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MIDDAY UPDATE: North Kansas Highway 99 joins list of road openings Thursday; closure list still remains large
Some more good news has come in pertaining to travel in Lyon County. The Kansas Department of Transportation has confirmed North Kansas Highway 99 has full reopened to traffic following flooding. This...
May 09, 2019
SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS for May 9-11
Due to inclement weather, the following schedule adjustments have been reported: Schools *USD 284 Chase County closed Friday Community *Spring Demolition Derby at the Lyon County Fairgrounds postponed...
May 09, 2019
Emporia State baseball to open MIAA Tournament
The Emporia State baseball team is scheduled to begin MIAA tournament play Thursday evening. The Hornets will play in the final game of the day against the host Pittsburg State with first pitch set fo...
May 09, 2019
Emporia High girls soccer to host Topeka High in final home match
The Emporia High girls soccer team is scheduled to close out the regular season with a home match against Topeka High Thursday. Senior Allison Arndt says there is some fine tuning they need to do befo...
May 09, 2019
Emporia High team to compete at Centennial League meet
The Centennial League Track meet is scheduled to be held Thursday. Senior Elizabeth Schwerdtfeger will be competing in the long jump, triple jump, 110 hurdles and has several goals for the meet. Your ...
May 09, 2019
Emporia Highs Haylee Weiss takes aim at 4 League diving title
The Centennial League diving meet will be held Thursday in Topeka. Emporia Highs Haylee Weiss will be going after her 4th League Championship. Your browser does not support the audio element. Karalyn ...
May 09, 2019
Astros shutout Royals 9-0
The Houston Astros shutout the Kansas City Royals 9-0 Wednesday night. The Royals managed only 3 hits, struck out 17 times, left 8 runners on base. Houston hit 4 home runs. The Royals are off Thursday...
May 09, 2019
Emporia High baseball and softball make up games cancelled
The Emporia High baseball make up games with Manhattan and softball make up game with Topeka High have been cancelled. The baseball doubleheader will not be rescheduled. Regional tournament play begin...
May 09, 2019
EVENING UPDATE: K-99 near Emporia, other state and federal highways remain closed due to floods
Officially, moderate flooding is widespread across much of the KVOE listening area after nearly a foot of rain over the past 10 days. There are detours aplenty in Lyon County, thanks to flooding along...
May 09, 2019
Water overtops dike near Elmdale to prompt voluntary evacuation; Cedar Point and Clements both inaccessible
Elmdale is being evacuated. Cedar Point and Clements are inaccessible. And public workers in Strong City are filling sandbags to protect city buildings. That gives a sense of the scope of flooding in ...
May 09, 2019
