Category Archives: News
County commissioners approve audio improvement purchase for Anderson Building Thursday
An improved sound system is coming to the Lyon County Fairgrounds Anderson Building following the Lyon County Commission's weekly action session Thursday. During the meeting, commissioners approved a ...
Mar 3, 2022 Lyon County Commission photos.
Plans already underway for 2023 Day of Giving event for Emporia State
Plans are already underway for a Day of Giving event to benefit Emporia State University next year. That statement comes from ESU Foundation Vice President of Stewardship and Administration and Associ...
Mar 3, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Calves largely survive February's snowfall, wild temperature swings
Cattle producers know all too well that calves find ways to be born in the worst winter weather, and that was the case last month. The area had several snowfalls, and it also had some of the wildest t...
Mar 3, 2022 Calves born last month had a cold and snowy start to their lives. McDonald Farm Polled Herefords photo.
State grant earmarked for extending Emporia Municipal Airport runway
Yet another grant is coming to the city of Emporia for ongoing improvements to the Municipal Airport. This week, the Kansas Airport Improvement Program announced a $75,000 grant for paving materials s...
Mar 3, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Potential zoning change, new uses for Plumb Place divulged
The process for buying Plumb Place could resolve soon. United Way of the Flint Hills Chief Executive Officer Mickey Edwards says a prospective buyer has stepped forward, and Emporia Zoning Administrat...
Mar 3, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Competency hearing precedes sentencing for Mitchell
Before Devawn Mitchell gets sentenced later this month for the traffic death of Steve Henry last year, Mitchell will have a competency hearing Friday. The hearing is at 8:30 am before Judge Lee Fowler...
Mar 3, 2022 Devawn Mitchell. Lyon County Jail photo.
Emporia man suffers serious injuries after train-SUV collision
Emporia Police say an Emporia man suffered serious injuries after his SUV was hit by a train Wednesday afternoon. Police Capt. Ray Mattas says 26-year-old John Burton went around the crossing arms at ...
Mar 2, 2022 Emporia Fire and Emporia Police respond to the Market Street crossing after a vehicle-train collision Wednesday. The SUV driver, John Burton of Emporia, died Friday at a Topeka hospital. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: 48 new cases reported Wednesday in Lyon County
New caseload activity saw a sharp incline between Monday and Wednesday according to Lyon County Public Health's midweek COVID-19 data report. Wednesday, Public Health reported 48 new cases developed b...
Mar 2, 2022
Chase County issues burn ban through at least Saturday as very high fire danger continues areawide
After two area counties were in burn bans Wednesday, another is a burn ban now until at least Saturday. Chase County Fire Chief Steve Fillmore announced the ban Wednesday evening, noting the Friday fo...
Mar 2, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia City Commission approves surplus property policy during regular action meeting Wednesday
A newly created policy pertaining to surplus city property and a local improvement project both received approval during the Emporia City Commission's recent action session Wednesday. Commissioners un...
Mar 2, 2022 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
