Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: Ryan Daniel concert postponed; Granada reports no issues with new mask policy after Saturday comedy show
The Emporia Granada Theatre is adjusting its schedule. Director Rebeca Herrera says the Ryan Daniel concert, originally coming this weekend, is now taking place next year. Herrera says the decision to...
Aug 31, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia man accused of sexual misconduct to have preliminary hearing Wednesday
An Emporia man accused of sexual misconduct with a teenager has a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Wyatt Bennett, 23, is charged with four counts of aggravated indecent liberties, two of indecent libert...
Aug 31, 2021 Wyatt Bennett. Lyon County Jail photo.
CORONAVIRUS: Legislative Post Audit says nearly $700 million in fraudulent jobless benefit claims paid out
The Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit says the state's Department of Labor paid out nearly $3 billion in COVID-related unemployment benefits from January 2020 through this past February. It al...
Aug 31, 2021 Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit graphic.
Kansas cropland, farmland values up noticeably
Farmland and cropland values are shooting up across Kansas. Both categories jumped more than 10 percent year-to-year, according to the US Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics S...
Aug 31, 2021 US Department of Agriculture graphic.
Emporia Fire has training exercise at Flinthills Mall
Emporia Fire is back at Flinthills Mall for specialized training on Tuesday. Firefighters will conduct specialized training at the mall, following similar training in late June. Firefighters are pract...
Aug 31, 2021 KVOE News photo.
Mann among Republican lawmakers calling for withdrawal date extension in Afghanistan
Kansas Congressman Tracey Mann wants American troops to stay in Afghanistan for as long as it takes to get US citizens out of that country. Right now, troops have to leave by Tuesday -- and Mann says ...
Aug 30, 2021 Kansas Congressman Tracey Mann. KVOE News file photo.
Evergy announces plans to mobilize crews for hurricane relief in Louisiana
As efforts to recover from the catastrophic destruction wrought by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana continue, one local utility will be sending extra assistance later this week. Monday, Evergy announced it ...
Aug 30, 2021 Evergy logo.
CORONAVIRUS: KDHE receiving $1.7 million federal grant to train, deploy community health workers
The federal government is granting nearly $2 million to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for COVID-19 matters. US Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran issued a joint statement Monday...
Aug 30, 2021 Kansas Health Secretary Lee Norman. Kansas Department of Health and Environment screenshot.
Colyer ends bid for governor's chair after cancer diagnosis
Jeff Colyer served Kansas as governor for almost a full year when Sam Brownback became an ambassador in the Trump administration. His bid for a full term has now ended. On Monday, Colyer announced he ...
Aug 30, 2021 Shown with 17th District Senator Jeff Longbine (left) and 60th District Representative Mark Schreiber (center), both of Emporia, Jeff Colyer appears in Emporia shortly after assuming the governor's seat in early 2018. Colyer ended his run for a full term as governor after a recent cancer diagnosis. KVOE News file photo.
CORONAVIRUS: 29 new cases reported in Lyon County Monday
Lyon County's first COVID-19 report of the week included a continued increase in both active and overall cases. Public Health reported 29 new coronavirus cases Monday morning bringing the county's ove...
Aug 30, 2021 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
