Emporia State University is urging all students, staff and faculty to undergo COVID-19 testing prior to the start of the fall 2020 semester, a…
Cottonwood Falls — The Chase County Health Department confirmed 29 positive cases of COVID-19 at the Chase County Detention Center in Cottonwo…
Lyon County Public Health and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed the 12th and 13th COVID-19 related deaths, Monday morning.
A small group of gravel enthusiasts enjoyed cooler weather and clear skies during Gravel City Adventure and Supply Co.'s Wind Power Group Ride…
Emporia American Legion Baseball player and recent Emporia High School graduate John Miller was awarded the Sam Ellis Scholarship on July 24.
Local independent press Meadowlark Books and Kansas author Edna Bell-Pearson are celebrating their spots on the 2020 Kansas Notable Books list…
Newman Regional Health announced the re-opening of its drive-thru COVID-19 test collection site and respiratory clinic in anticipation of incr…
USD 251 North Lyon County Schools will start the fall semester Aug. 27 with in-person classes after the USD 251 Board of Education voted unani…
Initially the tournament was reported by Lyon County Public Health as a baseball tournament. I reached out for further information and was told it was a basketball tournament.
Three separate sporting events occurring over the same weekend were each reported to have risks for exposur…
Mr. Slater has been ill and has been participating in the meetings via phone.
Hi Judsie, I understand the confusion!
The Democratic primary that was held via mail-in ballot was only for presidential nominees. There are actually some other choices on the ballot for Democrats on Aug. 4 (1st Congressional District nominees, for example.)
Also, Kansas has a…
"On the Shelf" is a longstanding book review column provided to The Gazette by the Emporia Public Library.
- Ryann
You're right — I misread the numbers on the chart as I was writing up the article. Thanks for pointing it out!
Ryann
Names of the deceased are not released to the public/media, just as names of those who are confirmed to have the virus are not released. Lyon County Public Health's investigation process is thorough. If you had contact with someone to the point where it was a true risk, you would know. Th…
I spoke to City Manager Mark McAnarney about the IRB issue last night and updated the story. We'll have more info on that in the coming days.
Please call 342-4800 about this and we'll see if we can figure out what's going on.
City Treasurer Janet Harrouff was speaking about solid waste increases not being made since 2009, not overall utility increases. We have edited this story to reflect that, and apologize for the confusion.
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Ryann Brooks commented on Public Health reports eighth virus death in Lyon County Wednesday
Hi, great question! An active case is someone who has not yet met the recovery criteria. A recovery is met when someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 has isolated for a minimum of 10 days after onset of symptoms. They can be released after being fever-free and feeling well — withou…