Category Archives: News
Garrison sentenced to 59 months in drug distribution case Wednesday
One woman is set to spend more than four years in prison following sentencing in Lyon County District Court earlier this week. Judge Lee Fowler sentenced Nikki Rae Garrison to serve 59 months in priso...
Feb 03, 2023 Nikki Garrison. Lyon County Jail photo.
Emporia State A Cappella Choir is back with its special Singing Valentines for this Valentine's Day
It's love season and the Emporia State University A Capella Choir has prepared a special musical gift for the community this Valetine's Day. The Acappella Choir is bringing back Singing Valentines thi...
Feb 02, 2023 Singing Valentines ESU A Capella Choir logo
Emporia Fire Department clears scene of reported gas leak at Emporia Pavillions Thursday evening
No signs of natural gas were found after a reported gas leak at a west Emporia retailor Thursday night. The Emporia Fire Department responded to Ross Dress For Less inside of the Emporia Pavillions af...
Feb 02, 2023 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Emporia Children's Choir to benefit from spaghetti feed fundraiser Sunday at St. Mark's Lutheran Church
The Emporia Children's Choir has now been active for close to a month and is now set for its first major fundraiser this weekend. St. Mark's Lutheran Church will be hosting a spaghetti feed for the ch...
Feb 02, 2023 Emporia Children's Choir Logo.
Emporia Country Club sells
Details are pending and the paperwork hasn't reached the Lyon County Register of Deeds Office, but both sides involved in the Emporia Country Club sale say the process has closed. Investor Jerid Thoma...
Feb 02, 2023 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia Senior Center hosting love themed luncheon fundraiser next Friday
The local community is invited to embrace love and kindness during a fundraiser luncheon for the Emporia Senior Center next week. The Love and Kindness Luncheon will be held next Friday, Feb. 10 at th...
Feb 02, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
Charges announced in alleged burglary of former Cedar Point school building
Court hearings are ahead for two people who allegedly tried to steal books from the former Cedar Point school building late last month. Formal charges have been filed against 25-year-old Kathryn Laine...
Feb 02, 2023 Kathryn Culbert (left), Jacobsen Eells. Chase County Jail photos.
Lyon County offender registry case set for latest hearing Friday
A pretrial hearing is coming Friday for a woman accused in Lyon County District Court of offender registry violations. Latasha Ghramm is formally accused with three counts of aggravated violations and...
Feb 02, 2023 Latasha Ghramm. Kansas Department of Corrections photos.
City begins repairs on Flint Road, Commercial Street sidewalks
Street repairs are underway on part of a northwest Emporia street. Repairs began Wednesday on part of Flint Road after a 20-inch water main failed near the intersection with Arrowhead Drive back in mi...
Feb 02, 2023 Repairs are underway near the junction of Flint Road and Arrowhead Drive after a significant water main break in November. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Charges filed in Lyon County contraband case
A preliminary hearing is coming later this month in a Lyon County contraband case. Prosecutors have charged Rhett William Barker with one county of trafficking contraband, in this case methamphetamine...
Feb 02, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
