Category Archives: News
Online enrollment starts Monday for USD 253 Emporia
Believe it or not, it's time to start enrolling children for the upcomig school year. USD 253 Emporia officially begins the process Monday, and Community Relations Director Lyndel Landgren says parent...
Jul 12, 2023 USD 253 Emporia logo.
Road closures planned near Kansas Highway 99 north of Emporia as bridge work continues
Several road closures are planned next week as bridge work continues over parts of the Kansas Turnpike in Lyon County. The Turnpike Authority says it plans to close Road M-1 south of Kansas Highway 99...
Jul 12, 2023 Lyon County Highway Department map.
Rewards posted as Lyon County authorities search for aggravated robbery suspects
Rewards are available as Lyon County authorities try to find two suspects in an aggravated robbery case. Lyon County Crime Stoppers has announced rewards of up to $1,000 as the search continues for bo...
Jul 12, 2023 Calvin Cruse (left), Mikkel McCray. Lyon County Jail photos.
LYON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT: Thursday hearings involve murder, child sex assault, aggravated robbery cases
A review hearing is coming Thursday for one of the defendants in the Jesus Avila murder case. Alan Alanis will appear before Judge Lee Fowler at 2 pm. The criminal cases against Alanis, Andrew Granado...
Jul 12, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
LYON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT: Arraignment ahead in attempted murder case
A pretrial and arraignment hearing is planned next month in a Lyon County attempted murder case. Travis Wade Westcott will return to court Aug. 18 after a hearing Tuesday. He could learn his potential...
Jul 12, 2023 Travis Wade Westcott. Lyon County Jail photo.
Leak location effort at Ninth and West to resume next week
Work will continue soon to determine the source of water leakage at one Emporia intersection highlighted earlier this week by the city. On Monday, Communications Manager Christine Torrens highlighted ...
Jul 12, 2023 KVOE News photo.
Symmonds joins NRH Medical Partners
Newman Regional Health Medical Partners is adding to its physician team. Dr. Charisse Symmonds has agreed to join the team to practice internal medicine, specializing in primary care and diabetes mana...
Jul 12, 2023 Dr. Charisse Symmonds. Newman Regional Health photo.
WEATHER: Slight to enhanced severe weather risk now in place through Wednesday evening
A risk of severe weather continues through the evening hours Wednesday. Initially, there were concerns that an outflow boundary from storms in Nebraska and Iowa would push through the KVOE listening a...
Jul 12, 2023 A slight (yellow) to enhanced (orange) severe weather risk is in place for the rest of Wednesday. WeatherTAP.com radar image.
Minor injuries for Burlington man, Emporia woman after rollover crash at Interstate 35, Road R-1 junction
Minor injuries were reported after a crash near Emporia on Tuesday evening. Lyon County Deputy Jody Meyers says the crash was reported at the junction of Interstate 35 mile and Road R-1 around 7:45 pm...
Jul 12, 2023 KVOE News file photo
A connection to the past and an answer to the question 'what if?' two central themes explored by After Cilmeri author Sarah Woodbury during appearance in Emporia
Society will likely evolve and expand as time goes on, however, one constant that often remains is basic human nature. That's a central theme of the After Cilmeri series written by Dr. Sarah Woodbury ...
Jul 11, 2023 After Cilmeri series author Dr. Sarah Woodbury. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
