Category Archives: News
Sentencing set for Wednesday in Max's BP robbery case
Sentencing is tentatively set for Wednesday in the case of a local business robbery. Back in March, Harold Stewart pleaded no contest to single counts of attempted robbery and conspiracy to commit rob...
May 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia Recreation Commission preparing for phased reopening of Lee Beran Recreation Center next week
Lee Beran Recreation Center patrons will be permitted to return to the facility beginning next week. The Emporia Recreation Commission officially approved the facility’s reopening plan during th...
May 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: KDHE highlighting problem areas as state virus trends see improvement
At a time where COVID-19 numbers are beginning to show improvement across the state, Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Dr. Lee Norman says there are still some problem areas they a...
May 18, 2020
Lyon County resolving issues after emergency alert partner sends erroneous tornado alerts
Lyon County emergency officials are working to resolve alert message issues that recently developed with its emergency alert partner. Everbridge sent two false tornado warning alerts to Lyon County cl...
May 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Five cases added in Lyon County, one in Osage County
Lyon County Public Health is adding slightly to its overall coronavirus caseload. Public Health added five new confirmed and probable positive cases Monday after reporting three Friday. The overall to...
May 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Hair stylist urges patrons to be patient as Phase 1.5 reopening fills schedules -- 'My phone's been blowing up'
Kansas continues the official recovery process from coronavirus with Phase 1.5 now underway. Phase 1.5 officially reopens the doors for hair and nail salons, barbershops, tanning salons and tattoo par...
May 18, 2020
JC Penney bankruptcy plan includes closure of nearly 200 stores
JC Penney may close nearly 30 percent of its remaining stores over the next 18 months after filing for bankruptcy last week. The retailer currently has almost 850 stores and has already announced the ...
May 18, 2020
UPDATE: Lyon County road network continues gradual reopening through Monday
There are still a significant number of Lyon County roads and intersections that remain closed due to last weeks’ flooding rainfall, but several roads have reopened to traffic as of Monday morni...
May 18, 2020
Weather forecast through Wednesday giving crop producers a break from recent wet conditions
Row crop producers are catching a bit of a break from a wet two weeks. The KVOE studios have received almost 5 inches of rain the last two weeks, including 1.8 inches of rain two weeks ago and 1.6 inc...
May 18, 2020
As KDHE thought, more Flint Hills acreage burned in 2020 than 2019
At the end of April, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said it suspected there was more controlled burn activity in the Flint Hills than it had last year — despite a request to slo...
May 18, 2020
