Category Archives: News
Lyon County Crime Stoppers offers reward for Emporia trailer theft
Emporia Police are investigating the theft of a trailer reported earlier this month. On Jan, 14, officers reported to 930 Woodland St in Emporia. The trailer is described as a homemade utility trailer...
Jan 18, 2022 Lyon County Crime Stoppers photo.
RCIL gets grant to repave parking lot at main office in Osage City
The Resource Center for Independent Living Inc. received a grant from the Sunderland Foundation. The center plans on using the nearly $30,000 grant to repair sidewalks and renovate badly deteriorated ...
Jan 18, 2022 Resource Center for Independent Living logo.
CORONAVIRUS: Free at-home test ordering process begins early; free N95 masks coming soon
The federal plan for residents to order as many as four free at-home COVID-19 tests per month got started early. The federal government is directing people wanting free tests to www.covidtests.gov. In...
Jan 18, 2022 US Postal Service screenshot.
Trial approaching for Devawn Mitchell in 2021 traffic death of Steve Henry
Trial is fast approaching for Devawn Mitchell if the current schedule holds. The Emporia man is accused of murder and other charges in the traffic death of fellow Emporian Steve Henry last March. Mitc...
Jan 18, 2022 Devawn Mitchell. Kansas Department of Corrections photos.
Bench trial ahead in Lyon County child misconduct appeal
A bench trial is ahead for an appeal of a child sex misconduct conviction in Lyon County. Joe Louis Stewart is tentatively set for his bench trial to begin Wednesday before Judge Lee Fowler. Stewart w...
Jan 18, 2022 Joe Louis Stewart. Kansas Department of Corrections graphic.
Emporia City Commission to discuss several development projects at Wednesday meeting
Land development is a key feature of the Emporia City Commission's action session Wednesday evening. Commissioners will consider an ordinance amending the zoning of nearly 17 acres on the east side of...
Jan 18, 2022 KVOE News File Photo
Residents asked to honor Martin Luther King, Junior's legacy through RSVP service project, Emporia State celebration
So far, so good as Lyon County RSVP's community service project honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Junior, picks up steam. Project Coordinator Kitty Hamilton says the goal is to help ...
Jan 18, 2022 National Parks Service photo.
Lebo man dead after train hits pickup in Osage County
A Coffey County man is dead after a crash involving a pickup and train in Osage County from Monday afternoon. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the truck, driven by 51-year-old Patrick Harsch of Lebo, wa...
Jan 17, 2022 Google Maps image.
CORONAVIRUS: Healthier Lyon County cancels Tuesday's free test clinic, awaits test kits from state
Area residents wanting an at-home COVID-19 test have been struggling now for around a month to find those. Now demand for free testing has forced Healthier Lyon County to cancel one of its clinics thi...
Jan 17, 2022 Food and Drug Administration graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia's Maynard Early Childhood Center closed at least Tuesday and Wednesday
Across Kansas, school districts have been forced to close school buildings as part of the ongoing COVID-19 surge. That process has now come to Emporia. USD 253 Emporia Public Schools has posted on its...
Jan 17, 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
