Within the next few days, Madison officials hope to have the town's water system officially back to normal. The town went into a boil water advisory Thursday after a water main was punctured. The town had water service resume by Friday morning, but residents are still advised to boil their water until cleared by the Ka...

Driving conditions could be hazardous Sunday due to a combination of high winds and light snowfall in the late afternoon to evening hours. A high wind warning remains in effect areawide until 11 pm for Lyon, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties and until 10 pm for Chase and Greenwood counties reflecting the pot...

Like it or not, the winter illness season continues. Battling a recent illness herself, Lyon County Health Officer Dr Ladun Oyenuga joined KVOE's Morning Show for an update Friday. She says it appears flu cases are increasing after trending downward last month. As has been the case for much of the season, a lot of flu ...

Budgets and taxes have been front and center for the Kansas Legislature all session. Not surprisingly, they were the lead topics at Emporia's first Legislative Dialogue of the session Saturday. The House and Senate have passed their respective versions, and it's up to a conference committee to sift through the details ...

Plans for a new tourism attraction at a new Emporia business are taking shape. Heartland Hounds recently received a $100,000 Kansas Tourism grant and had a check presentation at the business Friday. Initially, the goal is to develop a Heartland Hounds Dockplex -- an indoor dock diving and sports complex as part of a $3...

Osage City knocked off the defending 3A Champion and previously unbeaten, Halstead, 44-39 in overtime at the Hutchinson Sports Arena in the semifinals on Friday. Halstead took the early lead 8-5 after one. The Dragons closed the second quarter with five straight points to enter intermission, 18-13. Osage City trailed ...

The Lyon County League named their All-League teams on Friday. FIRST TEAM Name School Year Emily Criqui MdCV SO. Lauryn Finnerty Hartford SO. Harper Seele Burlingame JR. *Lilly Skalsky Olpe SR. Akyra Traver MdCV SR. SECOND TEAM Ellie Grimmett Lebo JR. Allison Konrade Lebo SR. Caylin Luthi Madison SR. Kayla Steinke Olpe...

The Lyon County League released their All-League teams on Friday. FIRST TEAM Name School Year *Octavian Dean Madison SR. *Brecken McGuire Olpe JR. Gerek Reber Lebo SO. *Drake Skirvin Burlingame SR. *Coy Wilkinson Hartford JR. SECOND TEAM Nahzir Austin Burlingame JR. Jayden Blount Lebo SO. Keenan Renfrow Hartford SR. Ko...

Lebo survived a tense finish Friday to claim third place in the Class 1A Division II State Tournament at White Auditorium in Emporia, edging Cunningham 65-64 after a frantic final sequence. Lebo jumped in front early behind a scorching opening quarter from Gerek Reber. The Wolves led 19-17 after one period, with Reber ...

The Emporia State tennis team lost their third straight duel falling 4-3 @ #46 Southern Arkansas yesterday afternoon. The Hornets dropped the doubles point and lost the first two matches of singles to go down 3-0 to start the duel. Diego Calvo won 7-5, 6-1 at #3 singles but SAU put the duel away with the next match a...