Category Archives: News
Strong crowds for Flint Hills Rodeo
The Flint Hills Rodeo celebrated its 87th year of entertainment with a banner weekend. The event has brought together up-and-coming rodeo participants from the area together with seasoned pros. It has...
Jun 02, 2025 Flint Hills Rodeo photo.
All Aboard: Sertoma Club of Emporia hosts 100th anniversary celebration and kicks off 2025 miniature train season Sunday
For 100 years, the Sertoma Club has played a significant role in Emporia's history in many ways, but maybe none more recognizable than its miniature train in Soden's Grove. In fact, during Sunday's ki...
Jun 01, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
2025 candidate filing deadline at noon Monday
Will there be a primary election in Lyon County? There needs to be a lot of candidates filing Monday morning to make that happen. State law says there needs to be three times the number of candidates ...
Jun 01, 2025 Kansas Secretary of State graphic.
Road work to close east part of Neosho River bridge outside Neosho Rapids
The Lyon County Highway Department will be busy this week. Crews are set to close down Road 145 from V-7 east to Neosho Street inside the Neosho Rapids city limits. They will then work to repair the a...
Jun 01, 2025 Lyon County Highway Department map.
CHASE CRASH: Two Emporians arrested, Lyon County deputy released from NRH after incident Saturday morning
A rather lengthy law enforcement pursuit near the start of Unbound Gravel race activity early Saturday led to injuries for a Lyon County deputy and arrests for two people. Lyon County Sheriff Jeff Cop...
May 31, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
UNBOUND GRAVEL: From participation numbers to finish times, records abound in Emporia
The biggest gravel cycling showcase in the world did not disappoint over the past week. 1 am Sunday Unbound Gravel had its biggest field ever with over 5,000 cyclists. Part of that was the biggest fie...
May 31, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emergency Communications swamped with traffic, cycling concerns shortly after Unbound XL 350 launch
Friday has been a busy day for Unbound Gravel, and not just because of the official activities. Lyon County Emergency Communications reported "traffic and cyclist violations all over the place" shortl...
May 30, 2025 Courtesy Lyon County Kansas.
Unbound races underway as XL 350 field departs
And they're off. The first of several Unbound Gravel distances, the XL 350 mile ride, has left the downtown corridor. The pack of riders left the 800 block of Commercial right at 3 pm to a tremendous ...
May 30, 2025 RIders in the Unbound Gravel XL prepare to launch Friday. Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Sandoval-Flores hearing delayed in illegal dentistry, human smuggling, identity theft case involving eight defendants
The lead defendant in an illegal dentistry, human smuggling and identity theft case in Lyon County will return to court in early July. Iris Sandoval-Flores was originally set for a preliminary hearing...
May 30, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia Imaginarium moving to former Graves Drugs location
Emporia Imaginarium is moving. The business, which focuses on STEM education and exploration, will leave the Emporia Main Street Incubator wing and move down Commercial to the former Graves Drugs loca...
May 30, 2025 KVOE News photo.
