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Week 2 High School Football playoffs
9 area High School football teams will be in action Friday night in the regional round of the state play-offs. The featured game on Country 101.7FM has Madison hosting Oswego. Madison is 9-0 and Osweg...
Nov 06, 2020
Salvador Perez awarded Silver Slugger
Kansas City Royals Catcher Salvador Perez was awarded his 3rd Silver Slugger Award Thursday night. Perez set career highs in batting average .333 and slugging percentage .633 in 2020, and despite play...
Nov 06, 2020
Lebo Volleyball players named to State Tournament team
3 members of the Lebo High School volleyball team have been named to the 1A Division I State all tournament team, Brooklyn Jones, Abby Peek and Demi Schrader.Lebo finished in 2nd place at last weeks S...
Nov 06, 2020
WEATHER: Lyon, several surrounding counties in dense fog advisories Friday morning
Patchy fog is possible areawide Friday morning, and it could be thick across much of the KVOE listening area. Lyon, Coffey and Osage counties are in a dense fog advisory until 10 am with visibility as...
Nov 06, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: 'Cash-strapped' Emporia Senior Center forced to cancel events -- and make yet another budget adjustment
Thursday night’s decision to cancel activities and events at the Emporia Senior Center was the latest difficult decision for Director Ian Boyd this year. Coronavirus has caused Boyd and the Seni...
Nov 06, 2020
FHTC welding students create memorable trophies for Freedom Fest
When Emporia’s annual Freedom Fest takes place Saturday, there will be some unique trophies awaiting the winners. Students in the Flint Hills Technical College welding program created the trophi...
Nov 06, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: USD 253 Board of Education delays phase three of COVID-19 education plan Thursday
Phase three of USD 253’s COVID-19 education plan is now on hold until further notice. During a special meeting Thursday evening the board voted unanimously to postpone moving into the next phase...
Nov 06, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County reports 65 new cases; Active case number hits record peak
Thursday was a record-setting day for Lyon County, but not in a good way. Lyon County Public Health reported 65 new COVID-19 cases which is 20 more cases than the previous largest single-day increase ...
Nov 05, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: South Dakota, two countries added to quarantine list
Another week, another change in the Kansas Department of Health and environment's coronavirus travel quarantine list. KDHE has added one state, South Dakota, and two countries, Belgium and Czechia, fo...
Nov 05, 2020
Kansas City Chiefs hit with COVID-19
(yahoosports/kansasstar) The Kansas City Chiefs placed defensive tackle Chris Jones on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday. The list is for players who have tested positive for COVID-19 or who have ...
Nov 05, 2020
