Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: Kansas Open Bull Riding Association 'Chute-Out' fundraising event canceled
The decision to leave Lyon County’s coronavirus recovery process largely untouched has led to one event cancellation for this weekend. The Kansas Open Bull Riding Association had planned a ̶...
Jul 10, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County active case count increases to 20
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 4 new COVID-19 cases in Thursdays update. That increases the number of confirmed positive and probable positive cases to 515. There are 2 new recoveries for 487....
Jul 09, 2020
UPDATE: County Commissioners hopeful residents support new health order as active cases continue to dip
Lyon County’s new public health order will not mandate the wearing of masks in public, however, county commissioners are hopeful residents will choose to mask up none the less. The new order, ap...
Jul 09, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Three more positive cases announced in Osage County
It’s not a huge increase by raw numbers, but Osage County has doubled its active coronavirus caseload in two days. Osage County went from five active cases Tuesday to seven Wednesday. It has now...
Jul 09, 2020
Drought officially returns to parts of KVOE listening area
Thursday’s rain came too late to have a positive adjustment for the US Drought Monitor’s weekly update. In fact, most of Chase, northeast Greenwood, far southwest Lyon and the south half o...
Jul 09, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: USD 251 awaiting state guidance on start-of-year education methods as Blair begins tenure as superintendent
USD 251 North Lyon County is hoping to finalize plans for teaching students soon. The go-ahead may be coming at any time from the Kansas State Department of Education, which is preparing a huge docume...
Jul 09, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: NRH taking time this week to honor work of staffers
This week, Newman Regional Health is recognizing its employees for the work they have done during the COVID-19 pandemic. Director of Business Development McKenzie Cinelli said the recognition week is ...
Jul 09, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund announces two grants
Two grants have been announced by the Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund. The last announcement two weeks ago featured a nonprofit, the Lowther Fund. On KVOE’s On-Air Chat on Wednesday, t...
Jul 09, 2020
UPDATE: Storms bring isolated severe weather, scattered heavy rain totals
Heavy thunderstorms have brought borderline severe activity to the KVOE listening area early Thursday morning. There was a wind gust right at the 58-mph baseline criteria half-a-mile south of Emporia....
Jul 09, 2020
USD 253 Board of Education approves purchase of new tool to combat COVID-19 pandemic
The USD 253 Board of Education approved a substantial purchase Wednesday evening to help provide more security to district patrons as plans for the upcoming academic year are still in development. The...
Jul 09, 2020
