Category Archives: News
Sewer renovation project now impacting traffic outside ESU
Traffic on part of East 12th will need to work around part of the city’s downtown sewer renovation project. Crews have blocked off 12th at Market and Exchange to start renovations immediately so...
May 13, 2019
MORNING UPDATE: Neosho continues slow fall towards flood stage at Neosho Rapids
Floodwaters continue to subside across Lyon County. Just one river gauge is in flood: the Neosho at Neosho Rapids, which was at 24.4 feet early Monday. Flood stage is 22 feet. The river may not recede...
May 13, 2019
Lyon-Coffey picks new GM as merger continues with Radiant
As Lyon-Coffey Electric Cooperative continues its merger with Radiant Electric, it has also picked a new general manager. Dennis Svanes currently serves as La Plata Electric Association’s chief ...
May 13, 2019
Public meeting Tuesday to discuss Wolf Creek's 2018 performance
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a public meeting this week to discuss last year’s performance by Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation. The NRC says Wolf Creek operated safely...
May 13, 2019
NIGHT UPDATE: Flood warning ends for Cottonwood at Emporia; extensive damage seen on some Lyon County roads
The Flood of May 2019 is coming to an end. Shortly after sunrise Sunday, the Cottonwood River cleared enough of Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia to get traffic started again on the highway for the f...
May 13, 2019
MID-MORNING UPDATE: K-99 fully reopens to traffic south of Emporia
After four-plus days of complete closure, it is finally all systems go for drivers on Kansas Highway 99 south of Emporia. The Kansas Department of Transportation opened the northbound lane of traffic ...
May 12, 2019
Two cited after injury crash near Olpe
Lyon County deputies say one person was hurt and two people cited after an injury crash near Olpe on Saturday. Deputy Chuck Moore says the wreck happened in the 1000 block of Road 70. The crash develo...
May 12, 2019
Construction business owner passes away
Emporia business owner Jeff Herrick has died. Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home says Herrick was 56 when he died at his home Friday. Herrick started Star Construction in 1995 and had operated the firm...
May 12, 2019
UPDATE: Power outage restored in Neosho Rapids
Neosho Rapids citizens dealt with a power outage for much of Mother’s Day. The outage developed shortly after noon and lasted for close to five hours before it was fixed. Westar Energy says a co...
May 12, 2019
Nearly 20,000 pounds of food collected during Stamp Out Hunger
Lyon County residents were definitely on board with the Postal Service Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive over the weekend. Over 19,000 pounds of food was collected. Organizer J...
May 12, 2019
