Category Archives: News
2026 Lyon County Fair launches Thursday evening
The nearly month of fun for everyone begins Thursday. The Lyon County Fair begins Thursday with the Friends of 4-H Picnic at 6:30 pm at the Fairgrounds Anderson Building, launching an event schedule t...
Jul 30, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
Advance voting picking up steam in Lyon County
Advance voting continues across Kansas. Lyon County Election Officer Amie Jones says 100 people voted in advance at the County Courthouse on Wednesday, the highest daily total so far this election cyc...
Jul 30, 2026 Courtesy graphic.
Marginal severe weather risk for wind late Thursday night
Seasonally hot and very sticky conditions continue across the KVOE listening area Thursday into Friday. Chances of showers and storms continue through the early afternoon hours, meaning our daytime hi...
Jul 30, 2026 National Weather Service graphic.
Osage County woman hurt in rollover wreck
A rollover crash hurt a Burlingame woman Wednesday. The wreck at West 125th and Auburn Road happened just before 3:15 pm, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Troopers say an SUV driven by 56-year-...
Jul 30, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
QuikTrip's Emporia convenience store now open
After over 18 months of onsite work and years of planning, QuikTrip has opened in Emporia. The facility at 3535 Crossing Boulevard, just southwest of the Flint Hills Technical College main campus, ope...
Jul 30, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Former special education teacher charged with illegal sexual activity with teenager in Elk County, other counts in Greenwood County
Two Kansas counties have filed formal charges against a special education teacher after alleged illegal sexual activity with a child. Cristen Bahr, 45, faces single counts of criminal sodomy, indecent...
Jul 29, 2026 Cristen Bahr. Greenwood County Jail photo.
Lyon County Commission nearing end of 2026-27 budget process following latest work study session Wednesday
Lyon County Commissioners may be right near the finish line when it comes to the 2026-27 budget. Following a near two-hour study session Wednesday morning, commissioners directed Lyon County Controlle...
Jul 29, 2026 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Cyclosporiasis cases increase in Kansas
Cyclosporiasis cases are up across Kansas. Cases went from nearly 300 since the end of May to 461 in Wednesday's report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Of those cases, 20 have re...
Jul 29, 2026 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
KHP: Stolen vehicle from Atchison County leads to chase, arrest near Emporia on Tuesday
Formal charges are under consideration after an incident that started with an allegedly stolen truck from Atchison County and ended with a pursuit and arrest near Emporia. Atchison County Sheriff Jack...
Jul 29, 2026 Kansas Highway Patrol photo.
FLINTHILLS MALL: Management seeking to keep Petsense after closure announcement, Ollie's construction continues, DMV still on temporary hours
Signage at Petsense in west Emporia indicates the store is closing and is into a final sale. Management at Flinthills Mall is hoping to avoid that. Manager Clarence Frye tells KVOE News Petsense has h...
Jul 29, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
