Category Archives: News
Heat advisory to begin Tuesday for Lyon, most surrounding counties
Blistering heat is returning to the KVOE listening area this week. The National Weather Service has a heat advisory posted from noon Tuesday to 9 pm Thursday, affecting Lyon, Coffey, Morris, Osage and...
Jul 26, 2021
Lyon County deputies looking into two fires, including destructive house fire, at same address near Emporia
Lyon County deputies are now investigating two fires discovered at the same address in less than a week. On Wednesday, deputies were told about a pickup truck that had fire damage inside the vehicle a...
Jul 26, 2021 Lyon County deputies were already investigating a past arson incident involving a pickup truck at 687 Road 170 when an abandoned house caught fire Sunday night. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Formal charges pending following arrest of two individuals Saturday evening in Osage County
A Missouri man and Kansas City, KS woman were arrested Saturday in Osage County on suspicion of drug-related activity. According to Osage County Sheriff Chris Wells, illegal narcotics were located in ...
Jul 25, 2021 Robert L. McMillin and Sandra L. Cecil. Osage County Sheriff's Office Photos.
Evergy hoping to break ground on new headquarters by October
Evergy is making great progress in its efforts to relocate its main headquarters. Evergy is currently working to relocate from its current facility at 220 Mechanic to its new location on Road 180. Eve...
Jul 25, 2021 Evergy logo.
SOS Services continues to educate on services available to community
Believe, support and advocate, are three major lessons that representatives of SOS hope individuals took away from a recent interview on KVOE's Talk of Emporia. Wednesday, SOS Victim Advocate Jennifer...
Jul 25, 2021 SOS Services Logo.
Greenwood County heat advisory continues until 7 pm Sunday
Most of the KVOE listening area will be hot Sunday but will at least start the day avoiding any sort of heat alert. Greenwood County is the exception. The National Weather Service has Greenwood County...
Jul 25, 2021 National Weather Service graphic.
Unbound Gravel's Garmin Lunar Ride enjoyable for participants despite heat
Once again, the Garmin Lunar Ride presented by Unbound Gravel had a wide-reaching draw Saturday night. Riders came to Emporia from Nebraska, Oklahoma and as far away as Florida. Chase Sutter from Brok...
Jul 25, 2021 Riders near the finish line in the 2021 Garmin Lunar Ride on Saturday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: Morris County Health Department cancels Community Baby Shower
Large-scale events continue in Emporia, but one activity in Morris County is now off the calendar due to COVID-19. The Morris County Community Baby Shower was canceled Friday. The event, which was set...
Jul 24, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Kansas' initial jobless claims well below 2020 numbers
The Kansas Department of Labor says jobless claims are well off the numbers reported at this time last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The department reported around 1,700 new claims this past week...
Jul 24, 2021 Kansas Department of Labor graphic.
Emporia State's Visser Hall hosts school crisis response training seminar
School response to crisis situations dominated a special two-day training seminar held recently at Emporia State University. The conference Thursday and Friday dealt with the use of the PREPaRE model ...
Jul 24, 2021
