Category Archives: News
Week's long investigation leads to arrest of eight individuals connected to alleged identity theft and fraud ring
It appears the arrests of three individuals on healing arts violations and, in the case of one suspect, human smuggling and identity theft, were just part of a much larger criminal enterprise that cam...
May 16, 2025 Pictured left to right:
Top Row: Franciso German Pichardo-Machado, Edward Salgado, Hugo Antonio Cardona-Argueta and Martha Kennia Lopez-Alvarado
Bottom Row: Martin Pchardo-Machado, Rigoberto Sandoval, Iris Sandoval-Flores and Ana Figueroa
Lyon County Jail Photos
Nearly 320 seniors to graduate from Emporia High
Commencement exercises are taking place Sunday for Emporia High graduates. Saying each class is unique, Principal Dathan Fischer says this is a senior class that leads by example. Nearly 320 students ...
May 16, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Quake outside Herington felt near Emporia
A borderline moderate earthquake near Herington was felt near Emporia on Thursday. The magnitude 3.6 quake developed shortly after 3:30 pm about 3 miles north-northwest of Herington. The US Geological...
May 16, 2025 US Geological Survey map.
Conservative Billings files for Kansas governor
Several people have indicated interest for Kansas governor, but the first official filing came this week. Doug Billings, a conservative Republican, says he is focusing his campaign on government effic...
May 16, 2025 Doug Billings. Doug Billings for Governor photo.
Severe storm potential expected to accompany warm front set to move into area Sunday afternoon
An enhanced severe weather risk remains in place for the entire KVOE listening area to close out the upcoming weekend and with more storms possible to start the upcoming work week. The National Weathe...
May 16, 2025 National Weather Service graphic.
No exemption -- yet -- from federal hiring freeze at Council Grove Reservoir
The deadline has come and gone. The exemption has not been issued. As a result, certain areas around Council Grove Reservoir are now closed or with extremely limited access until further notice. In a ...
May 16, 2025 Council Grove Marina photo.
Kansas 911 Coordinating Council and FirstNet Authority unveil new mobile dispatch center available to 911 agencies across the state Thursday
Have you ever wondered what might happen if an emergency dispatch center were to lose its base of operations or ability to handle calls? Well, the Kansas 911 Coordinating Council and FirstNet Authorit...
May 15, 2025 The new Emergency Dispatch and Training Center unveiled by the 911 Coordinating Council and FirstNet Authority during ribbon cutting in Salina. Photo courtesy of Roxanne Van Gundy.
Lyon County Commission approves application for emergency solutions grant on behalf of Southwick House as part of regular meeting Thursday
The Lyon County Commission will be applying for grant funding through the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation on behalf of a local non-profit entity. During the commission's regular meeting Thursday ...
May 15, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
ESU to continue accessibility, affordability focus points after Carnegie Foundation honor
Emporia State's work towards affordability and post-education success has been duly noted and officially recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council ...
May 15, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Service restored for main Emporia-Lyon County phone number
Delayed several times, jury trial is tentatively set next week for an Emporia man accused in Sedgwick County of child rape. John Robert Burton is tentatively set for trial to begin Monday in Wichita. ...
May 15, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
