Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: Patient transfers out of state, 70 calls to line up care, 9-hour transfer times part of picture for NRH emergency room
COVID-19 has been straining hospital capacity since the delta variant came to the forefront earlier this summer, and that's happening at Newman Regional Health. The hospital's Board of Trustees discus...
Aug 25, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia City Commission outlines 2022 pay increase plan Wednesday; Emporia Fire releases letter on salary discussion
Emporia City Commissioners are entering the home stretch of the 2022 budget cycle and they had quite an audience for their latest budget discussion Wednesday morning. Several representatives of city d...
Aug 25, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Emporian arrested after allegedly leading Tuesday chase into downtown
An Emporia man who allegedly led a vehicle and foot chase in downtown Emporia -- and other parts of town early Tuesday afternoon -- has been booked on suspicion of flee and elude, DUI, assault on law ...
Aug 25, 2021 Juan Cervantes. Lyon County Jail photo.
CORONAVIRUS: Over 30 new cases in Lyon County; over 25 percent of total caseload and nearly half of current active cases under age 24
After reaching nearly 50 new cases between reporting periods earlier this month, Lyon County is now apparently settling into a time period of around 30 to 40 new cases. Wednesday's report had 31 new c...
Aug 25, 2021 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Zoom hearings back in force after COVID adjustments in Lyon County Attorney's Office
Zoom hearings are largely back in play for Lyon County District Court after coronavirus has adjusted operations in the County Attorney's Office. County Attorney Marc Goodman tells KVOE News there are ...
Aug 25, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Both suspects in drug, stolen vehicle/guns case accept plea agreements
Both suspects in a case allegedly involving stolen guns, a stolen vehicle and illegal drugs have now accepted plea agreements in the case. Hartford resident Wyatt Everly pleaded no contest Thursday to...
Aug 25, 2021 Wyatt Everly (left), Mariel Ascencio. Lyon County Jail photos.
CORONAVIRUS: KDHE changes first virus death from March 2020 to January 2020 -- but says case 'conflicts with all data' it has on COVID
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says its recent change moving up the timeline of the first coronavirus death in Kansas reflects an adjustment made at the county level, not the state. K...
Aug 25, 2021 Kansas Department of Health and Environment graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice stays Johnson County ruling on emergency management law
Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert has stayed a Johnson County ruling that said parts of the state's emergency management law updated earlier this year were unconstitutional. Last month,...
Aug 25, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
Budget approval, A-1 Pump and Jet grant to lead Lyon County Commission agenda
A lot is on the agenda for Lyon County commissioners when they have their action meeting Thursday. Commissioners will have several matters related to the 2022 budget, including a revenue-neutral publi...
Aug 25, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Road closure announced for northeast Lyon County
A road in northeast Lyon County is now closed, and could be shut off to traffic for up to a month. The County Highway Department has closed Road V-2 between Roads 360 and 370. Crews are replacing a cr...
Aug 25, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
