Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: School districts in Chase, Coffey, Osage counties halt summer activities and workouts
USD 243 Lebo-Waverly has confirmed a district student has been exposed to coronavirus. The district says the student is in quarantine. USD 243 is not offering more specifics about the patient or how h...
Jul 12, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Coffey County announces two new cases Saturday
Coffey County is announcing two new cases of COVID-19. The Health Department made two separate announcements Saturday, giving no details about the first announced case and mentioning the second case i...
Jul 12, 2020
UPDATE: Hail larger than softballs in Waverly damages vehicles and homes Saturday
Isolated storms Saturday afternoon caused all sorts of headaches in northeast Coffey County. Hail 3 to 4 inches in diameter, or from teacup to bigger than softball size, hammered the town of Waverly a...
Jul 11, 2020
Area Agency on Aging offering virtual seminars on Medicare enrollment process beginning next week
The North Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging is offering a series of virtual seminars to assist local senior citizens with Medicare enrollment. The series titled “answers for older Kansans...
Jul 11, 2020
UPDATE: Murder, child endangerment, criminal desecration charges filed against father of Olivia Jansen and his girlfriend
The Kansas City, Kansas man accused of killing his 3-year-old daughter has been charged with her death. So has the man's girlfriend. Howard Jansen III and Jacqulyn Kirkpatrick were charged Sunday with...
Jul 11, 2020
Greenwood County Public Health reporting six rabies cases
The Greenwood County Health Department is announcing an outbreak that surprisingly has nothing to do with COVID-19. According to the Greenwood County Health Department’s Facebook page, six rabie...
Jul 11, 2020
Hopkins names new Senior VP of Operations
Hopkins Manufacturing has announced the newest member of its executive team. Thursday, Hopkins announced it has appointed J. Scott Mosteller as the new Senior Vice President of Operations. Mosteller b...
Jul 11, 2020
Lyon County Emergency Communications Center seeking upgrade current protocol system
The Lyon County Emergency Communications Center is looking to help improve emergency call quality through an upgrade to their current system. During the Lyon County Commission’s weekly action se...
Jul 11, 2020
UPDATE: Enhanced risk for severe weather issued impacting portions of KVOE listening area through early evening Saturday
The National Weather Service has expanded its original outlook for severe weather Saturday. Southeastern and Eastern Kansas, including portions of the KVOE listening area, have been placed into an enh...
Jul 11, 2020
Annual Reading Tornado Trot and Trail canceled due to COVID-19 concerns
Due to the increase in positive COVID-19 cases in recent days, another event has come off the community calendar Saturday. Reading’s annual Tornado Trot & Trail event scheduled to take plac...
Jul 11, 2020
