruling from the Kansas Court of Appeals. Joe Louis Stewart, 59, was convicted in 2018 on...
Mar 09, 2020
Awareness was spread for amphibians at the David Traylor Zoo's Spring Forward event
The David Traylor Zoo celebrates the time change with the educational event, Spring Foward for Amphibians on Sunday afternoon. Amphibians represent a very important, yet delicate niche of our ecosyste...
Mar 08, 2020
UPDATE: Power restored to southwest Chase County after Sunday-morning outage
Residents in far southwest Chase County had to deal with a power outage Sunday morning. Power went out along the Chase-Marion County line south of Cedar Point around 6:40 am. Nearly 70 customers from ...
Mar 08, 2020
Car heavily damaged after hitting mailbox and tree before catching fire
Nobody was injured after a vehicle bounced off a couple fixed objects and caught fire in central Emporia early Sunday. Fire crews were called to the 800 block of West Fifth around 3:10 am. Emporia Fir...
Mar 08, 2020
Bike share program returns for first full year in Emporia
The first full year of Empria’s bike share program is upon us. The program rolled out in September and was available for about a month last year before it was put on hold for the winter. In that...
Mar 08, 2020
Residents raise the ante for local projects through Altrusa Casino Night
Emporia’s Altrusa Club turned the American Legion into a casino Saturday night, if only for a few hours. The club’s annual Casino Night brought a good crowd to the Legion for fun and fundr...
Mar 08, 2020
USD 252 continues discussions about academic supports as district celebrates Hopkins Award recipients
How best to marry several different education goals and objectives is a discussion point well underway for USD 252 Southern Lyon County. Superintendent Mike Argabright says the overall talking point i...
Mar 08, 2020
Darryl Worley graces Granada Stage Saturday
Country music star Darryl Worley brought the masses to the Granada Theatre Saturday night for an all American blue-collar concert. Worley played a number of his classic tunes to the delight of those i...
Mar 08, 2020
UPDATE: Fire in northwest Greenwood County burns close to 2,000 acres
Our high fire danger from the past few days is waning, but not before two major grass fires developed south of Emporia since Thursday afternoon. Fire developed Sunday afternoon in northwest Greenwood ...
Mar 08, 2020
