Category Archives: News

A national coffee-and-donut chain could be part of the west Emporia restaurant picture before long. City officials have confirmed Dunkin’ Donuts has submitted plans to move into the former Which...

An Emporia man will be the featured guest at the Lyon County Democrats’ monthly meeting Monday evening. Jim Hannon filed for the Kansas State Board of Education’s District 7 position. He w...

Lyon County commissioners have a short agenda for a study meeting this week. Commissioners will receive a budget request from Sheriff Jeff Cope before holding an official road viewing along part of Ro...

A pair of road improvement projects continue on the Kansas Turnpike southwest of Emporia. A short-term project is taking place just north of the Matfield Green service area at mile marker 97. Crews wi...

Thousands flocked to the Rosalia Ranch Saturday in Butler County to hear the beautiful sounds provided by the Kansas City Symphony during the 13th annual Symphony in the Flint Hills. Even though tempe...

Lyon County District Court has a busy start to the week. Jury trial is slated to begin Monday for Nathyn Kennedy, one of four defendants in a rural burglary case that developed in January. Kennedy, An...

Saturday's magnitude-4.4 earthquake in northern Oklahoma caused some vibrations across the Flint Hills. The temblor struck just before 9 am about 15 miles east of Cherokee, Okla., or about 200 miles s...

The David Traylor Zoo hosted the 15th Wings of Hope butterfly release Saturday evening with Hand In Hand Hospice. Cyrele Clausen, social worker and bereavement coordinator at Hand In Hand Hospice, tal...

A movie in the park Saturday evening drew another large crowd for a good cause. The Emporia Police Department Benefit Association presented the popular children’s movie “Sing” on the...

A total of 38 dogs were rescued this week from a home in Olpe, according to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. After responding to an animal welfare Thursday evening at 10 Center Street in Olpe, ...