Category Archives: News
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.
Mitigation, remediation work underway after small oil spill in northwest Lyon County
Investigation results are pending after an apparently low-level oil spill north of Americus this past weekend. The spill near Roads 300 and D, about eight miles northwest of Americus and five miles so...
Jul 11, 2023 Google Maps image.
UPDATE: City management says reported burglary Tuesday did not involve David Traylor Zoo; Investigation still ongoing into stolen property
An investigation continues into a burglary originally reported to have taken place at the David Traylor Zoo. According to the city of Emporia, the burglary occurred at an Emporia Parks Department Main...
Jul 11, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
New Pioneer Bluffs director named
Announced earlier this year, the leadership transition plan for Pioneer Bluffs has taken shape. Kansas native Christie Reinhardt has been selected as executive director after serving as Alaska's progr...
Jul 11, 2023 Pictured with Pioneer Bluffs Board President Nancy Mattke (left), Christie Reinhardt has been named as the agency's second executive director. Pioneer Bluffs photo.
