Category Archives: News
Budget discussion to highlight Lyon County Commission meeting
Lyon County commissioners have an action session Thursday morning. The main feature will be a budget discussion as commissioners look to set the 2019 budget in the coming weeks. Commission and staff r...
Jul 04, 2018
Area residents notified Children's Mercy data breach may affect them
Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City is apologizing to better than 60,000 people whose data may have been compromised late last year and early this year, including residents in and around Ly...
Jul 04, 2018
All systems go for Emporia's fireworks show
Residents from across the KVOE listening area will flock to Emporia State University for the city’s annual Fourth of July fireworks spectacular Wednesday night. Fireworks should begin around 9:4...
Jul 04, 2018
Party in the Park underway in Eureka following tornado
Residents of Eureka are taking a break from cleanup efforts the past week to celebrate the Fourth of July. City Manager Ian Martell says the annual Party in the Park will take place as scheduled at Eu...
Jul 04, 2018
Overbrook talks on new animal ordinance take new direction after tethered dog dies
The city of Overbrook is discussing its tethering policy after a dog was found dead while tethered recently. Police Chief Terry Hollingsworth says he took a call from a resident about a dead dog last ...
Jul 04, 2018
Melvern Lake areas under blue-green algae warning
A second Osage County lake is dealing with a blue-green algae warning. The US Army Corps of Engineers is prohibiting swimming activities at the Melvern Lake Outlet Park campground and swim beach. Wadi...
Jul 04, 2018
Lyon County voters reminded of upcoming registration deadlines
Independence Day is a good reminder of the freedoms afforded to Americans by the Constitution. One of those is the right to vote. With the Aug. 7 primary now just slightly over a month away, the time ...
Jul 04, 2018
Heat advisory continues for Lyon, several surrounding counties
Sultry conditions are back in place for the entire KVOE listening area, even though not everybody is under a weather alert for the Fourth of July. Lyon, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties ar...
Jul 04, 2018
City of Emporia to close 12th and Prairie intersection beginning Thursday
The City of Emporia has announced that beginning Thursday, the intersection of 12th and Prairie will be closed off to all traffic. The closure is in conjunction with the installation of a new 20-inch ...
Jul 03, 2018
Robison sentenced for battery charge against Lyon County officer
A Missouri man has been sentenced in Lyon County for his involvement in a late December altercation with law enforcement officers. At a hearing Tuesday, Judge Merlin Wheeler sentenced Robert James Rob...
Jul 03, 2018
