Category Archives: News

Three hogs are dead and the fate of two others is pending after Monday's destructive fire near Allen. Fire was reported in the 1000 block of US Highway 56. Allen-Admire Fire Chief Tharon Mott says the...

Next month's Kansas Supreme Court docket involves a Lyon County case. Williams Nunez, listed as William Nunez on the Kansas District Court Public Access Portal and the Kansas Department of Corrections...

More infrastructure and maintenance matters are ahead for USD 253 Emporia school board members when they meet Wednesday. Board members will discuss air quality at Emporia High, especially related to p...

A look back at America's postal history will be the featured presentation at Emporia State University on Monday evening. ESU Special Collections and Archives will have a presentation called "First Cla...

Memories are being made as we speak as two Lyon County school districts are into their spring Honor Flights. USD 252 Southern Lyon County got on the road shortly after 2 am Monday. Hartford student Li...

Outdoor burning will be discouraged in several area counties and banned in at least one Monday due to dry, windy conditions. Southerly winds gusts as high as 40-50 mph, depending on the county, will c...

More items are up for possible legislative override after recent vetoes from Kansas Governor Laura Kelly. The governor vetoed five bills last week: *House Bill 2465, designed to shift public funds to ...

A preliminary hearing is coming next month in a Coffey County drug distribution case. Joshua Neal Lee, age 35, is charged with one count of distributing at least 100 grams of methamphetamine and two c...

Sentencing will take place in June after a pursuit in Coffey County last month. At his arraignment hearing earlier this month, 47-year-old Robert Allen Carpenter of Burlington pleaded no contest to si...

Lyon County firefighters handled a fire Saturday that rekindled from activity earlier in the week. About 12:30 pm, Emporia and Olpe firefighters were called to the 700 block of Road 30, roughly six mi...