Category Archives: News
Son of Wabaunsee County sheriff killed in crash
The son of Wabaunsee County Sheriff Rob Hoskins has been killed in an apparent wrong-way car crash. Luke Hoskins, 24, was on Interstate 135 near Hydraulic in southern Wichita when his car hit a semi h...
Oct 12, 2018
Alvarado bound over for trial, new charge added
One of five defendants in a drug distribution case has been bound over for trial with a new charge added. At a preliminary hearing for Amanda Alvarado on Friday, Judge Lee Fowler added a count of aggr...
Oct 12, 2018
Student chefs to compete next week to benefit FHTC Culinary Arts program
One week remains until one of the most exciting culinary competitions in Kansas. After a successful inaugural campaign last fall, based off the hit Food Network TV show “Chopped” officials...
Oct 12, 2018
Round table exercise helps agencies plan ahead
A tabletop exercise Thursday helped prepare local agencies in the event of a hazardous material spill. The exercise was organized by the Local Emergency Planning Committee and saw representatives from...
Oct 11, 2018
UPDATE: K-99 likely to remain closed until Friday morning at earliest; miniature train's track bed affected by flood
Conditions may be rough along county roads, but those roads are drying out and opening up across the KVOE listening area following massive amounts of rainfall over the past week. That list currently d...
Oct 11, 2018
Fourth Lyon County inmate pleads no contest as part of meth trafficking conspiracy case
A Lyon County Jail inmate has pleaded no contest to a count of conspiring to bring contraband into the jail. Angela Peres pleaded this week to a formal charge of conspiracy to traffic contraband after...
Oct 11, 2018
Nunez receives probation, underlying prison term in kidnap, battery case
One of several defendants in a kidnapping and battery case dating back to last fall has been sentenced in the case. Armando Nunez recently pleaded no contest to aggravated battery and attempted aggrav...
Oct 11, 2018
With strong community support, KVOE's Drive for Food generates over 30,000 items for Salvation Army food pantry
At the start of the day. the Salvation Army food pantry was just about barren. Now the facility is bursting at the seams with donations of non-perishable food and personal hygiene items — and Em...
Oct 11, 2018
UPDATE: Southern Power, Royal Caribbean among partners for Reading wind farm
Hours after Lyon County commissioners approved agreements to facilitate a wind energy development near Reading, a previously-unnamed partner stepped forward to announce its role in the project. Southe...
Oct 11, 2018
Drought reduced, not removed after week of heavy rainfall
You would think that 10-16 inches of rainfall over a week’s time would be enough to clear drought from the KVOE listening area. And you would be wrong. The US Drought Monitor still has most of t...
Oct 11, 2018
