Category Archives: News
Wind advisories now run until 8 pm areawide
The time for a wind advisory affecting much of the KVOE listening area has been extended. Lyon, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties are now in an advisory until 8 pm, matching an advisory als...
Apr 26, 2021
Efforts and services through Street Cats Club going strong
While it has only been active for two years, the Street Cats Club has made tremendous progress in addressing Emporia’s feral cat population. Established in 2019, Street Cats Club works to improv...
Apr 25, 2021
Friends of the Emporia Animal Shelter hold spring microchip fundraiser Sunday
Safe to say everyone at L&L Pets was in a chipper mood Sunday thanks to the Friends of the Emporia Animal Shelter. FEAS held its annual spring microchipping event for local pet owners in the after...
Apr 25, 2021
Windy forecast leads to advisory for Chase and Greenwood Counties Monday
Blustery conditions are expected to begin the workweek. As such, the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory affecting Chase and Greenwood counties from 10 am to 8 pm Monday. The current f...
Apr 25, 2021
Lyon County deputies: Emporia man sought after allegedly fleeing from injury crash near Olpe
Lyon County deputies are looking for an Emporia man who allegedly left the scene of a minor injury crash near Olpe on Saturday. Deputy Tera Gifford says the wreck in the 700 block of Kansas Highway 99...
Apr 24, 2021
City, county officials requesting information from Eucalyptus Real Estate about two-year delay in property tax payments, decline in housing conditions
Lyon County Attorney Marc Goodman says an out-of-state realty company is not pulling its load as a corporate citizen when it comes to paying property taxes or maintaining its rental properties in Empo...
Apr 24, 2021
Area crops slightly behind schedule due to cool, damp conditions
Recent cool, damp conditions may have more of an impact on the current planting season than a short-term bout of freezing or sub-freezing temperatures. Lyon County Extension ag agent Brian Rees had an...
Apr 24, 2021
Kansas City man arrested in Osage County for suspected drug distribution
Osage County deputies have arrested a Missouri man on suspicion of intent to distribute illegal drugs. Sheriff Chris Wells says 23-year-old Hector Corona-Torres of Kansas City was stopped on Interstat...
Apr 24, 2021
Madison man arrested for alleged drug activity near Council Grove school
Council Grove Police arrested a Madison man Thursday night on suspicion of intent to distribute illegal drugs. Police Chief Shawn Wangerin says officers did a traffic stop in the 400 block of East Mai...
Apr 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS: FEMA offering assistance with funeral expenses
Residents who have lost loved ones due to coronavirus can now get financial assistance for funeral expenses. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says formal paperwork must say deaths were attribut...
Apr 24, 2021
