Category Archives: News
UPDATE: Area residents battle slick roads, biting cold
Road crews across Lyon and surrounding counties spent hours Wednesday night and Thursday morning battling a wintry mix of precipitation. The wintry mix has ended and driving conditions have improved t...
Feb 07, 2019
Watch the Chiefs winner officially claims prize
Vicki Brooks may be a Kansas City Chiefs fan, but she was grateful the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl over the weekend. The reason? She was able to take home a 49-inch LG flat-screen TV from ...
Feb 07, 2019
Flint Hills Community Health Center presents quarterly report to Lyon County Commission
Lyon County Commissioners were updated on local health efforts during their weekly action session Thursday morning. Representatives of Flint Hills Community Health Center were in attendance to present...
Feb 07, 2019
Nobody hurt after chimney fire in subfreezing conditions near Hartford
Wind chills were below zero when local and area fire departments were called out to a structure fire Thursday morning. Emporia and Hartford-Neosho Rapids were called out to the 1800 block of Road 90 a...
Feb 07, 2019
KTA approves contracts for Chase County projects
The Kansas Turnpike Authority has approved contracts for a pair of upcoming projects in Chase County. One project will rehabilitate and raise the vertical clearance of a bridge over Shaw Creek near mi...
Feb 07, 2019
Kansas residents encouraged to take survey on drones
If you’re interested in drones, the Kansas Department of Transportation is interested in hearing from you. KDOT is officially seeking public opinion on drone usage in state airspace. The agency ...
Feb 07, 2019
UPDATE: Ice storm warning for Coffey, Greenwood, Osage counties; schools, ESU, FHTC closed
A risk of significant icing has developed near Emporia. Coffey and Osage counties are now included in an ice storm warning until noon Thursday. Up to 0.4 inches of ice and half-an-inch of snow are exp...
Feb 07, 2019
A busy schedule ahead for Lyon County History Center as third floor updates finish
The Lyon County History Center has finished updates to its third floor and is ready for public use. The third floor of the History Center is now completed and available to the public to schedule event...
Feb 07, 2019
ESU Theatre Department returns from annual festival in Sioux Falls with several achievements
Emporia State’s Theatre Department attended the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival 51 (KCACTF) in Sioux Falls, SD and several students found success. The KCACTF hosted over 1500 ac...
Feb 07, 2019
New public radio project proposed during City County joint meeting
Local government had a lot to talk about during a series of meetings Wednesday. City and County Commissioners met for their quarterly joint meeting inside the Lyon County Courthouse Wednesday afternoo...
Feb 07, 2019
