Category Archives: News
Prescribed fire season begins at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
There haven't been a lot of controlled burns so far this season just because of how wet and snowy it has been. However, the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve has officially opened its prescribed fir...
Feb 16, 2024 Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve photo.
CDC mulling advice change on COVID-19 isolation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could well modify its advice when it comes to COVID-19 isolation. Since 2021, the CDC has told confirmed COVID patients to stay home for at least five da...
Feb 16, 2024 Food and Drug Administration graphic.
SUPER BOWL RALLY SHOOTING: United Way of Flint Hills serving as conduit to #KCStrong Fund
The United Way of the Flint Hills is helping the United Way of Greater Kansas City and the Kansas City Chiefs raise money for the victims of Wednesday's mass shooting incident near the end of the Supe...
Feb 16, 2024 United Way of the Flint Hills logo.
County commissioners approve engineering agreement with BG Consultants for collapsed bridge replacement on Road 170 Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners have approved an agreement for engineering services to repair a collapsed county bridge. The bridge on Road 170 collapsed either late in the evening of February 3 or the earl...
Feb 15, 2024 Lyon County commissioners (from left) Rollie Martin, Ken Duft, Doug Peck. KVOE News file photo.
'How bout them Chiefs;' Ed Rathke picks up Watch the Chiefs winnings from Triad Leasing Thursday
It's safe to say Ed Rathke's winning of KVOE's annual Watch the Chiefs promotion this past Sunday solidified one point, you never doubt the boys in red. While picking up his winnings at Triad Leasing ...
Feb 15, 2024 Ed Rathke poses gleefully as his new television is loaded up following his 2024 Watch the Chiefs promotion victory. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Emporia State University honors 161 years of history and looks to the future during annual Founders Day celebration Thursday
Emporia State's future is bright, but it won't be without its challenges. Those were the words shared by ESU Provost Brent Thomas during the university's annual Founders Day celebration at ESU Thursda...
Feb 15, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
WEATHER: Seasonal travel noted on several area highways as light snow ends
Reports on travel issues are pending as a round of light snowfall comes to an end areawide. Residents got dusting to half an inch between 6-11 am. To this point, any travel issues have been limited to...
Feb 15, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
WEATHER: Drought relief expands
There is now less areawide drought on the US Drought Monitor map than at any time since this past spring. The Thursday update has Lyon County almost completely removed from drought, save for the far n...
Feb 15, 2024 US Drought Monitor map.
Schnakenberg back to health after A-FIB diagnosis, surgery at NRH Cardiology
If you look at him, Kent Schnakenberg, an executive at Navrats Office Products for decades and the face of Team Schnak Strong for 10 years, may well be the picture of health -- especially for somebody...
Feb 15, 2024 Kent Schnakenberg (center) joined KVOE's Morning Show on Thursday, alongside Newman Regional Health Marketing and Events Coordinator Saylor Middleton (left) and physician assistant Krista Ohmie, to discuss his atrial fibrillation diagnosis, surgery and recovery. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Two defendants in Emporia aggravated robbery case await upcoming hearings, two others accept plea agreements
Cuort proceedings continue against several defendants in an Emporia aggravated robbery case that developed this past summer. Antonio Brown is set for a status conference May 23, while Calvin Cruse has...
Feb 15, 2024
