Category Archives: News

Sarah Combes was in the process of setting the staff assignments for her fellow nurses at Newman Regional Health when she was told to come to the hospital's emergency department waiting room Sunday ev...

Match Day 2023 has arrived. The donation period opened online at midnight and will continue until 11:59 pm Monday, with emporiamatchday.com the place to donate and to learn more about the 35 different...

Lyon County deputies, Emporia Fire and Hartford-Neosho Rapids firefighters responded to at least one brush fire east of Emporia. What was initially reported as a string of brush fires was noted around...

A crash in central Emporia sent three people to Newman Regional Health on Sunday. The crash was reported at Sixth and Rural around 2 pm. Two vehicles, a pickup truck and SUV, were involved. Other cras...

Lyon County Crime Stoppers has issued its latest Felony Friday subject. Michael Torrence, 52, has several outstanding arrest warrants -- two for failure to appear and one each for failure to abide and...

The six finalists for the 2023 Grocery Grab have been selected. A drawing was held Saturday. The following participants were drawn: *Carlos Solis *Madison Bread Basket *Angela Robertson *Anna McGuire ...

A reported structure fire call to an Emporia restaurant turned out to have a different cause altogether. Emporia Fire responded to Hardees, 1126 East 12th, shortly before 2:30 pm after smoke was noted...

"Without our great nation, we have no reason to serve and without service, we have no great nation." Those words were shared as part of an address by keynote speaker and Army National Guard Col. Erica...

Representatives of Sparkwheel have been busy introducing, or rather re-introducing, the agency to the local community as of late. The reason why no introduction is needed is because Sparkwheel is not ...

A Missouri man was hospitalized following a crash on the Kansas Turnpike early Saturday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 28-year-old Christopher Caleb Wallerich of Kansas City, Missour...