From sale of Kansas Avenue building to budget amendment to infrastructure matters, much ahead for USD 253 board Wednesday
There are a lot of items on the USD 253 Board of Education slate for Wednesday's regular meeting. Near the start of the meeting, the board will have a public hearing to amend the current-year budget. This follows a board conversation nearly a month ago and could well work in the district's favor because it revolves aro...
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STATEHOUSE: Argabright running for Senate 17th District as Longbine announces retirement
There will be a change in local representation in Topeka for the 2025 legislative session. Longtime USD 252 Southern Lyon County Superintendent Mike Argabright, who retired at the end of the 2022-23 academic year last June, is now running for the Kansas Senate 17th District. Besides being a retired educator and Souther...
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Next hearing in Coffey County exploitation, solicitation case set for June
A hearing is coming in June as part of a Coffey County sex exploitation and solicitation case. Tyler Joseph Boone, age 21, has a hearing June 27 in Burlington following a status conference last week. Boone was charged this past October after alleged offenses from September 2021 through July 2022. He is charged with 11 ...
May 06, 2024
Formal charges pending in separate contraband trafficking, drug distribution cases in Coffey County
Formal charges are pending against a Burlington man arrested last week on suspicion of trafficking contraband into a correctional or care facility. Coffey County deputies arrested John Lee Groshong, age 52, on Thursday. Deputies booked Groshong on suspicion of trafficking contraband, interfering with law enforcement an...
May 06, 2024
WEATHER: Tornado watches in place for KVOE listening area through 11 pm Monday
The risk for severe weather continues to increase for the KVOE listening area with tornado watches now in effect for all area counties. Lyon, Coffey, Chase, Greenwood, Morris and Osage counties have a watch until 11 p.m. Meanwhile, a particularly dangerous situation watch -- reflecting an above-average chance of EF2 an...
May 06, 2024
Plans developing for future Howe Hoists after Sunday's debut
They huffed. They hefted. And they made history in the process. Over 20 people from Kansas and Missouri took part in the first-ever Howe Hoist at the Historic Richard Howe Farmstead on Sunday. Among them was Seth Cordell of Lyons, who has been involved in strongman competitions for several years now. Dains has already ...
May 06, 2024
La Grind brings nearly 300 participants to Emporia
Last year, La Grind participants dealt with hot and windy conditions. This year's conditions were decidedly different. A cool weekend and a wet Sunday offered their own tests for the nearly 300 cyclists involved in the two-day stage race, which involved race lengths of 100 or 65 miles Saturday and 65 or 50 miles Sunday...
May 06, 2024
Deputies: No evidence of one person being shot at following report northeast of Emporia
Lyon County deputies say there was no evidence one person was shot at in an alleged incident near Emporia on Sunday. Deputies were called to the 1800 block of Burlingame Road after one person said he was shot at shortly before 3 pm. Lyon County Sgt. Zach Shafer says the report was unfounded after a resulting investigat...
May 06, 2024
Decision on charges against Emporia's former Underground Utilities supervisor still pending
Over a week after Emporia's former Underground Utilities supervisor was arrested on suspicion of theft, a decision on formal charges has yet to be made. Lyon County Attorney Marc Goodman says a decision may come by Monday at the earliest in the case against Kevin Wiggins, who had led the department from summer 2020 to ...
May 05, 2024
Tentative final stats announced for Flint Hills' 2024 spring burn season
The Flint Hills' spring burning season is essentially over. KS Flint Hills Smoke Management, the social media wing of the state's Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan, says a summary and comparison to prior years will be announced soon, but it also says warming temperatures and considerable rainfall have helped to end the...
May 05, 2024