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If the current forecast holds, thick fog may finally be a thing of the past for a while. Fog has dissipated following yet another dense fog advisory for Lyon and most surrounding counties during the e...

The holidays are a time of joy, of family...and of extra trash. Sanitation spokesman Derek Wells says the city of Emporia is ready for that extra rubbish. Trees need to be unbagged with all decoration...

For over 30 years, Dr Tim Harris has served the community and the area. Harris has now retired after 34 years as a surgeon, including private practice and two decades at Newman Regional Health Medical...

Court processes will resume next month in a Coffey County child sex abuse case. Roy Anthony Hernandez, age 46, is currently facing over 20 total counts against two children, one age 15 and one age 9, ...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has announced results of several lawsuits against major international companies. Kobach says a coalition of attorneys general nationwide has led to a nearly $150 mi...

The Lyon County Motor Vehicle Office has its final vehicle tag deadline of the year next week. Dec. 30 will be the last day residents with last names beginning with the letters U, X, Y and Z to handle...

A Council Grove woman and Colorado man were hurt after a crash north of Emporia on Christmas Eve. Lyon County Deputy Fernando Zuniga says the crash happened near the junction of Kansas Highway 99, Roa...

Funeral services have been announced for one-time Emporia business co-owner Ken Martell, who passed away earlier this week after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Onaga, Martell graduated from ...

Lyon County Commissioners had a short agenda ahead of the Christmas holiday Wednesday. As part of their final regular meeting of 2025, commissioners permitted IT Director Jean Barnett to sign the cont...

The only thing holiday-ish about the weather forecast is the "foggy Christmas Eve" that's in the works tonight. In a forecast right for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dense fog could make a return Ch...