Category Archives: News
Tallgrass Prairie announces May bus tours
With spring finally here community members are being given the chance to get closer to nature. The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve has begun its annual May bus tours. Heather Brown of the National...
Apr 30, 2018
Tourism being highlighted in Emporia this week.
National Tourism Week will begin a week early in Emporia. The Emporia Convention and Visitors Bureau will be hosting tourism week beginning Tuesday with the wild card tour scavenger hunt. Teams of up ...
Apr 30, 2018
Update: Equipment failure causes power outage in north-central Emporia
Westar Energy crews responded to a power outage first reported Monday afternoon shortly before 4:30 p.m near the Emporia Country Club. Officials tell KVOE News that equipment failure involving an insu...
Apr 30, 2018
Two inmates sought after failing to return from work release
Two inmates at the Lyon County Jail face additional charges once they are captured after they allegedly decided not to return from a recent work release assignment. Jerry Lynn Batts and B. Jay Snyder ...
Apr 30, 2018
Suspect in alleged kidnapping, beating incident granted continuance, while juvenile suspects see hearings moved up
An Emporia man charged in an alleged kidnapping and beating incident from last fall will wait a while longer for his preliminary hearing. Andrew Granado appeared in front of Lyon County District Judge...
Apr 30, 2018
Financial investigation continues at Emporia Senior Center
Nearly five months after the Lyon County Senior Center needed emergency funds to keep operating, the investigation continues into where the money went. In late November, Lyon County Department on Agin...
Apr 30, 2018
Casey Bess faces sentencing Tuesday after February assault plea
Sentencing is set for Tuesday for an Emporia man originally accused of pointing a gun at a woman as she held an infant child. Casey Wayne Bess pleaded to a single count of aggravated assault with a fi...
Apr 30, 2018
Fire near Emporia causes minimal damage
No injuries were reported after a small fire developed near Emporia on Sunday. Fire crews were dispatched to 1833 Burlingame after a small brush fire was reported shortly before 3:15 pm. Fire Battalio...
Apr 30, 2018
Road report: KTA, I-35 with projects underway; K-177 approved for sealing near Council Grove
Kansas Turnpike traffic will be constricted Monday in far northeast Lyon County. Crews are conducting an inspection through the day on a bridge between mile markers 150 and 151, so three to four miles...
Apr 30, 2018
ESU newspaper recognized by Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government
Emporia State University’s student-run newspaper was honored Friday as one of two in Kansas receiving recognition from the Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government. Coalition board member M...
Apr 30, 2018
