Category Archives: News
Crash near Emporia's Santa Fe Park hurts one person
Emporia/Lyon County EMS took one person to Newman Regional Health after a two-vehicle crash outside Santa Fe Park on Saturday. Two cars collided in the 700 block of West South shortly before 6:45 pm, ...
Sep 02, 2018
UPDATE: Emporia residents taken to Newman Regional Health for treatment after K-99 crash
Two Emporians were hospitalized after a wreck north of town Saturday. Lyon County deputies, Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and Emporia/Lyon County EMS were called out to the 1900 block of Kansas Highw...
Sep 01, 2018
Railroad crossings at East, Peyton remain closed as Labor Day weekend starts
Railroad crossings at East and Peyton will be closed through the Labor Day weekend. Both were supposed to be opened Friday, but both remain barricaded Saturday. The city of Emporia had said both inter...
Sep 01, 2018
Deputies investigating after vehicle drives through Highway Department fence
Lyon County deputies are looking for the person who destroyed some fencing at Highway Department headquarters — by driving through it. County Engineer Chip Woods on what happened: Your browser d...
Sep 01, 2018
Security cameras installed at ESU
Emporia State University has a new layer of security on campus. As in security cameras. Over the summer, the university installed 110 outdoor security cameras. Spokesperson Gwen Larson tells KVOE News...
Sep 01, 2018
UPDATE: Scranton pair involved in Saturday's Turnpike crash near Matfield Green
Mechanical failure apparently led to a crash that shut down southbound traffic on the Kansas Turnpike near the Matfield Green service exit Saturday morning. The Kansas Turnpike Authority says 43-year-...
Sep 01, 2018
August rain amount accounts for nearly half KVOE's 2018 rain total
Rain chances currently take us through the first week of September. Which is fitting, considering all the rain we had in August. Here at the KVOE studios, we were blessed with 8.2 inches of rain last ...
Sep 01, 2018
Patriotic fundraiser to assist children of fallen heroes
The Emporia Golf Course is seeking to educate the legacies of fallen service men and women. For the past week, donations have been pouring in for the newest fundraiser to assist the families of servic...
Aug 31, 2018
Olpe, Hartford and Neosho Rapids schools celebrate progress of capital improvements
School officials at USD 252 Southern Lyon County are celebrating progress on its $14 million renovation project. Separate ribbon cuttings were held Friday at Neosho Rapids Elementary and Hartford Juni...
Aug 31, 2018
KDWPT: Make sure dogs don't go near blue-green algae
The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism is urging people headed to lakes the next few weeks to make sure their dogs don’t eat blue-green algae. Director of Information Services Ron ...
Aug 31, 2018
