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Lyon County at 1,100 advance votes cast with process ending at noon Monday
The advance voting process comes to an end at noon Monday. County courthouses will open at 8 am Monday for one final morning before the general election Tuesday. So far, 1,100 people have taken advant...
Oct 30, 2021 Kansas Secretary of State graphic.
Investigations ongoing into recent house fires
Investigations continue into a pair of house fires from the end of the work week in Lyon County. Deputies continue their investigation into Thursday morning's fire that destroyed a house at 200 West M...
Oct 30, 2021 Fire early Thursday destroyed everything inside an uninhabited house at 200 West Maple in Hartford. Doug Stump/Lyon County Sheriff's Office.
CORONAVIRUS: FDA authorizes Pfizer shot for children between 5-11
COVID-19 vaccinations for children as young as age five are a step closer to reality. The Food and Drug Administration authorized the Pfizer shot for children between the ages of five and 11 on Friday...
Oct 30, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo.
CORONAVIRUS: Osage County passes 2,000 total case mark
As Lyon County is now approaching 5,600 total cases since the pandemic started in late March 2020, another area county has passed a caseload milestone of its own. Osage County recently passed 2,000 to...
Oct 30, 2021 Kansas Department of Health and Environment map.
CORONAVIRUS: Newman Regional Health to offer booster doses of all approved vaccines starting Tuesday
Newman Regional Health announced it will start offering booster and third doses of all COVID-19 vaccine options starting Tuesday. Previously, the hospital was offering boost and third doses only of th...
Oct 30, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Fifth teenager in Avila murder could be certified as adult after Monday hearing
One of five suspects in the murder of Jesus Avila could be certified as an adult after court proceedings Monday. Alan Alanis has a motions hearing at 9 am. If approved by Judge Merlin Wheeler, Alanis ...
Oct 30, 2021 Alan Alanis. Lyon County Jail photo.
Emporian convicted of battery, arson, found not guilty of child sexual exploitation
An Emporia man was convicted on some -- but not all -- of the charges against him in a case involving accusations of sexual exploitation, arson and aggravated battery. A jury in Lyon County District C...
Oct 30, 2021 Alex Alexander. Lyon County Jail photo.
Sentencing delayed for Emporia woman after 2020 case revolving around stolen guns, stolen vehicle, illegal drugs
Sentencing did not take place as expected Friday for an Emporia woman who pleaded to lesser charges in a case involving stolen guns, a stolen vehicle and illegal drug activity dating back to the end o...
Oct 30, 2021 Mariel Ascencio. Lyon County Jail photo.
Emporians unhurt during fatal hit-and-run near Ottawa
Three Emporians were involved but unhurt as part of a fatality hit-and-run crash that happened east of Ottawa on Friday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol says an SUV driven by 22-year-old Adrion Self o...
Oct 30, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia handling water sample tests as Olpe's boil water advisory continues
Olpe city officials are hoping for good news with water samples currently being tested as residents deal with a boil water advisory. Residents of Olpe and Rural Water District No. 3, or most of southw...
Oct 30, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
