Category Archives: News

Tickets are now on sale for an upcoming event for the David Traylor Zoo and Emporia Friends of the Zoo. The event Aug. 12 is called Zoo Brew: Night in the Wild, and Zoo Director Lisa Keith says it fea...

Lyon County employees have a new rate in place for mileage reimbursement. County commissioners approved the adjustment as part of their action meeting Thursday. The rate, 65.5 cents per mile, improves...

A busy weekend begins Friday with a special bike ride event in Wabaunsee County. The Rock Ridge Gravel Ride and Run is Friday and Saturday, launching from Alma. This may sound similar to the Flint Hil...

A road in southwest Lyon County is now closed and could remain shut off for most of the month. The Lyon County Highway Department has cloed Road A-8 between Roads 147 and 155. A-8 is a minimum mainten...

Emporia Police are investigating after an injury crash in southeast Emporia late Wednesday night. Officers and Emporia Fire/EMS responded to Second and Union around 11 pm. Emporia Fire says a vehicle ...

LCAT riders have likely noticed the new fare schedule as approved earlier this year. The new rates went into effect this past weekend, and Director Shane Brunner says LCAT joins a list of other price ...

At least for now, concerns about slower tax collections haven't materialized. In fact, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says June's tax collections of almost $1 billion were 1.8 percent above estimates and...

Unseasonably mild conditions Thursday will lead to more shower and storms chances into the middle of next week. Cloud cover will persist for Thursday, with high temperatures struggling to reach 80 deg...

The legal period for purchasing and exploding fireworks in the Emporia city limits is over. Lyon County Emergency Communications reported nine complaints Wednesday night, on par for the reports since ...

A Wichita woman was hurt in a rollover crash on the Kansas Turnpike southwest of Emporia on Wednesday. Bailee Rianne Hickle, 22, was taken to Newman Regional Health with suspected serious injuries fol...