Category Archives: News
USD 386 Board of Education approves continuous learning plan Sunday; classes set to resume Monday
Classes are resuming Monday for USD 386 Madison-Virgil after the board of education approved the district’s continuous learning plan in a special meeting Sunday evening. USD 386 Superintendent S...
Mar 30, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Three more positive cases announced in Lyon County
The number of positive coronavirus cases continues to rise in the KVOE listening area, specifically Lyon County. The most recent update from Lyon County Public Health showed three more residents have ...
Mar 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Positive COVID-19 case numbers continue to increase in Kansas according to KDHE
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Kansas now sits at 319. That information came as a part of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s daily COVID-19 update Sunday. Accordin...
Mar 29, 2020
Emporia woman hospitalized following late night accident in Franklin County Saturday
An Emporia woman was taken to a medical facility in Ottawa following a single-vehicle injury accident in Franklin County Saturday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, the acciden...
Mar 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Local experts remind residents to care for mental health as well as physical health during COVID-19 pandemic
With all of the recent guidance on proper precautions to take in order to protect one’s physical health, local experts joined KVOE’s Talk of Emporia Friday to offer some advice on also pro...
Mar 29, 2020
Details pending following pickup vs cyclist accident east of Emporia Sunday
Lyon County Deputies and Emporia Fire responded to a late morning injury accident on Road 175 10 miles east of Emporia Sunday. The accident occurred just after 9:30 am in the 1500 block of 175. Accord...
Mar 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Community spread comes to Lyon County; Coffey County's eight cases all linked to Burlington skilled nursing facility
Of Lyon County’s six cases of coronavirus, five were apparently linked to some sort of travel. The sixth — a woman in her 70s announced Saturday — was not travel-related. That means ...
Mar 29, 2020
Trio hospitalized in Emporia after Kansas Turnpike crash in Osage County
Three Missourians, including two children, came to Newman Regional Health for treatment of apparently minor injuries after a crash on the Kansas Turnpike 40 miles northeast of Emporia. The Kansas High...
Mar 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: With count increasing slowly and new stay-home order from state, Lyon County Public Health urges residents to follow county guidance
As Lyon County's coronavirus case count has risen slightly, county officials are recommending residents follow safety guidelines issued earlier this week at the local level when it comes to stay-home ...
Mar 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Governor announces stay-home order: 'You are not under house arrest'
As of 12:01 am Monday, everybody in Kansas will be under a stay-home order, regardless of whether a county has passed an order of its own. Governor Laura Kelly announced a statewide stay-at-home direc...
Mar 28, 2020
