Category Archives: News
WEATHER: Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Lyon, most surrounding counties
Most of the KVOE listening area is now in a severe thunderstorm watch. Lyon, Chase, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties are officially under a watch until 1 am Thursday. The Storm Prediction ...
Aug 13, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
Emporia man set for arraignment in rape case
An Emporia rape suspect has advanced in his court proceedings to pretrial and arraignment. Erik Alvarez had his preliminary hearing Tuesday and will return to court Sept. 20. Arraignment is typically ...
Aug 13, 2024 Erik Alvarez. Lyon County Jail photo.
Area school districts to focus on 2025 budget during regular meetings Wednesday evening
USD 252 Southern Lyon County board members will convene for their regular meeting Wednesday evening. The main item of business will be consideration of the fiscal year 2025 budget which could see appr...
Aug 13, 2024 USD 251 North Lyon County and USD 252 Southern Lyon County logos.
UPDATE: Major outage restored in western Emporia; Utility crews still working to restore smaller scale outages amid flash flooding locally
A lightning strike was the cause of a major outage that affected nearly 800 Evergy customers in western Emporia Tuesday morning. That's according to Evergy District Services Manager Rolland Trahoon II...
Aug 13, 2024 Evergy Outage Map Image.
WEATHER: Several Lyon County roads reopen after flooding rainfall
Lyon County Highway Department crews made good progress on restoring traffic flow on several gravel roads Tuesday. The Highway Department reopened the following *Road M from 190 to 197 *Road M-7 from ...
Aug 13, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
United Way of the Flint Hills campaign kickoff coming Thursday
The 2024-25 United Way of the Flint Hills Fundraising Campaign begins this week. The United Way will host its annual campaign kick-off on Thursday evening at the Del 5ive Event Center at 802 Graham St...
Aug 12, 2024 United Way of the Flint Hills image.
2024 SOS Strong campaign into final week of fundraising
The final week of fundraising for the 2024 SOS Strong campaign is here. SOS Community Relations Director Cara Codney spoke with KVOE News Monday and says several events are coming up over the next wee...
Aug 12, 2024 Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Flint Hills featured on new personalized state license plate following more than 30,000 votes by state residents
The votes have been tallied and the Flint Hills will be the main feature of the state's new personalized license plate design. More than 30,000 state residents submitted a vote with the winning design...
Aug 12, 2024 Kansas Department of Revenue Image.
Chase County fire departments battle hay bale fire
Chase County fire crews spent several hours Sunday hard at work on a hay bale fire. Crews from Cottonwood Falls and Strong City responded shortly before 7:45 pm to Road 200, also known as the Glanvill...
Aug 12, 2024 Chase County Fire Department photos.
USD 253 board to discuss capital projects as Emporia, area schools begin classes
Updates on capital projects and other facility matters are ahead for the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education. Board members will get an overall update along with specific information about boiler repai...
Aug 12, 2024 USD 253 Emporia graphic.
