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LYON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT: Sentencing slated for one drug distribution defendant, finished for another in Emporia case
Sentencing is coming before Valentine's Day for one woman accused of distributing drugs locally. Sentencing came Friday to a second woman in the same case. On Friday, 43-year-old Chasity Stark pleaded...
Dec 17, 2022
LYON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT: Suspect in law enforcement battery, interference cases deemed competent for trial; drug distribution, aggravated burglary cases advance
Hearings are coming next month for a man accused in Lyon County of battery on and/or interfering with law enforcement on three separate occasions last year. Lance Fessler was cleared for preliminary h...
Dec 17, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Several Lyon County fire departments called to reported fire, only to find overheated vehicle
A reported vehicle fire in north-central Lyon County turned out to be a less severe incident than first thought. The fire was reported near Kansas Highway 99 and Road 310, two miles south of Admire, s...
Dec 17, 2022 Google Maps image.
Emporia duplex project, area broadband business get state grant funding
Investments are coming to the KVOE listening area, thanks to grant funding at the state and federal levels. The Kansas Housing Authority has announced a pair of grant amounts involving Emporia. The ci...
Dec 17, 2022 Kansas Great Seal.
Emporia city manager on new logo: 'I'm very curious to see how it ages'
Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking says he wasn't surprised by the reaction to the city's new logos for official business. Cocking's comments on KVOE's Morning Show followed a KVOE News online poll tha...
Dec 17, 2022 City of Emporia logo.
First-half property tax payments due Tuesday
Lyon County residents have several options for paying their first-half property tax payments. They just don't have a lot of time to do so. Payments are due Tuesday for personal property, real estate, ...
Dec 17, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
EMPORIA HIT-AND-RUN: Highway Patrol's CHART Team investigating incident site; search continues for Alvarado
An investigation continues as Emporia Police officers work to find the suspect allegedly involved in Thursday's fatal hit-and-run incident near downtown. Police Capt. Lisa Hayes says the Kansas Highwa...
Dec 17, 2022 Angel Alvarado. Kansas Bureau of Investigation photo.
One dead, one hospitalized following rollover crash on Kansas Turnpike
A rollover crash on the Kansas Turnpike Friday afternoon has left one person dead and another hospitalized. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol the accident occured at 4:20 pm at KTA mile marker 13...
Dec 17, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Exile brings Holidays and Hits tour to Emporia Granada Theatre
Local residents were treated to quite the show Friday night as legendary band Exile made their way onto the Emporia Granada stage. The band was in town as part of their third annual Holidays and Hits ...
Dec 16, 2022 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Flint Hills Technical College celebrates 2022 winter graduates Friday night
The most recent graduates of Flint Hills Technical College received one final lesson on the importance of accountability during the college's winter commencement ceremony Friday night. Firefighter and...
Dec 16, 2022
