Category Archives: News
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Election Office planning to proceed with business as usual for 2020 election cycle
The Coronavirus will be having little effect on voting procedures for the upcoming 2020 primary and general elections. During KVOE’s Talk of Emporia Friday, Lyon County Clerk Tammy Vopat stated ...
May 16, 2020
Flint Hills Technical College honors over 200 graduates through virtual ceremony
Flint Hills Technical College continued to adapt to the “new normal” brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic Saturday to honor their 2020 spring graduates. A virtual graduation ceremony was...
May 16, 2020
Flint Hills Technical College holding virtual spring commencement Saturday morning
Flint Hills Technical College will be utilizing a virtual platform to honor its 2020 spring graduates Saturday. A virtual commencement ceremony will be held at 10 am on the college’s Facebook pa...
May 16, 2020
UPDATE: Local flood concerns beginning to ease; Road closures continue
The National Weather Service has cancelled a flood warning for the Neosho River near Emporia. A flood warning remains in affect for the Neosho River in Neosho Rapids until 7:30 pm Sunday. As of 8:30 p...
May 16, 2020
Kansas Air National Guard and Newman Regional Health to salute front line workers Tuesday
Two simultaneous events will be honoring front-line workers in the local community Tuesday afternoon. First, the Kansas Air National Guard’s 190th air refueling wing is scheduled to perform an O...
May 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Data placed at forefront of consideration as state continues reopening efforts
Data, not dates, that is the central theme of which Governor Laura Kelly’s new phase 1.5 of the state’s Ad Astra recovery plan has been based on. The governor reiterated this sentiment and...
May 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County gears up for Phase 1.5 of state's COVID-19 recovery plan
The stars may not have aligned to let Lyon County relax some business restrictions as related to coronavirus, but the tracking metrics definitely have. During KVOE’s Newsmaker segment Friday, Ly...
May 15, 2020
Lyon County residents urged to lay off calling Emergency Communications Center with non-emergency calls during severe weather
Thursday night was busy for severe weather, which means it was busy for Lyon County’s emergency dispatchers. Lyon County Emergency Management Director Jarrod Fell says dispatchers got a lot of c...
May 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health reports 3 new cases, 14 since Sunday
Lyon County Public Health is reporting 3 new positive and probable positive COVID-19 cases in Fridays update. That increases the total number of cases to 363. There have been 14 new positive and proba...
May 15, 2020
Neosho River in flood warning from Americus to Neosho Rapids; countywide flood warnings extended
While tornadic activity gains a lot of attention — and it did with severe weather reports Thursday night — flooding is a prolonged concern that is now evident in several ways. Countywide f...
May 15, 2020
