Category Archives: News
Lyon County Commission convening for weekly action meeting Thursday
Reports, replacements and requests are all set to come before Lyon County Commissioners when they convene for their regular action meeting Thursday morning. Commissioners will first consider signing t...
Jan 24, 2024 Lyon County commissioners (from left) Rollie Martin, Ken Duft, Doug Peck. KVOE News file photo.
Lyon County deputies note new scam effort
Lyon County deputies are reporting yet another scam effort. Deputies have received several reports of people walking on roadways as a way to stop traffic and then sell various items, including jewelry...
Jan 24, 2024 KVOE News file photo
Lyon County 911 to host first 911derWomen conference in Midwest
Lyon County Emergency Communications will be hosting a special academy next month. The 911derWomen Academy will take place February 6th and 7th at the Lyon County Fairgrounds Anderson Building. The ev...
Jan 24, 2024 911derWomen image.
Emporia drug distribution preliminary hearing set for Feb. 28
A preliminary hearing is coming next month in an Emporia drug distribution case. Reginald Alan McFarland, age 56, was arrested Friday and subsequently charged with distributing up to 100 grams of meth...
Jan 24, 2024 Reginald McFarland. Lyon County Jail photo.
First legislative dialogue of 2024 announced by Emporia Chamber and League of Women Voters
The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters has announced its first legislative dialogue event of the year. The first dialogue will take place on Saturday, February 17 in the confe...
Jan 24, 2024 Kansas House Representatives Mark Schreiber (from left), Duane Droge and Eric Smith prepare to open Saturday's Legislative Dialogue at the Flint Hills Technical College main campus. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
WEATHER: Dense fog advisories continue until noon, foggy conditions may return early Thursday
Foggy conditions have returned to the KVOE listening area. Fog developed early Tuesday and stuck around through most of the morning, with visibility around a quarter-mile in many locations. The fog re...
Jan 24, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Fog a contributing factor to wreck outside Olpe that knocked out power to nearly 1,000 customers
Foggy conditions apparently contributed to Wednesday's wreck that directly led to widespread power outages affecting southern Lyon County and portions of neighboring counties. Lyon County Deputy Jody ...
Jan 24, 2024 Janet Drum.
Need and service area expanding for Emporia's Abundant Harvest in recent months
Abundant Harvest is expanding its reach and as such the demand for its services has doubled over the past year. That was the report from Abundant Harvest Director Lee Alderman during an appearance on ...
Jan 23, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
First two candidates on Lyon County ballot filing for re-election to respective offices
The election cycle is underway, and there are now two candidates on the Lyon County ballot. Wendy Weiss has filed for re-election as Register of Deeds. She has served in that role since 2016. Sharon G...
Jan 23, 2024 Kansas Secretary of State graphic.
Pretrial, arraignment ahead in Emporia drug distribution case
Pretrial and arraignment is now the next step for an Overland Park man and former Emporia State student charged with distributing several kinds of illegal drugs in Emporia this past fall. At a prelimi...
Jan 23, 2024 Caden Hunt. Lyon County Jail Photo.
