Deputies: No evidence of one person being shot at following report northeast of Emporia
Lyon County deputies say there was no evidence one person was shot at in an alleged incident near Emporia on Sunday. Deputies were called to the 1800 block of Burlingame Road after one person said he was shot at shortly before 3 pm. Lyon County Sgt. Zach Shafer says the report was unfounded after a resulting investigat...
May 06, 2024
Decision on charges against Emporia's former Underground Utilities supervisor still pending
Over a week after Emporia's former Underground Utilities supervisor was arrested on suspicion of theft, a decision on formal charges has yet to be made. Lyon County Attorney Marc Goodman says a decision may come by Monday at the earliest in the case against Kevin Wiggins, who had led the department from summer 2020 to ...
May 05, 2024
Tentative final stats announced for Flint Hills' 2024 spring burn season
The Flint Hills' spring burning season is essentially over. KS Flint Hills Smoke Management, the social media wing of the state's Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan, says a summary and comparison to prior years will be announced soon, but it also says warming temperatures and considerable rainfall have helped to end the...
May 05, 2024
Nunez to appear before Kansas Supreme Court for rape appeal Monday
Monday'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 online inmate search, is appealing a ruling in his 2021 Lyon County rape conviction where he was accused of having sex with...
May 05, 2024
Olivarez preliminary hearing set for Monday
A preliminary hearing is set for Monday in the case of a man accused of numerous aggravated crimes as part of an alleged incident this past January. Daniel Olivarez was supposed to have a prelim last month, but that was delayed. The hearing is now at 2 pm in Lyon County District Court. Olivarez is charged with aggravat...
May 05, 2024
Pretrial hearing ahead Monday in February shots fired, chase case
A man who allegedly fired several shots in Emporia before leading authorities on a chase in late February has an appearance planned in Lyon County District Court on Monday. Juan Medina Cervantes Jr, age 33 of Emporia, is set for a pretrial and arraignment conference at 8:30 am. These hearings are typically when potenti...
May 05, 2024
WEATHER: Light to moderate rain Sunday precedes severe weather risk Monday; Greenwood County in dense fog advisory from 4-9 am
After light to moderate rain totals Sunday, attention turns to the potential for severe weather across much of the Central and Southern Plains on Monday. Heavier showers and embedded thunderstorms lost their steam as they moved south to north towards Emporia on Sunday morning, leading to reduced rain totals north of Gr...
May 05, 2024
City of Emporia receives high praise for its hospitality and activities during 2024 Dynamic Discs Open block party Saturday
Downtown Emporia once again hosted one of the core activities on the Dynamic Discs Open schedule Saturday, the DDO Block Party. Disc golf competitors, vendors, enthusiasts and residents descended on the 800 and 900 blocks of Commercial for the annual celebration that included various vendors, food trucks and plenty of ...
May 05, 2024
Annual Cinco de Mayo celebration puts the unity in community Saturday
For several years now, Cinco de Mayo has been one of the largest celebrated events in the Emporia community and this weekend was no different. The annual celebration, hosted in cooperation between Hispanics of Today and Tomorrow and Emporia Main Street, played host to over 50 vendors and hundreds of residents in the 60...
May 05, 2024
Annual ESB Financial Shred Day collects over 10,000 lbs of waste Saturday
Though we may be living in a digital world, proper disposal of physical documents is still in high demand. Take it from the staff of ESB Financial which saw several hundred vehicles pass through its 8th and Merchant location Saturday morning to take advantage of the bank's Free Shred Day. ESB Financial President Micahe...
May 04, 2024