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A week after abnormally dry conditions covered most of the KVOE listening area, those conditions have been erased. Abnormally dry conditions had covered virtually all of Lyon and Osage counties and ha...

The Kansas Senate has approved a bill that bans transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s school sports if it gains final approval. Governor Laura Kelly says Senate Bill 208 is “reg...

Governor Laura Kelly says she will sign legislation approved by lawmakers to extend the COVID-19 disaster declaration to late May while reconfiguring the Kansas Emergency Management Act. Overwhelming ...

The IRS said Wednesday it is delaying the April 15 tax filing deadline to May 17 giving taxpayers more time to prepare their filings amid the slew of pandemic-related tax changes. The changes do not a...

Thoughts of accumulating snowfall for Thursday morning have evaporated, so winter weather advisories posted for the morning hours have been canceled. The National Weather Service says surface temperat...

Lyon County Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in finding a person of interest in a case currently under investigation. Crime Stoppers has released a trio of pictures from an unnamed...

Lyon County Crime Stoppers are looking for tips into a recent case of alleged vandalism in Olpe. Crime Stoppers says deputies responded to 307 Iowa shortly before 1 pm March 10 after a report of crimi...

Lyon County investigators aren’t saying anything about circumstances or suspects, but they are proceeding as if Tuesday’s fire in Bushong may have been set. Lyon County Deputy and Fire Inv...

For the past few days, you have heard the state is moving into Phase 3 and Phase 4 of the COVID-19 vaccination effort simultaneously. You have also probably heard who is eligible and who is not. If yo...

Work has resumed on West 12th Avenue outside Newman Regional Health after a significant water line failure Tuesday morning. Public Works Director Dean Grant says the tentative plan — weather per...