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USD 253 Board meeting focuses on closure for district patrons
Closure for staff, students and families continue to be a major focus for USD 253 administration following an unprecedented end to the 2019-2020 school year. During the USD 253 Board of Education̵...
May 28, 2020
Emporias Jones Aquatic Center to remain closed for summer
The Jones Aquatic center will not be opening this summer in Emporia. The Emporia Recreation Commission board voted unanimously not to open the center during a special meeting held Wednesday evening. B...
May 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Osage County to increase gathering limit to 90 Thursday; other area counties to wait until early June for changes
Across the KVOE listening area, counties are heading in two different directions with their COVID-19 response plans after Governor Kelly stopped mandating restrictions Tuesday. Osage County is going t...
May 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Over $21,000 donated through Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund
The list of local businesses and nonprofits benefiting from the Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund and its work continues to grow. Sixteen different awards were announced during KVOE’s On...
May 27, 2020
Lyon County Commission starts 2021 budget process
Before Governor Laura Kelly turned the Ad Astra phased reopening plan from a directive into an advisory, commissioners originally planned to use Wednesday’s study meeting to start the formal bud...
May 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: KDHE Secretary urges action to prevent potential second wave
While state leaders are looking ahead to a potential second wave of COVID-19 in the coming months, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Dr. Lee Norman says there is no reason to assum...
May 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: 2 new cases in Lyon County. 9 new cases for area counties
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 2 new COVID-19 cases in Wednesday update. Area Counties are reporting 9 new cases with 6 of them in Greenwood County. There are now 393 total positive and probab...
May 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: City commissioners weighing potential options for remaining 2020 appropriations
With transient guest tax revenues estimated to decrease by $400,000 due to COVID-19, Emporia City Commissioners will have some hard decisions to make regarding the remaining 2020 appropriations. Commi...
May 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County to maintain modified Phase 2 approach until June 8
Lyon County commissioners were originally expecting budget matters to lead their study session Wednesday, but Tuesday’s action by Governor Laura Kelly changed that up. After the governor said th...
May 27, 2020
St. Patrick's Committee announces nearly $26,000 in payments to charitable groups and organizations
COVID-19 failed to slow down the Saint Patrick’s Committee and its work, even though it rearranged the group’s event schedule. The committee raised $25,743. Club president Trey Sommers was...
May 27, 2020
