Category Archives: News
ValuNet FIBER experiences brief outage
Full service should be restored for all ValuNet FIBER customers soon after a short outage Friday morning. President and Managing Partner Rick Tidwell tells KVOE News there was a major network event ar...
Aug 28, 2020
Bosiljevac, Coxwell, Goad, Renterio all with court appearances Friday
Friday is a busy day for notable cases in Lyon County District Court. *Tyler Bosiljevac has a pretrial hearing on teen sex abuse charges at 2 pm. He’s facing charges including indecent liberties...
Aug 28, 2020
One-time Emporian, longtime rodeo pickup man Rex Bugbee passes away
One-time Emporian and longtime rodeo pickup man Rex Bugbee died earlier this week. Bugbee died after a rodeo accident in Guymon, Oklahoma, last week. Bugbee suffered serious injuries after colliding w...
Aug 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Greenwood County Health asking people who attended Eureka bar Aug. 21 to self-quarantine
The Greenwood County Health Department is asking people who attended a bar in Eureka late last week to self-quarantine because of possible exposure to a coronavirus patient. The Health Department says...
Aug 28, 2020
Angelica Hale awarded over $64,000 in back pay, benefits and interest in lawsuit against Emporia State
She doesn’t get any front pay for her claim of retaliation, but Angelica Hale winds up with over $64,000 in back pay and other expenses in her lawsuit against Emporia State University. On Thursd...
Aug 28, 2020
ESU Residence Life hopeful to have students in renovated Abigail Morse Hall by Labor Day weekend
Emporia State University continues to infuse the past with the present through renovations at Abigail Morse Hall. KVOE News was part of a contingent that was given access to the extensive renovations ...
Aug 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Public Health asking people who attended Emporia bar early Sunday to self-quarantine; active caseload drops to 81
Lyon County Public Health is asking people who patronized a downtown Emporia bar earlier this week to self-quarantine after one person who attended was determined to have coronavirus. Public Health sa...
Aug 27, 2020
Apparently accidental shooting incident in west-central Emporia sends woman to Newman Regional Health
Emporia Police are investigating a shooting incident that happened shortly before noon Thursday. Officers and Emporia Fire were dispatched to 638 Sherman around 11:30 am. Detective Kevin Shireman tell...
Aug 27, 2020
Lyon County zoning regulations to receive further review following County Commission meeting
The current draft of county zoning regulations is heading back to the Lyon County Planning and Appeals board. County commissioners voted unanimously 2-0 to send the document back to the planning board...
Aug 27, 2020
KC-area man falls asleep at wheel, crashes near Turnpike's Bazaar cattle pens exit
Emporia Fire crews took one person to Newman Regional Health for treatment after a wreck in Chase County on Thursday. The crash happened shortly before 8:30 am near Kansas Turnpike mile marker 112 nor...
Aug 27, 2020
