Category Archives: News
Gas prices, travel numbers up as July 4 approaches
Gas prices reach the highest price in 7 years as millions travel for Independence Day weekend. The Kansas average has seen a 90 cent increase from last year's pandemic prices to $2.87 per gallon which...
Jul 2, 2021 Gas prices have increased an average of 90 cents locally over the past year. Photo by Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
One person airlifted, one taken by ambulance to hospitals after motorcycle-car wreck near Saffordville
Two motorcycle riders were taken to hospitals for medical care after a crash in far east Chase County on Thursday night. Emporia Fire joined Chase County deputies and Chase County EMS at the scene of ...
Jul 2, 2021 KVOE News file photo
Melvern Lake's Outlet Swim Pond remains in blue-green algae watch
Melvern Lake's Outlet Swim Pond remains in a blue-green algae watch through late next week. The area is one of a dozen lakes or parts of lakes under an algae watch. Another 10 areas are under an algae...
Jul 2, 2021 Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism image.
CORONAVIRUS: New adjustments to KDHE travel quarantine list
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has made another adjustment to its travel quarantine list. Brazil, Namibia, Oman, and Saint Kitts and Nevis have been added to the list. Bahrain, Chile,...
Jul 2, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
Special USD 253 board meeting to address turf field foundation at Emporia High
The USD 253 Emporia Board of Education has announced a special meeting for next week. Board members will meet at 6 pm Tuesday at Mary Herbert to discuss the turf field foundation at Emporia High Schoo...
Jul 2, 2021 USD 253 Image
WEATHER: One Lyon County road closed due to flooding; holiday weekend looks dry and warm
Flooding issues will soon be a thing of the past for Lyon County and surrounding counties. Just one Lyon County road remains closed at this time. The closure starts on the north end at Road V-6 at 145...
Jul 2, 2021 Lyon County Emergency Communications Center map.
Emporian hurt in motorcycle crash north of town Thursday night
A wreck involving a motorcycle and deer north of Emporia led to potentially serious injuries for the motorcycle rider Thursday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the wreck happened on Kansas Highwa...
Jul 2, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Sauder purchases former Dynamic Distribution facility; Plans for future business venture currently pending
The former Dynamic Distribution facility now has a new owner. According to a news release from Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas President Kent Heerman, Steve Sauder purchased th...
Jul 1, 2021 Former Dynamic Distribution Facility at 3601 West Sixth Ave. recently purchased by KVOE Station Owner Steve Sauder. Future plans for facility pending at this time. Photo by Chuck Samples/KVOE News
Lyon County Commissioners review proposed 2022 budget Thursday
The estimated total will be up, however, the mill levy will be down if the current projected budget holds steady for Lyon County. During the county commission's weekly action session Thursday morning,...
Jul 1, 2021 Lyon County Commission photos.
North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging says reimbursement issue at heart of developing tensions with Emporia Senior Center
Episodic issues between the Emporia Senior Center and the North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging are back in the forefront. Two weeks ago, Senior Center Director Ian Boyd told Lyon County comm...
Jul 1, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
