Category Archives: News
Advance vote process nearing end with primary election Tuesday
Advance voting is coming to an end soon for the primary election cycle. Early voting continues until 5 pm Friday and then goes from 8 am to noon Monday. In Lyon County, over 1,600 people have voted in...
Jul 29, 2022 Kansas Secretary of State graphic.
Emporia's transient guest tax receipts 15 percent above 2019 record
Emporia's transient guest tax receipts are doing quite well. Visit Emporia Director LeLan Dains says the 7-percent tax on each room night stay at local hotels has led to some impressive totals as the ...
Jul 29, 2022 Unbound Gravel last month was among several local activities this year that that saw large crowds. KVOE News file photo.
US-50 work beginning soon in Strong City
Highway construction is coming soon for central and west Chase County. Cones and signage are already out on US Highway 50 in Strong City, according to Sheriff Richard Dorneker. The four-lane segment i...
Jul 29, 2022
SOS Strong near $30,000 and climbing
SOS Strong is in the books. The sixth annual fundraiser kept to its traditional format of having men trying to raise at least $1,000 each while representing SOS and its mission of ending domestic viol...
Jul 29, 2022 SOS Community Relations Director Haley Brinkman holds "the big check" representing donations to the SOS Strong campaign that concluded this week. Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Friends of 4H Dinner kicks off Lyon County Fair
The annual kickoff to the Lyon County Fair brought a lot of people to the Fairgrounds Anderson Building on Thursday. The Friends of 4H dinner filled the building with people and with food before the e...
Jul 29, 2022 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Latest Lyon County vehicle tag deadline is Friday
Friday is the last day for certain Lyon County residents to renew vehicle tags without penalty. Residents with last names beginning with the letters J, K or L can use the QLess app to set their place ...
Jul 29, 2022 Kansas Department of Revenue photo.
Crash in Osage County leads to suspected serious injury for driver; wreck in Chase County has two people decline hospital trips
A crash involving a semi in southern Osage County led to suspected serious injuries for the driver early Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 31-year-old Eduardo Rivera-Villareal was northbound wh...
Jul 28, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Olathe truck driver unhurt, but semi tractor unit destroyed by fire near Emporia
An Olathe man escaped injury when his semi caught fire near Emporia on Thursday morning, but the truck's tractor unit is listed as a total loss. Lyon County Deputy Brandon Early says deputies, Emporia...
Jul 28, 2022 Firefighters finish putting out a semi fire on Interstate 35 near Emporia on Thursday. Lyon County Sheriff's Office photo.
Strong City man facing federal charges for alleged possession and distribution of child pornography
A pair of federal charges have been filed against a Strong City man for his alleged involvement in the possession and distribution of child pornography. 26-year-old Walter James Haskin was recently ar...
Jul 28, 2022 Kansas Courts graphic.
USD 253 superintendent discusses staffing, enrollment, William Allen White situation during KVOE Morning Show
Even well before the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education decided against "pausing operations" at William Allen White Elementary last week, the question has been in the community: what's different betwe...
Jul 28, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
