Category Archives: News
Senator Roger Marshall hosting town hall in Cottonwood Falls
Kansas Senator Roger Marshall has an appearance in Cottonwood Falls later this month. Marshall will hold a town hall Jan. 29 at the HeBrews Coffee Shop. The meeting starts at 11 am and is slated to la...
Jan 19, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
CORONAVIRUS: USD 253 Emporia, other area districts halt contact tracing effective immediately after KDHE announcement
Tuesday's decision by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to end COVID-19 contact tracing next month rippled immediately to county health departments and to school districts. Following gui...
Jan 19, 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo.
Flint Hills League Shootout enjoying return to Emporia for full tourney
The midweek break has arrived for the Flint Hills Shootout at White Auditorium. Tourney Director Tanner Smith says there have been a handful of schedule adjustments, including a couple cancellations e...
Jan 19, 2022 Courtesy graphic.
Emporia Main Street vows return of The Taste later this year
COVID-19 has halted The Taste the last two years. Emporia Main Street says that won't happen again this year, despite record COVID levels at this time. Main Street Director Casey Woods says the pandem...
Jan 19, 2022 Emporia Main Street logo.
Redistricting proposal takes Lyon, Chase, Morris, Wabaunsee counties out of Big First US Congressional District
If a redistricting map introduced Tuesday in the Senate Redistricting Committee finds favor with both chambers, most of the KVOE listening area could be shifted out of the so-called Big First US Congr...
Jan 18, 2022 Kansas Senate Redistricting Committee map.
Emporians arrested after suspicious odor call Friday facing identical charges, including possession of meth and marijuana with intent to sell
The three Emporians arrested as part of a suspicious odor call late last week now face formal charges in connection to the incident. Assistant Lyon County Attorney Laura Miser says Amanda Sibert, Jaso...
Jan 18, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Lyon County deputies asking for information on grass fires stretching from Emporia to central Chase County
Several grass fires in Lyon and Chase counties are under investigation Tuesday, and Lyon County deputies are asking residents to report anything suspicious they may have seen from Emporia west past Co...
Jan 18, 2022 Firefighters from several Lyon, Chase and Morris County departments joined Lyon County deputies in fighting several grass fires that developed from Emporia west into Chase County on Tuesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: 'Public Health is overwhelmed;' Health experts shifting contact tracing responsibilities to general public as ongoing surge continues to overwhelm staff
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will be discontinuing contact tracing services next month. In a news release from Lyon County Public Health Tuesday, Public Health says they will also b...
Jan 18, 2022 Lyon County Public Health Image.
Traffic adjustments in effect as work begins to replace waterline on West 12th Ave.
A major water line project near Newman Regional Health is now underway. Eastbound through traffic is now closed between Grand and Chestnut on West 12th as the city's contractor works to add a new wate...
Jan 18, 2022 Barricades block eastbound traffic on West 12th Ave. as crews work to replace a waterline in front of Newman Regional Health. Chuck Samples/KVOE News
Plea hearing for Emporia rape suspect coming Wednesday
A suspect in an Emporia rape case will be back in Lyon County District Court Wednesday. Jordan Dorsey will appear in court for a plea hearing. Dorsey is accused of three counts of rape as well as sing...
Jan 18, 2022 Jordan Dorsey. Lyon County Jail photo.
