Category Archives: News
UPDATE: Cause of power outage near Madison not determined
Evergy customers near Madison were in the dark for around five hours Saturday. An outage developed near the community around 1:45 pm and wasn’t restored until around 6:45 pm. Most of the nearly ...
Mar 28, 2020
Brush pile fire rekindles near Olpe Lake
Olpe firefighters took care of a rekindled fire in blustery conditions Saturday. Firefighters were toned out to the 600 block of Road K-7 on the north side of Olpe Lake around 11 am. A brush pile fire...
Mar 28, 2020
One person taken to Newman Regional Health after trauma incident in Hartford
One person was taken to Newman Regional Health after a trauma incident in Hartford on Friday night. Emporia Fire, Hartford first responders and Lyon County deputies were called out to Hartford One Sto...
Mar 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Farmers Market adjusts schedule, works with local vendors to make food boxes
Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, the Emporia Farmers Market will not be holding regular markets on April 4 or April 18. However, the market will be working with local vendors to prod...
Mar 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: $2.2 trillion stimulus package approved; FDA OKs new COVID-19 test and use of modified equipment for ventilators
Once the framework was finalized, it didn’t take long for Congress and President Donald Trump to sign off on a massive stimulus package to help blunt the impact coronavirus has had on the countr...
Mar 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Special board meetings coming for Madison-Virgil, Lebo-Waverly school districts
School resumes this week across the KVOE listening area. District administrators and school boards have been setting up special meetings to finalize and approve their plans after developing new educat...
Mar 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Chase County adjusts stay-at-home order; KDHE adds states to mandatory quarantine list
Five of our area’s seven counties are now officially under separate stay-at-home orders, and Chase County adjusted its order late Friday. Chase County had originally listed mandatory 14-day quar...
Mar 28, 2020
Emporia Police: Confrontation after seizure leads officers to deploy Taser; subject hospitalized
One person was taken to Newman Regional Health for treatment after a medical assistance call led to Emporia Police deploying a Taser. Both Emporia Police and Emporia Fire responded to 926 Lawrence sho...
Mar 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Area school districts set to roll out continuous learning plans next week
Area school districts are now set to resume classes next week in a new format. Area districts will begin rolling out their continuous learning plans beginning Monday as they continue their students...
Mar 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Coffey County positive cases now at 5
Following the announcement of its first confirmed COVID-19 case Thursday evening, Coffey County has confirmed four more positive cases Friday. According to a news release from the Coffey County Health...
Mar 28, 2020
