Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: Despite COVID-19 'fatigue,' Public Health pleased with slowdown in cases as new testing method finalizes
The overall caseload and tracing process remains busy, but trends continue in the right direction when it comes to Lyon County’s COVID-19 response effort. That’s the assessment of Public H...
Oct 1, 2020
Abnormally dry conditions expand
Recent dryness has led to a notable expansion of abnormally dry conditions, both across the KVOE listening area and the state of Kansas as a whole. Aside from southwest Chase and central Osage countie...
Oct 1, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Testing policy, fraudulent benefit claim investigation, 'patchwork' response part of Governor Kelly's interview on KVOE
Governor Laura Kelly says she’s pleased with certain aspects of the state’s coronavirus response and recovery, but she’s also disappointed with others. On KVOE’s Newsmaker 2 se...
Oct 1, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lost Wages assistance payments to be processed starting Friday
Nearly a month after the state applied for the federal Lost Wages Assistance Program, the Department of Labor says it will begin processing payments before the week is out. The Labor Department will s...
Oct 1, 2020
Social Security scam returns in Chase County
If you needed another scam to worry about — and even if you didn’t — there’s an old one that has returned to the area. For at least a week, the Chase County Sheriff’s Off...
Oct 1, 2020
Coffey County to offer combination drive-through flu shot clinics, prescription take-back events
The Coffey County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Health Department to offer a combination drive-through flu shot clinic and prescription drug take-back event this month. The combination...
Oct 1, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Case confirmed at Chase County Elementary
USD 284 Chase County is reporting a coronavirus case in its elementary school. The district says it has thoroughly cleaned and disinfected the building and that process will continue. Staff and parent...
Oct 1, 2020
Damaged power pole leads to outage in northern Lyon County Wednesday
Power has been restored to over 300 Evergy customers following a downed power pole Wednesday afternoon. The outage was first reported shortly after 3 pm affecting customers in Reading, Admire and Mill...
Sep 30, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County reports five new cases Monday; active caseload sees significant decline
Lyon County’s overall coronavirus caseload saw a slight uptick while the active caseload saw a significant drop Wednesday. Lyon County Public Health reported five new cases Wednesday bringing th...
Sep 30, 2020
USD 253 Superintendent reflects on start of school year as district enters phase two of learning model
After a succesful start to the school year, USD 253 Emporia Public Schools has now begun phase two of its COVID-19 learning model. Phase two officially began Wednesday after the USD 253 Board of Educa...
Sep 30, 2020
