Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: Attorney General says counties, school districts can opt out of governor's mask mandate
As if school administrators didn’t have enough whiplash from the back-to-school COVID-19-related guidance at the state level just over the past 10 days, another level of potential adjustments ca...
Jul 24, 2020
Lyon County Commission Second District hopefuls appear on KVOE Candidate Forum
How does Lyon County reduce its tax burden? Is the draft set of zoning regulations better for residents than the longstanding rules? These questions and more highlighted KVOE’s final Candidate F...
Jul 24, 2020
UPDATE: Idaho man hurt in wreck near Emporia Municipal Airport
An Idaho man suffered apparently serious injuries after a crash south of Emporia on Thursday. Lyon County Deputy Tera Gifford says the wreck happened in the 1100 block of Kansas Highway 99 shortly aft...
Jul 23, 2020
Moderate drought expands
Most of the KVOE listening area remains in moderate drought. The latest update from the US Drought Monitor shows nearly all of Lyon County in moderate drought, along with all of Greenwood County, almo...
Jul 23, 2020
Rape suspect accepts plea on aggravated kidnapping charge
An Emporia man stands to spend up to 14 years in prison, even though he won't be convicted on the original charge of rape. German Diaz, 19, entered into a plea agreement Thursday by pleading to a coun...
Jul 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County has 8 new COVID-19 cases
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 8 new COVID-19 cases in Thursdays update. That increases the number of confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Lyon county to 594. There were 2 new rec...
Jul 23, 2020
Emporia Recreation Commission still planning for modified Corporate Challenge
The Emporia Recreation Commission is still accepting registration for the 2020 Corporate Challenge this year. Aaron Hammond of the ERC, a recent guest of KVOE’s Newsmaker Two segment Thursday, s...
Jul 23, 2020
County Commission approves Plan ELC text change; recognizes Highway Department for recent achievement
A text change to the Emporia Lyon County Joint Comprehensive Plan (Plan ELC) was approved by County Commissioners Thursday morning. The change, presented by Lyon County Zoning and Floodplain Manager S...
Jul 23, 2020
UPDATE: ATV rollover crash hurts Allen man
An Allen man was airlifted to Kansas City for treatment after an ATV crash in the town Wednesday. Lyon County Deputy Jeff Rodriguez says Emporia/Lyon County EMS, Allen-Admire District 2 first responde...
Jul 23, 2020
USD 421 Lyndon football field suffers severe damage from vandals
Vandals have damaged the USD 421 Lyndon football field to the point where district administrators don’t know whether the field will have to be replaced. Vandals used a truck to drive up and down...
Jul 23, 2020
