Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia's Memorial Day service uses new format
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Emporia carried on with the annual Memorial Day service. Local veterans partnered with KVOE to record the ceremony at the All Veterans Memorial last week and air it o...
May 25, 2020
Man convicted of murder in Eastgate apartment explosion has part of his sentence vacated
The Kansas Court of Appeals has affirmed part of a sentence in a nearly 20-year-old Lyon County murder case, but it’s also vacated part of that sentence as well. Ethan Griffin was convicted in 2...
May 25, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Emergency Management Director stresses personal responsibility as pandemic continues
Personal responsibility has been an ongoing feature of the Lyon County Public Health and Emergency Management message with the coronavirus pandemic now better than two months old, and it was highlight...
May 25, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County remains eighth in Kansas for total cases, but is well below other counties
Lyon County starts the week with 379 coronavirus cases. Lyon County remains eighth in the number of total cases in Kansas since early March, but it is well behind the counties with the most cases, inc...
May 25, 2020
UPDATE: Flash flood watch extended for Lyon and most surrounding counties
A flash flood watch continues for Lyon and most surrounding counties this holiday. Lyon, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties are under watches until 7 pm Tuesday evening. A watch for Chase an...
May 25, 2020
Vehicle pursuit concludes with accident in Franklin County
A vehicle pursuit which originated in Emporia Sunday afternoon concluded after the suspect vehicle crashed in Franklin County. Details are still pending, however, the pursuit began in Emporia and invo...
May 25, 2020
Equipment malfunction leads to emergency shutdown of Southern Star compressor station Sunday
No injuries were reported after Southern Star Central Gas conducted an emergency shutdown of a facility west of Emporia Sunday. Lyon County Deputies and Emporia Firefighters responded to the 2100 bloc...
May 25, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia Public Library transitioning from destination to transactional library
The Emporia Public Library is continuing to shift its operations in order to protect patrons amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to director Robin Newell, a recent guest of KVOE’s Talk of Empo...
May 24, 2020
Flash flood watches issued for portions of the KVOE listening area
Heavy rainfall forecasted through the remainder of the Memorial Day weekend is bringing another chance of flooding to the KVOE listening area. Lyon, Morris and Wabaunsee counties have been placed into...
May 24, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Illness adds layer of misery to hard-hit beef industry
Back in the mid-1980s, the question “where’s the beef” was a light-hearted way for one restaurant chain to poke fun at its competitors. Your browser does not support the audio elemen...
May 24, 2020
