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County Commission approves zoning moratorium during regular action meeting Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners have hit the pause button on zoning matters related to medical facilities possibly until next year. As part of their regular action meeting Thursday morning, commissioners voted unanimously to approve a resolution establishing a moratorium that suspends all applications related to zoning, land use, and building permitting for medical facilities. As you may recall, this is not the first zoning matter related to medical facilities to be taken up by local government over the past year.
Tornado warning issued for North Lyon County, spotter confirmed northwest of Reading
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for northeastern Lyon County and west central Osage County. At 8:17 p.m., a confirmed tornado was located 5 miles northwest of Reading, moving east at 15 mph. According to the NWS, the storm may include a damaging tornado and golf ball-sized...
Lyon County to implement encrypted radio communications next month
Lyon County law enforcement agencies, including Lyon County Emergency Communications, Lyon County Sheriff’s Office and the Emporia Police Department, announced Tuesday that they will begin encrypting all law enforcement radio communications in order to comply with federal regulations next month. This means that local scanner traffic will, for the...
Stormont-Vail displeased with Lyon County decision to enact six-month moratorium on medical facility zoning matters
Newman Regional Health leadership expressed support for Thursday’s Lyon County Commission to put a six-month moratorium on any zoning or building permit processing related to medical facilities. Stormont-Vail leadership did not. In a news release Friday, Communications Supervisor Molly Horan says the hospital administration, as well as the team...
Northeast Kansas law enforcement agencies move to encrypt radio broadcasts
LYON COUNTY (KSNT) – Several law enforcement agencies located in Lyon County are preparing to encrypt their radio broadcasts starting next month. The Lyon County government announced in a press release on social media on June 25 that law enforcement agencies within the county will align with an FBI policy regarding their radio broadcasts. This […]
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