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Brutal cold is behind us with rapidly warming conditions ahead, but the impact of the cold earlier this week is already being felt by livestock producers. The Lyon-Chase County Farm Service Agency off...

Friday’s COVID-19 revaccination clinic is being delayed. On KVOE’s Newsmaker segment Thursday, Lyon County Public Health Emergency Preparedness Director says bad weather conditions this we...

Osage County is now the second area county to pass 1,000 coronavirus cases since the pandemic came to Kansas nearly a year ago. Twenty-six new cases between Feb. 5 and Wednesday pushed the county̵...

The risk of rolling power outages is again waning for the moment. Evergy, 4 Rivers and other utilities across Kansas were on standby Wednesday morning and evening as the Southwest Power Pool spent muc...

Governor Laura Kelly has announced an adjustment in the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan. During a news conference Wednesday, Kelly said the state will set aside some vaccine supplies for educa...

Fire led to significant interior damage at an Emporia house Wednesday afternoon. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Eron Steinlage says crews were called to 412 Constitution around 4 pm. Light smoke was com...

For the fifth time, the city of Emporia's mask ordinance has been extended. The ordinance was extended unanimously by commissioners during their recent action session Wednesday evening. The ordinance ...

Lyon County saw a modest increase in new COVID-19 cases Wednesday after a near week-long layoff in reporting. Lyon County Public Health reported 20 new cases since Friday bringing the overall total to...

After dropping the Energy Emergency Level earlier Wednesday, the Southwest Power Pool has increased it once again. The SPP raised the Energy Emergency to Level Two according to Evergy Spokesperson Gin...

At least one wind energy facility near Emporia has had to adjust to the extreme cold this week. The Reading Wind Facility is “not fully operational” at this time, according to Southern Pow...