Category Archives: News
Emporian Tyson Allen makes, currently unofficial, world record throw Saturday
A football wasn't the only thing flying through the air at Welch Stadium Saturday. Emporian Tyson Allen was throwing golf clubs down the field, but not because he was having a bad day, rather he was s...
Oct 16, 2021 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Local voters take advantage of early off-site voting opportunity Saturday on Lyon County Fairgrounds
The Fairgrounds Anderson Building transformed into a polling location Saturday thanks to a now-traditional event courtesy of the Lyon County Election Office. The office's annual off-site voting event ...
Oct 16, 2021 County voters cast their ballots at the Lyon County Fairgrounds during the annual off site voting event. Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Flint Hills Technical College hosts 2021 Emporia Economic Outlook Conference Friday
Flint Hills Technical College served as the host site of the 2021 Emporia Economic Outlook Conference. The Economic Outlook Conference is organized by Wichita State's Center for Economic Development a...
Oct 16, 2021 Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Power fully restored following early morning outage in Emporia Saturday
Evergy crews were busy in the early morning hours Saturday restoring power to more than 700 customers. The outage was reported shortly before 1 am affecting customers from the intersection of Kansas H...
Oct 16, 2021
Three transported, one with suspected moderate to serious injuries, following pickup crash south of Emporia Friday
An Emporia woman and two Olpe residents were transported from the scene of a vehicle accident south of Emporia Friday afternoon. According to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, a 2004 Ford F-150 pickup...
Oct 15, 2021 Chuck Samples/KVOE News
Demolition on former Coach's restaurant underway
Demolition work began Friday on the former Coach's building in the Flinthills Mall parking lot and is expected to conclude by early next week. Demolition on the building was around 90 percent complete...
Oct 15, 2021 Demolition crews bring down the former Coach's restaurant building which was severely damaged following a fire on Aug. 14. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
CORONAVIRUS: FDA panel approves boosters for Johnson & Johnson, Moderna vaccines
Booster doses have been approved now for all three of America's COVID-19 vaccines, although the criteria and the timing are different for the single-shot Johnson & Johnson shot and the two-shot offeri...
Oct 15, 2021 Food and Drug Administration graphic.
Small fire in east Emporia under investigation
Emporia Fire is investigating after a small fire near the east edge of town Friday. Fire developed in a trailer home at 2034 Ridgeway Road shortly after 11:30 am. Emporia Fire Capt. Jesse Taylor says ...
Oct 15, 2021 Emporia Fire has been investigating a small fire in a trailer at 2034 Ridgewood on Friday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: 27 new cases, 17 recoveries reported in Lyon County Friday
Moderate case increases continued in Lyon County Public Health's latest coronavirus data report Friday. Public Health reported 27 new cases, even with Wednesday's report and higher than Monday's repor...
Oct 15, 2021
Kansas Supreme Court upholds decision on restitution stemming from Lyon County Jail incident
The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed a decision from the Kansas Court of Appeals on restitution matters after a Greenwood County chase led to a violent incident at the Lyon County Jail. Nearly four y...
Oct 15, 2021 Robert Robison III. Kansas Department of Corrections photos.
