Category Archives: News
WEATHER: Flood watches canceled for Lyon, most surrounding counties, but more rain likely into early Tuesday
Given the five inches of rain at the KVOE studios since early Saturday and more rainfall likely Monday, it may seem strange the National Weather Service canceled a flood watch for Lyon and several sur...
Nov 4, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
State revenues dip in October
State revenues stumbled in October. Revenues were over $668 million, but that number is over 3 percent below estimates and down 2.5 percent from a year ago. Individual income tax collections outperfor...
Nov 4, 2024 Kansas Great Seal.
Team James fundraising meal postponed
A fundraising meal has been delayed. Plans for the Team James: No One Fights Alone meal at Emporia Fire Station 2 were altered after an unspecified malfunction with cooking equipment. The meal was set...
Nov 3, 2024 James Nunley. Team James photo.
Investigation underway after fire at Emporia Bunge grain bin
Bunge staffers are leading an investigation into a fire that damaged a load of old soybeans. The fire was reported around 8 pm Friday at Emporia's Bunge plant, 701 East Sixth. Emporia Fire Battalion C...
Nov 3, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Lenexa man arrested after alleged chase across parts of Lyon County
Formal charges are pending after the arest of a Lenexa man following an alleged chase across parts of Lyon County late last week. The Kansas Highway Patrol arrested Ovie Lafrance Duncan III on Friday ...
Nov 3, 2024 Ovie Duncan. Lyon County Jail photo.
Herrick repatriation begins Friday as ESU announces presentation on identifying POW/MIA remains
Plans are still coalescing to repatriate a Bushong soldier killed during the Normandy invasion in World War II. John Owen Herrick will be escorted from Omaha to Emporia's Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral ...
Nov 3, 2024 John Herrick. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency photo.
WEATHER: KVOE rain gauge tops 4 inches for weekend; several Lyon County roads closed as flood watch continues almost areawide through Monday
Flooding remains a concern for almost the entire KVOE listening area into the work week after heavy rainfall Saturday and Sunday. Flood watches continue for Lyon, Chase, Coffey, Greenwood, Morris and ...
Nov 3, 2024 A hole developed on Road 150 just east of Kansas Highway 99 after heavy rainfall earlier in the weekend. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Over 600 residents stop by Anderson Building to support Emporia Christian School pancake feed Saturday
Rain showers turned the parking lot at the Lyon County Fairgrounds Anderson Building into something of a muddy mess but it did not turn away hungry residents Saturday morning. The annual Emporia Chris...
Nov 2, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Lyon County deputies continue investigation after injury UTV wreck in Hartford
An investigation continues after a UTV crashed in Hartford early Friday evening, sending one rider to a hospital for treatment. Lyon County Deputy Danny Broyles says the incident happened at 510 State...
Nov 2, 2024 Google Maps image.
Information sought into whereabouts of missing Emporia teen
Local authorities are seeking information on the whereabouts of an Emporia teenager who has been missing since Halloween. 14-year-old Benjamin Bowman was reported as missing Halloween night according ...
Nov 2, 2024
