Category Archives: News
Area transitioning from severe weather risk to more normal late fall conditions
From blizzard warnings to severe thunderstorm warnings in the space of a week. Welcome to the Flint Hills in late November and early December. Northern Greenwood County residents, including those in M...
Dec 01, 2018
Cleanup underway after major Alaska earthquakes
Cleanup could take months in and around Anchorage, Ak., after two major earthquakes jolted the region Friday. Within a few minutes, quakes of 7.0 and 5.7 on the Richter scale cracked apart highways, j...
Dec 01, 2018
Former President George H.W. Bush passes away at 94
Tributes are rolling in for the late George H.W. Bush, the nation’s 41st President who died Friday at the age of 94. Among those chiming in was Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas, who said, “Pr...
Dec 01, 2018
Greenwood County deputies sorting out how non-verbal teen got to Beaumont rest area
Now that Greenwood County deputies have confirmed the identity of an autistic teenager found at the Beaumont rest area, an investigation continues into exactly how he got there. Sheriff Heath Samuels ...
Nov 30, 2018
UPDATE: Low turnout forces FHCHC to end 'great concept' of school-based clinic in Madison
Less than 15 months after opening, the Flint Hills Community Health Center’s clinic at Madison High School will close for good. The clinic that opened in October 2017 suffered 12 straight months...
Nov 30, 2018
September kidnapping suspects well into court proceedings
Earlier this week, the Emporia Police Department announced three arrests in connection with an alleged kidnapping case. However, court proceedings against the trio have apparently been underway since ...
Nov 30, 2018
UPDATE: 18th and Merchant reopens Friday afternoon after water main break
Underground Utilities crews has reopened Merchant at 18th Friday afternoon after a water main break. Supervisor Mike Dvorak initially expected a 10-inch line had failed, but after further investigatio...
Nov 30, 2018
Truck bumps utility pole near Logan Avenue School
A crash Friday morning involved a pickup and utility pole in south Emporia. Emporia EMS and Emporia Police were initially called to the 400 block of South Cottonwood shortly before 7:45 am for a repor...
Nov 30, 2018
Is Farm Bill at hand? Ag committees reach 'agreement in principle' on document
Members of the US House and Senate Agriculture Committees have reached an agreement in principle for a five-year Farm Bill. The agreement comes two months after the most recent Farm Bill package expir...
Nov 30, 2018
Drug bust reported in Osage City
One man has been arrested on suspicion of drug activity after a warrant was served in Osage City on Thursday. Police Chief Fred Nech says Osage City PD, Osage County deputies and troopers with the Kan...
Nov 30, 2018
