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Centennial League golf and tennis titles on the line for Emporia High
The Centennial League Boys golf tournament and Boys tennis tournament are on the schedule for Monday. The golf tournament is to be hosted by Washburn Rural at Shawnee Country Club. Emporia Highs Gentr...
Apr 29, 2019
Kansas State High School Activities Association approves changes for 2019-20
The Kansas State High School Activities Association executive board approved several changes for High School Sports in Kansas beginning with the 2019-20 school year. They approved making girls wrestli...
Apr 29, 2019
Angels out score Royals 7-2
The Los Angeles Angels out scored the Kansas City Royals 7-3 Sunday afternoon. The Angels scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and closed out the scoring with 3 runs in the 9th inning. The Royals scored si...
Apr 29, 2019
Early wreck takes Bowyer out of contention at Talladega
Rough day at Talladega for Clint Bowyer Sunday. He was involved with the first wreck of the day on lap 10 and would finish 29th 6 laps back. Chase Elliott was the winner of the NASCAR Monster Energy C...
Apr 29, 2019
Emporia Police, other local agencies involved in shots fired investigation
Local law enforcement is investigating after a report of shots fired at a southeast Emporia home. Emporia Police, Emporia State Police and Safety and Lyon County deputies reported en masse to the 900 ...
Apr 29, 2019
Emporia State baseball out scores Northeastern State 9-6
The Emporia State baseball team team out scored Northeastern State 9-6 Sunday, winning the series 2 games to 1. Brian Grove hit a 2 run home run in the 5th to break a 1-1 tie and give the Hornets the ...
Apr 29, 2019
UPDATE: Fire near Chicago Mound Cemetery listed as suspicious
Firefighters say a grass fire that started near Lyon County’s Chicago Mound Cemetery is suspicious in nature. Hartford-Neosho Rapids District 5 Fire Chief Craig Andrews tells KVOE News the fire ...
Apr 29, 2019
UPDATE: Lyon, most surrounding counties in severe thunderstorm watch until 3 am Monday
Severe thunderstorms may affect the KVOE listening area into the early morning hours Monday. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 3 am Monday for Lyon, Chase, Green...
Apr 28, 2019
Lyon County's text-to-911 service restored; issues still under investigation
It took several days, but issues with Lyon County's text-to-911 service have been resolved. Issues developed Thursday, when a test showed the system asked texters for an emergency address but later sh...
Apr 28, 2019
UPDATE: Missing community volunteer Darrell Jones found safe near Emporia
Shortly after a search for a missing Emporia man was announced, the subject of the search was found apparently safe and unharmed. Darrell Jones apparently went missing after his wife saw him asleep Sa...
Apr 28, 2019
