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Kansas City Chiefs rookies report, get tested, go home
(yahoo/ap)The Kansas City Chiefs rookies reported for training camp Monday, were tested for COVID-19 and then sent home. The Chiefs began the intake process for first-year players Monday after the NFL...
Jul 21, 2020
UPDATE: Area resident slosh through up to 8-plus inches of rainfall since Monday morning as flood alerts continue
Extremely heavy rainfall has drenched most of the KVOE listening area — and led to several flood alerts as a result. *South Lyon County, including Emporia, Americus and Olpe, are in a flood warn...
Jul 21, 2020
UPDATE: Storms bring drenching rain, isolated severe weather to area
The Flint Hills has been a focal point for isolated severe weather activity and a lot of rainfall Monday night. Active warnings *Northeast Lyon, central Osage counties: Severe thunderstorm warning unt...
Jul 21, 2020
Recreation Commission approves 2021 budget; ends long-time agreement with Emporia State University
The Emporia Recreation Commission officially closed the books on fiscal year 2019-2020 and opened the books for fiscal year 2020-21 Monday evening. During their monthly meeting, the board officially a...
Jul 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Governor discusses new executive orders; addresses Republican leaders
Governor Laura Kelly went into greater detail pertaining to her newest executive orders for Kansas schools Monday. Last week, Governor Kelly announced executive order 2058 which, if approved by the Ka...
Jul 20, 2020
VSV outbreak now affects Lyon, Coffey counties
The VSV outbreak continues to spread. The Kansas Department of Agriculture says vesicular stomatitis has now entered Lyon and Coffey counties. Lyon County has one confirmed case, three suspect and pen...
Jul 20, 2020
Totals vary widely from Sunday night, Monday morning rainstorms
Moderate and heavy rainfall took place across the northern half of the KVOE listening area. The KVOE studios got an inch of rainfall, mostly from storms that developed around 8 am, as well as a tenth ...
Jul 20, 2020
Audio - Monday - 07-20-20
Newsmaker: Lyon County Undersheriff John Koelsch, Mitch Guthrie with Special Olympics Kansas, Amanda Gutierrez of the Emporia Rec Center and Emporia Police Lieutenant Kevin Risley preview the 2020 Vir...
Jul 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health reports 20 new COVID-19 cases
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 20 new COVID-19 cases in Mondays update. 17 of the cases are associated with the Flint Hills Care and Rehabilitation center. There are now 570 total confirmed po...
Jul 20, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Flint Hills Care Center working with Lyon County Public Health to determine source of outbreak
Flint Hills Care and Rehabilitation Center is working with Lyon County Public Health to determine how coronavirus got into the skilled nursing facility at 1620 Wheeler. In an email exchange with KVOE ...
Jul 20, 2020
