May 26, 2020
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One person was taken by ambulance from the scene of a single-vehicle rollover accident on Memorial Day.
UPDATE: Flash flood watch extended for Lyon and most surrounding counties
Chuck Samples
May 25, 2020
A flash flood watch continues for Lyon and most surrounding counties this holiday.
An Olpe man was hurt after a crash near the town Saturday night.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Emporia carried on with the annual Memorial Day service.
Man convicted of murder in Eastgate apartment explosion has part of his sentence vacated
Chuck Samples
May 25, 2020
The Kansas Court of Appeals has affirmed part of a sentence in a nearly 20-year-old Lyon County murder case, but it's also vacated part of that sentence as well.
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Emergency Management Director stresses personal responsibility as pandemic continues
Chuck Samples
May 25, 2020
Personal responsibility has been an ongoing feature of the Lyon County Public Health and Emergency Management message with the coronavirus pandemic now better than two months old, and it was highlighted again with the state now into the first full week of Phase 2 of the recovery process.
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County remains eighth in Kansas for total cases, but is well below other counties
Chuck Samples
May 25, 2020
Lyon County starts the week with 379 coronavirus cases.
Just over two months after the United Way of the Flint Hills' Campaign Celebration was tentatively postponed due to coronavirus, the event has now been rescheduled -- although not in the way it was originally planned.
A vehicle pursuit which originated in Emporia Sunday afternoon concluded after the suspect vehicle crashed in Franklin County.
Equipment malfunction leads to emergency shutdown of Southern Star compressor station Sunday
Tagan Trahoon
May 24, 2020
No injuries were reported after Southern Star Central Gas conducted an emergency shutdown of a facility west of Emporia Sunday.
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CORONAVIRUS: Emporia Public Library transitioning from destination to transactional library
Tagan Trahoon
May 24, 2020
The Emporia Public Library is continuing to shift its operations in order to protect patrons amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Heavy rainfall forecasted through the remainder of the Memorial Day weekend is bringing another chance of flooding to the KVOE listening area.
Services are planned for one-time KVOE announcer Denny Privat, who passed away Wednesday at age 70.
Back in the mid-1980s, the question "where's the beef" was a light-hearted way for one restaurant chain to poke fun at its competitors.
