Category Archives: News
From sale of Kansas Avenue building to budget amendment to infrastructure matters, much ahead for USD 253 board Wednesday
There are a lot of items on the USD 253 Board of Education slate for Wednesday's regular meeting. Near the start of the meeting, the board will have a public hearing to amend the current-year budget. ...
May 06, 2024 USD 253 Board of Education photo.
STATEHOUSE: Argabright running for Senate 17th District as Longbine announces retirement
There will be a change in local representation in Topeka for the 2025 legislative session. Longtime USD 252 Southern Lyon County Superintendent Mike Argabright, who retired at the end of the 2022-23 a...
May 06, 2024 Mike Argabright. Courtesy photo.
Next hearing in Coffey County exploitation, solicitation case set for June
A hearing is coming in June as part of a Coffey County sex exploitation and solicitation case. Tyler Joseph Boone, age 21, has a hearing June 27 in Burlington following a status conference last week. ...
May 06, 2024 Coffey County Sheriff's Office image.
Formal charges pending in separate contraband trafficking, drug distribution cases in Coffey County
Formal charges are pending against a Burlington man arrested last week on suspicion of trafficking contraband into a correctional or care facility. Coffey County deputies arrested John Lee Groshong, a...
May 06, 2024 Coffey County Courthouse. Kansas Courts photo.
WEATHER: Tornado watches in place for KVOE listening area through 11 pm Monday
The risk for severe weather continues to increase for the KVOE listening area with tornado watches now in effect for all area counties. Lyon, Coffey, Chase, Greenwood, Morris and Osage counties have a...
May 06, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
Plans developing for future Howe Hoists after Sunday's debut
They huffed. They hefted. And they made history in the process. Over 20 people from Kansas and Missouri took part in the first-ever Howe Hoist at the Historic Richard Howe Farmstead on Sunday. Among t...
May 05, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
La Grind brings nearly 300 participants to Emporia
Last year, La Grind participants dealt with hot and windy conditions. This year's conditions were decidedly different. A cool weekend and a wet Sunday offered their own tests for the nearly 300 cyclis...
May 05, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Deputies: No evidence of one person being shot at following report northeast of Emporia
Lyon County deputies say there was no evidence one person was shot at in an alleged incident near Emporia on Sunday. Deputies were called to the 1800 block of Burlingame Road after one person said he ...
May 05, 2024 KVOE News file photo
Decision on charges against Emporia's former Underground Utilities supervisor still pending
Over a week after Emporia's former Underground Utilities supervisor was arrested on suspicion of theft, a decision on formal charges has yet to be made. Lyon County Attorney Marc Goodman says a decisi...
May 05, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Tentative final stats announced for Flint Hills' 2024 spring burn season
The Flint Hills' spring burning season is essentially over. KS Flint Hills Smoke Management, the social media wing of the state's Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan, says a summary and comparison to pr...
May 05, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
