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US Senator Jerry Moran is spending time in Emporia on Thursday. Moran will visit Hopkins Manufacturing for a roughly 45-minute tour of the aftermarket auto parts manufacturing plant. The tour is set t...

A kidnapping suspect will be in Lyon County District Court for a hearing Thursday. Ivan Murillo has a pretrial conference set to begin at 2 pm. Murillo is charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravate...

One defendant in a September drug distribution case has a hearing Thursday. Cole Bowen is currently charged with distributing stimulants and possessing paraphernalia with intent to manufacture. His mo...

With the new year comes new life and Newman Regional Health is now celebrating the first new life of 2019. John Dean Stephen Nelson was born at 7:43 am Wednesday morning becoming the first newborn bab...

The Lyon County Commission joined the Newman Regional Health Board of Trustees Wednesday for their bi-annual joint meeting. During the meeting, County Commissioners expressed their appreciation for th...

Nearly four years to the day after coming to Emporia, Frank Abart is departing. Emporia’s public works director has accepted an identical position in Bonner Springs. He tells KVOE News he has mi...

One name on Lyon County’s Most Wanted list has been crossed off. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office says Leandro Martinez was arrested Dec. 28 in Labette County. Martinez had been on the lis...

Nobody was hurt after a house fire in Osage City on New Year’s Eve. Fire crews were called out to the 200 block of Lakin shortly after 8 pm, according to KVOE’s television partner WIBW-TV ...

With the New Year comes a desire for a new you, but local health experts wish to remind individuals that change takes time. Amanda Cunningham, CEO of Crosswinds Counseling and Wellness joined the New ...

Now that Newman Regional Health is in the final stages of adding a new emergency department and moving associated services nearby, what happens to the old emergency room? Hospital CEO Bob Wright had t...