Category Archives: News
Discovery of byproducts leads to request for modifications from Emporia Water Treatment Plant
Emporia City Commissioners will be set to vote on funding for modifications to aid operations at the Emporia Water Treatment Plant next week. The purchase is necessary to address an issue which has ar...
Apr 25, 2019
Lyon County Commissioners reluctantly approve conditional use permit for new cell tower project
An application for a new cell tower project hesitantly gained approval during the Lyon County Commission's weekly action session Thursday. The application is for an agriculture conditional use permit ...
Apr 25, 2019
Free safety check for child car seats offered by Safe Kids Emporia coming this weekend
Safe Kids Emporia will have their first Child Passenger Safety Check Lane of the year coming this Saturday. The Child Passenger Safety Check Lane is a free service where children’s car seats are...
Apr 25, 2019
Rusco: 'Army of people' among reasons GBO builds on success every year
Play continues Thursday in the 2019 Glass Blown Open. With more players every year, more volunteers are needed. And tourney organizer and Dynamic Discs owner Jeremy Rusco says “an army of people...
Apr 25, 2019
Kansas Attorney General meets with county prosecutors during Emporia meeting
A handful of county prosecutors from around Kansas spent part of their Wednesday in Emporia to chat with Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt. The attorney general was in town to update prosecutors o...
Apr 25, 2019
Drug distribution defendant offers motion to withdraw plea
Sentencing has been delayed for one of five defendants in an alleged drug distribution ring from last fall. Before her hearing Wednesday, Seana Herron filed a motion to withdraw her plea. She had plea...
Apr 25, 2019
City announces first round of slurry seal projects
Emporia’s annual slurry seal project is about to launch. The city will begin Friday by repaving six residential streets: *Dove Run from Wild Turkey to the cul-de-sac*Pheasant Ridge from Wild Tur...
Apr 25, 2019
Handful of items await lawmakers when they return to business next week
State lawmakers are getting ready to get back to work and, if everything works out well, close down the 2019 legislative session in short order. The veto session begins May 1, and 60th District Repres...
Apr 25, 2019
Sixth matching donor increases Match Day funding pool
Match Day will have a bigger matching pool for the 25 charitable groups and organizations participating later this year. The Emporia Community Foundation has announced a sixth match partner for the ev...
Apr 25, 2019
Dense fog advisory ongoing until 9 am for Lyon, most surrounding counties
Drivers could encounter thick fog as we get to the mid-morning hours. The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory for Lyon, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties until 9 am. Vi...
Apr 25, 2019
