Category Archives: News
Longtime Emporia community servant Jim Pickert passes away
Funeral services have been announced for longtime city servant Jim Pickert, who passed away Sunday at age 87. Longtime friend Jim Kessler remembered Pickert as a person you could turn to for advice --...
Oct 11, 2022 Jim Pickert. Roberts-Blue-Barnett photo.
Phone service offline at Newman Regional Health
Phone service is currently offline at Newman Regional Health. Director of Business Development Steve Bazan says the hospital's administration and information technology department are working with Val...
Oct 11, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Residents asked to take extra care with anything fire-related as short-term fire danger increases
Fire danger will be elevated at times this week, and not just because of the deepening drought. Dry and windy conditions will lead to fire conditions that could be very high to extreme Tuesday, with m...
Oct 11, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Non-emergency phone lines down for Lyon County Emergency Communications
If you need to call local law enforcement for a non-emergency situation, you'll have to wait a bit. Lyon County Emergency Communications says its non-emergency phone lines are currently down. The depa...
Oct 11, 2022 Lyon County Emergency Communications logo.
Wreck with reported injuries noted in south Emporia
Emporia Police and Emporia Fire have responded to a crash with reported injuries in south Emporia. Authorities were dispatched to the intersection of South Commercial and East Logan Avenue just before...
Oct 11, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Details still pending after fatal train-pedestrian incident in east Emporia
Details are still pending after a train-pedestrial incident in far east Emporia early Tuesday. One person was killed after being hit by an Amtrak train at the railroad crossing just south of 12th and ...
Oct 11, 2022 Emporia Police are still investigating after a fatal train-pedestrian incident near 12th and Whildin early Tuesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Storms may bring moderate rainfall, low-end severe weather risk late Tuesday night
There is a better than average chance of rainfall across the KVOE listening area late Tuesday night. Showers and embedded thunderstorms appear likely from midnight to shortly before sunrise. The Natio...
Oct 10, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
A batty problem: Riverview Condominiums resident considering legal action after allegedly being bitten Sunday
Management at Emporia's Riverview Condominiums is not commenting on a complaint from a resident accusing the complex of not taking care of a bat problem. Alexa Houston tells KVOE News she has been at ...
Oct 10, 2022 A Riverview resident claims the complex is not taking action to remove bats from her complex building, both before and after she says she was bitten by a bat and went to Newman Regional Health for a shot afterward. KVOE News photo.
Miser welcomes trailblazing role as Lyon County District Court judge
After two stints as an assistant Lyon County prosecutor and time as Emporia's city attorney, Laura Miser has a new job: judge. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly appointed Miser to the bench Monday following...
Oct 10, 2022 Laura Miser. Courtesy photo.
Small fireworks lead to fire call at Emporia Transfer Station
Several Lyon County fire departments went to a reported structure fire in southwest Emporia on Monday, but there was little if any fire involved. Firefighters from Emporia, Americus and Olpe were call...
Oct 10, 2022 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
