Category Archives: News
Woolf named as USD 421 superintendent
USD 421 Lyndon is looking to the future with a new superintendent at the helm. As part of a special meeting Thursday night, the Board of Education finalized the hire of Kimberly Woolf as superintenden...
Feb 21, 2025 USD 421 Lyndon logo.
Motion hearing added as trial looms in Dailey vehicular murder case
Another hearing has been added to the Lyon County docket in a vehicular murder case. Adonis Dailey was already set for a trial status hearing March 5 ahead of his tentative trial start date of March 1...
Feb 21, 2025 Adonis Dailey. Lyon County Jail photo.
Winter snow events do little to ease ongoing dry spell
Recent winter storms have done little to ease our current dry conditions. The US Drought Monitor still has the south half of Chase County as drought-free -- but the rest of the area, including all of ...
Feb 21, 2025 US Drought Monitor map.
Debut of A Taste of Soul Food fundraiser coming Saturday
The Emporia Eastside Community Group has a fundraiser designed to feed your belly and soul Saturday. A Taste of Soul Food brings a lengthy menu to the Lee Beran Recreation Center, including but not li...
Feb 21, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Kansas Turnpike Authority text scam returns
An episodic scam allegedly involving unpaid Kansas Turnpike tolls is back. The Turnpike Authority says fraudulent texts are going to random phone numbers with no regard to actual highway usage or toll...
Feb 21, 2025 Kansas Turnpike Authority graphic.
Emporia Main Street annual auction coming to ESU's Webb Hall Friday night
The Emporia State Memorial Union will play host to Emporia Main Street's largest annual fundraiser Friday night. Main Street's annual auction is taking place inside Webb Hall beginning at 5:30 pm with...
Feb 20, 2025 Emporia Main Street Graphic.
Lyon County Commission approves $230,000 FHTC allocation by 2-1 split vote Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners have approved a previously budgeted allocation to Flint Hills Technical College, however, it was not a unanimous decision. During their regular action meeting Thursday mornin...
Feb 20, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Numerous blood drive opportunities lie ahead as winter weather thins out supply
Now that our intense cold is easing, the Red Cross is urging people to get out and give blood. Jane Blocher, the executive director of Red Cross Greater Kansas, says winter weather has dented the bloo...
Feb 20, 2025 American Red Cross photo.
Pretrial hearing next in Lyon County District Court as Devawn Mitchell appeals murder conviction, sentence
An appeal is officially underway as Emporian Devawn Mitchell seeks to have his first-degree murder and other convictions reversed in the death of Steve Henry nearly four years ago. As part of a schedu...
Feb 20, 2025 Devawn Mitchell. Kansas Department of Corrections photo.
Topeka drug distribution defendants plead no contest to lesser charges
Two Topeka men will not go to trial in a Lyon County drug distribution case -- because they have both pleaded no contest to lesser charges. DeMarqus Fletcher and Lawrence Fletcher were both initially ...
Feb 20, 2025 DeMarques Fletcher (from left), Lawrence Fletcher. Lyon County Jail photos.
