Category Archives: News
Former Highway Patrol trooper enters Lyon County Commission 2nd District race
The race for Lyon County Commission Second District is getting more crowded. Doug Peck, a longtime Kansas Highway Patrol trooper, is now in the race. Your browser does not support the audio element. P...
Feb 7, 2020
US Senate candidate stopping in Emporia
US Senate candidate Barbara Bollier will make a stop in Emporia next week. Bollier will have a campaign stop at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1980 at 6:30 pm Monday. Bollier currently represents t...
Feb 7, 2020
Watch the Chiefs winner claims prize Thursday
Don Kellerman joined his Kansas City Chiefs in the win column this past Sunday as the 2020 winner of KVOE’s annual Watch the Chiefs promotion. Kellerman picked up his winnings, a 55-inch 4K LED ...
Feb 6, 2020
VFW Chili Cookoff coming Sunday
VFW Post 1980 will be hosting a chili cookoff contest Sunday at 2 PM. The contest costs $5 to enter, or if you’re just looking for a great meal it costs $5 to eat. There will be lots of food and...
Feb 6, 2020
2020 911 Call Handling System payment amongst multiple items approved by Lyon County Commission Thursday
The Lyon County Emergency Communications Center had a number of items up for approval during the Lyon County Commission’s weekly action session Thursday morning. LCECC Director Roxy Van Gundy so...
Feb 6, 2020
Emporia Middle School student claims 2020 Lyon County Spelling Bee
You could say Emporia Middle School student Holden Wilson felt out of this world when presented a chance to win the 2020 Lyon County Spelling Bee. Your browser does not support the audio element. Wils...
Feb 6, 2020
Local Chiefs fans weary but elated after Super Bowl parade, rally
Kansas City Chiefs fans have had the time of their lives this week. First off, the Chiefs won the Super Bowl for the first time in 50 years on Sunday. And on Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of fans &...
Feb 6, 2020
Riverside superintendent to lead USD 251 North Lyon County
USD 251 North Lyon County has chosen its next superintendent. On Wednesday, the district’s Board of Education needed less than three minutes to select USD 114 Riverside Superintendent Robert Bla...
Feb 6, 2020
ESU professor: Impeachment, State of Union demonstrate presence of 'reality show politics'
Two months ago, President Donald Trump became the third American president to be impeached. Earlier this week, he became the third to be acquitted. The US Senate voted 52-48 Wednesday to acquit Trump ...
Feb 5, 2020
Ignite Emporia contribution and airport runway extension approved by Emporia City Commission Wednesday
The Emporia City Commission has now joined the 70 plus investors to support the Ignite Emporia Campaign after approval of an agreement between the two Wednesday. Commissioners approved a one-year, $25...
Feb 5, 2020
