Category Archives: News
Main Street combines events for 'Moonlight Walk Party' on Thursday
It won’t be the typical late-summer block party for Emporia Main Street on Thursday. Instead, Main Street is planning a Moonlight “Walk Party” to help start the fall semester for stu...
Aug 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Recent KVOE News poll indicates sentiment against exempting government, education, athletic events from mass gathering limit
Nearly two-thirds of responses in KVOE News’ most recent poll are not in favor of exemptions to the county’s current mass gathering limit. KVOE News asked you whether Lyon County should ex...
Aug 19, 2020
Emporia fourth, area towns also listed on safe cities list
An insurance research firm has put Emporia high on its list for safest mid-size cities in Kansas. AdvisorSmith has Emporia ranked fourth, behind Prairie Village, Leawood and Andover. AdvisorSmith used...
Aug 19, 2020
Emporia Metropolitan Area Planning Commission to focus on clarification as zoning regulation development continues
Clarification will be a major focus for the Emporia Metropolitan Area Planning Commission as work continues on the current draft of city/county zoning regulations. During the board’s recent meet...
Aug 19, 2020
Shift to online buying, coronavirus hampered Muckenthaler Incorporated's efforts to stay open
Coronavirus didn’t help, but Muckenthaler Incorporated owner John Muckenthaler says the trends that led to his company’s ultimate closure later this year had been in place for several year...
Aug 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Health order violation against The Gym dropped
Case dismissed. City prosecutors have ended a case against The Gym bar after it was cited for violating Lyon County’s public health order on bars being closed under most circumstances. City Atto...
Aug 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County reporting 73 active COVID-19 cases
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 3 new COVID-19 cases and 20 recoveries in Tuesdays update. There are 73 active cases, a decrease of 17 from Mondays update. The total number of cases has increas...
Aug 18, 2020
USPS suspending efforts to remove mailboxes, processing machines in light of national outcry
US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday the Postal Service will suspend recent decisions to close mail processing facilities, remove mail processing equipment and take out mailboxes until after...
Aug 18, 2020
Mail ballot information from Missouri considered valid by Lyon County Clerk
A recent mailing to selected Lyon County voters from Missouri may seem out of the ordinary, but County Clerk Tammy Vopat says it’s typical for an election season — and it’s a valid m...
Aug 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Call continues for local businesses to be ready for Wednesday's grant application window
City officials and civic leaders are doing what they can to get business owners and nonprofit administrators ready for an upcoming grant application process. Numerous grants will officially be availab...
Aug 18, 2020
