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Solid Waste Department reminds Emporians of holiday trash, recycling pickup plans, Christmas tree dropoff points
Is your house bursting at the seams with boxes and wrapping paper now that Christmas is over? Emporia’s Solid Waste Department is here to help. Between now and New Year’s Eve, sanitation c...
Dec 26, 2018
UPDATE: Missing Emporia teenager found safe
Most Christmas gifts come on the holiday or, perhaps, on Christmas Eve. However, an Emporia teenager’s family got an early Christmas present last week. Alexus Stevens was found safe Dec. 20, acc...
Dec 26, 2018
Lyon County non-emergency phone lines to be down at times Wednesday evening
Lyon County’s Emergency Communications Center will be conducting some phone maintenance Wednesday evening. Director Roxanne VanGundy says the non-emergency lines will be down periodically betwee...
Dec 26, 2018
Additional rainfall likely through Thursday morning
Healthy rainfall totals have already come to the KVOE listening area, and more is likely over the next 24 hours. Around 0.60 inches have fallen at the KVOE studios since rain began around 4 am. The Na...
Dec 26, 2018
Motorcycle flips during Christmas wreck near Hartford, driver taken to Emporia
The Kansas Highway Patrol is leading an investigation into an injury crash involving a motorcycle near Hartford late Christmas afternoon. The Highway Patrol says the motorcycle driver was northbound o...
Dec 25, 2018
After Court of Appeals vacates meth conviction and sentence, court proceedings begin anew for Justin Neighbors
A pretrial hearing is coming this week after a 2015 drug distribution case in Lyon County. Justin Neighbors will be in the County Courthouse at 9 am Friday after a Court of Appeals ruling this past Ma...
Dec 25, 2018
McFarland residents under boil water advisory
A Wabaunsee County town is dealing with a boil water advisory this Christmas. McFarland, population around 250, was placed in an advisory late Christmas Eve by the Kansas Department of Health and Envi...
Dec 25, 2018
United Way director pleased Dolly Parton Imagination Library extended through 2023
Families taking advantage of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library through the United Way of the Flint Hills can continue receiving free books, thanks to recent action by the United Way’s Board o...
Dec 25, 2018
Recent dry spell to end this week
Since a trio of winter storms brought up to 10 total inches of snowfall to the KVOE listening area last month, things have gotten pretty dry across Lyon and surrounding counties. That will likely chan...
Dec 25, 2018
Kansas slips in mens basketball polls
The Kansas Jayhawks have slipped to 5th in this weeks AP and USAToday mens basketball polls. In the AP poll Duke takes over the top spot. Michigan is 2nd followed by Tennessee and Virginia. Texas Tech...
Dec 25, 2018
