Category Archives: News
UPDATE: Shooting incident in Madison Thursday afternoon leads to 30 minute lock down of USD 386
USD 386 schools were under a brief lock down following the shooting incident which led to one person being transported by helicopter in Madison Thursday afternoon. The lock down occurred at approximat...
Apr 18, 2019
Awards and reports presented during Lyon County Commission weekly action session
Presentations of awards and reports highlighted the Lyon County Commission's weekly action session Thursday morning. One of those presentations included the Flint Hills Community Health Center’s...
Apr 18, 2019
KDHE: Over 2 million Flint Hills acres burned since March 15
An update from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment says the average annual acreage burned during the prescribed fire season was almost matched over the past month. Almost 2.1 million acres...
Apr 18, 2019
Lyman, Shepherd hearings delayed
A final pretrial hearing has been delayed for the woman accused of taking money from the Emporia Senior Center. Wednesday’s hearing for Lannie Lyman was pushed to May 8, meaning Lyman’s fi...
Apr 18, 2019
Diabetes Health Fair providing useful information for patients
Folks with diabetes, prediabetes or thoughts they may have either disease are encouraged to attend the annual Newman Regional Health Diabetes Community Health Fair on Thursday. With almost a third of ...
Apr 18, 2019
EPD searching for missing teenager
Emporia Police are looking for a teenager that has been missing for nearly two weeks. Faith Karcher, 17, went missing April 5 and was reported as a runaway April 7. Karcher is a white female. She̵...
Apr 18, 2019
One area road project ends, two others set to start
One road in northern Lyon County is reopening to traffic while another will be closed for nearly three months. Road U has reopened between Roads 320 and 330 after a bridge replacement. The road had be...
Apr 18, 2019
Large hail, heavy rain and landspout tornado all part of Wednesday night storm wrap-up
A line of strong thunderstorms produced isolated large hail south and east of Emporia on Wednesday night as well as one report of flooding rain in Burlington and a so-called landspout tornado in Green...
Apr 18, 2019
Bids, proclamations and applications all approved during Emporia City Commission action session Wednesday
Several items gained approval as Emporia City Commissioners breezed through the agenda during their action session Wednesday. Commissioners unanimously awarded a bid to Killough (Kee-Low) Construction...
Apr 18, 2019
UPDATE: Brief flooding in Burlington, isolated large hail mark Wednesday night storm activity
A line of strong thunderstorms produced isolated large hail south and east of Emporia on Wednesday. One round of storms developed around 7 pm and started training over Coffey and Greenwood counties. T...
Apr 17, 2019
