Category Archives: News
EHS senior Alexa Houston commits to continue speech career at collegiate level
An Emporia High School senior has committed to spend the next four years continuing her speech career at the collegiate level. Alexa Houston signed her letter of intent Thursday afternoon to join the ...
May 13, 2018
One arrested for allegedly brandishing firearm at party
OLPE — Lyon County deputies are investigating a party that took a serious tone early Sunday. Lyon County Deputy Danny Broyles tells KVOE News one person was arrested after allegedly brandishing ...
May 13, 2018
Wreck sends woman to Newman Regional Health for treatment
An early-morning crash Sunday resulted in one person being hospitalized. Lyon County Deputy Danny Broyles says the wreck happened on Interstate 35 at mile marker 133, or near Emporia’s eastern c...
May 13, 2018
First Tip A Cop event slated for Monday
Local law enforcement would like you to stop by Bobby D’s Monday for the first of two Tip A Cop-Tip A Deputy events this month. On a recent Talk of Emporia, Lyon County Deputy Zach Shafer said t...
May 13, 2018
Final Legislative Dialogue of 2018 set for Monday evening
The last Legislative Dialogue of 2018 is coming Monday evening. The Chamber of Commerce Government Matters Committee and League of Women Voters have invited Senate Vice President Jeff Longbine, 60th D...
May 13, 2018
Alexander Hill's appeal in theft case denied
A panel of Kansas Court of Appeals judges has affirmed the judgment and sentence stemming from a Lyon County theft case. Alexander Jean Hill had appealed his 12-month jail term for misdemeanor theft a...
May 13, 2018
Budget, new associate degree pathway before FHTC board
The Flint Hills Technical College Board of Trustees has a meeting planned for Monday afternoon. Board members will take a look at the 208-19 budget. They will also discuss a proposal for a new associa...
May 13, 2018
Letter carriers, Salvation Army grateful for response to Stamp Out Hunger
Overflow at the Salvation Army food pantry means good news for the people it serves — and that likely will be the case when all the donations from Emporia’s 25th annual Stamp Out Hunger ar...
May 13, 2018
Cause unclear after fire destroys Neosho Rapids garage
No injuries were reported after fire destroyed a garage in Neosho Rapids on Saturday. Hartford-Neosho Rapids firefighters and Lyon County deputies were alerted to the fire at 702 Walnut shortly after ...
May 13, 2018
Fire destroys air compressor
Fire destroyed an air compressor on railroad tracks in west Emporia on Saturday evening. The fire developed west of Tyson and just south of Stratford and Bel Aire. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Eron St...
May 13, 2018
