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UPDATE: No transport following rollover wreck near Lyon County Highway Department headquarters
No transports were necessary following a reported rollover crash just south of Emporia Monday morning. Authorities responded to the intersection of Roads 160 and J shortly before 11 am. Early indicati...
Feb 28, 2022 Google Maps image.
Work continues on West 12th water line replacement process; several notable projects coming up on West Sixth
Better than a month after work started to replace a water main near Newman Regional Health, the project has navigated through recent weather issues. Work had to halt after several recent snowfalls, no...
Feb 28, 2022 KVOE News photo.
Kansas Smoke Management Tool to be activated Tuesday
Over the past weekend, KVOE News told you there are free Smoke Tools workshops coming this week for landowners planning controlled burns this upcoming season. This comes as the Kansas Department of He...
Feb 28, 2022 Kanas Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan graphic.
Man arrested Friday after alleged traffic stop in Madison led to foot chase
Greenwood County deputies say an attempted traffic stop in Madison led to a foot chase and an arrest late last week. The Sheriff's Office says the attempted traffic stop took place Friday. Deputies ha...
Feb 28, 2022 Kordell Harding. Dickinson County Jail photo.
'God's got our back' -- Emporia Anti-Hunger Challenge begins Tuesday to benefit Rescue Mission, Abundant Harvest
For a few days last week, Rescue Mission and Abundant Harvest Director Lee Alderman was worried. Alderman had been told the Feinstein Challenge, which generated upwards of $60,000 to $65,000 per year ...
Feb 28, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
CORONAVIRUS: WellHealth test line at Bowyer Building ends Monday
Free coronavirus testing through a Lyon County partner is ending Monday. Lyon County's current partnership with WellHealth ends at 6 pm Monday, after which that free test option comes to a close. Free...
Feb 28, 2022 KVOE News photo.
Very high fire danger expected all week
Sunny and mild conditions will transition the KVOE listening area from February to March this week. They also signal a very high fire danger all week. The National Weather Service says temperatures in...
Feb 28, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
KVOE ONLINE POLL: Over 80 percent of votes want USD 253 Emporia to make masks optional immediately
The USD 253 Emporia Board of Education has a special meeting Monday afternoon on COVID-19 policy. If the board revisits mask use, especially a date for making masks optional, the vast majority in the ...
Feb 28, 2022 USD 253 Emporia graphic.
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Feb 27, 2022
No injuries reported after vehicle drives through storefront in downtown Emporia
An Emporia woman was unharmed, however, a local business was damaged following a single-vehicle accident in downtown Emporia Sunday morning. According to Emporia Police Lt. Tim Wacker, officers were c...
Feb 27, 2022 Damage estimates are pending following a single vehicle accident that damaged the Tallgrass Art and Frame storefront in downtown Emporia Sunday. Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
