Category Archives: News
Defense motions yet to resolve before sentencing in Lyon County drug distribution case
Sentencing will be delayed in a Lyon County drug distribution case. Rafael Garcia was originally charged with selling methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of Walnut Elementary as part of two allegedly se...
May 20, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Kansas Prisoner Review Board reverses decision granting parole to individual convicted in the 1978 murder of Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Conroy O'Brien
Nearly two weeks after granting parole to one of the individuals responsible for the murder of Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Conroy O'Brien, the Kansas Prisoner Review Board has reversed its decision....
May 19, 2025 Kansas Department of Corrections Photo.
Dustin Wright files for Americus Mayor
A candidate is now on the ballot for Americus City Mayor. Dustin Wright filed for election to the position Monday and is the first candidate to do so. With the candidate filing and withdrawal deadline...
May 19, 2025 Lyon County Election Office graphic.
Pioneer Bluffs seeking new operations director
Pioneer Bluffs is seeking a new operations director. Sammy Jo Happy, named this past July as the agency's leader, has resigned her post so she can take on a larger role in her family's ranching operat...
May 19, 2025 Sammy Jo Happy. Pioneer Bluffs photo.
NTHF announces 2025 induction class on CBS Mornings
The National Teachers Hall of Fame went to New York City to formally unveil this year's induction class. The traditional surprise announcements still took place earlier this year, but the results were...
May 19, 2025 National Teachers Hall of Fame photo.
Handful of Lyon County roads closed near Emporia after second straight night of moderate to heavy rainfall; Wabaunsee County reports two small tornadoes
Heavy rainfall this week has closed a few Lyon County roads. Lyon County Emergency Communications reports isolated road closures near Emporia as the result of rainfall: *Road 150 between Roads D and E...
May 19, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Board of Zoning Appeals, Planning Commission meetings ahead Tuesday
The Lyon County Board of Zoning Appeals and the Emporia-Lyon County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission have topics to address as part of a monthly meeting Tuesday. The Board of Zoning Appeals will ...
May 19, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Status hearing in June for Pitler in Johnson County exploitation case
A status hearing is coming next month in the Johnson County case against Howard Pitler, a former Emporia State professor accused of sexually exploiting a child. The upshot of a hearing last week was s...
May 19, 2025 Howard Pitler. Johnson County Jail photo.
'We're all moving forward:' EHS celebrates Class of 2025
Emporia High School Principal Dathan Fischer says Sunday's commencement exercises for this year's seniors is "the start of a journey and the best is just beginning." Fischer addressed the nearly 320 g...
May 18, 2025 Emporia High Principal Dathan Fischer greets his daughter, Chloe, as part of commencement activities Sunday as USD 253 board members Lillian Lingenfelter and Jami Reever observe. Dylan Sherwood/KVOE News.
Rollover injury wreck reported on Kansas Turnpike in Chase County
Rescue crews have been working a reported injury crash southwest of Emporia on Sunday evening. Emporia Fire/EMS were dispatched to Kansas Turnpike mile marker 106 southbound around 7:15 pm after a rep...
May 18, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
