Chase County, KS

A Chase County woman has been arrested after a vehicle rollover on West Highway 50 early Saturday morning. According to Lyon County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Early, Deputies and Emporia State University Police and Safety responded to the 500 block of W. Highway 50 for a report of an overturned vehicle shortly after 2 am. Following an initial investigation, it was determined that 42-year-old Randee L Jones of Cottonwood Falls was traveling westbound on the highway when she collided with a water barrier.

The Emporia Senior Legion baseball team recovered after back-to-back losses Friday to pick up back-to-back wins Saturday. In their first game, the senior’s shut out Chase County in three innings to pick up a 15-0 victory. The seniors would score in every inning opening the game with a four-run first inning followed by six runs in the second and five in the third.

A Chase County woman was arrested on suspicious of driving under the influence early Saturday morning after a single-vehicle rollover on W. US Highway 50. According to a written release from Lyon County Sheriff's Deputy Brandon Early, at approximately 2:03 a.m. Saturday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the 500 block of W. US-50 for reports of an overturned vehicle in the construction zone.

The Chase County Senior Center has a partial shutdown in place due to COVID-19. The Senior Center is not allowing dine-in for meals, although it is still serving carryout and delivery meals. No other activities are listed as affected. This follows illnesses for three staffers. The center has been in...

Small caseload increases continue for area counties as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Chase County added three cases to move its overall total to 209 in the community category. There is one active case and there have been three deaths. There have also been three cases of the B.1.1.7 UK variant.

A blast from the past was in Cottonwood Falls last weekend at the Chase County Courthouse. The Folklife Festival is an annual event that people from all over the country attend, and the event gives people a break from the modern world so that they can go back into the past for a weekend.

There has been another delay in the early court proceedings for Leland Taylor, a Cedar Point man accused of having child pornography in his possession. Taylor was supposed to have his preliminary hearing in Cottonwood Falls last week but that has now been pushed to July 9. Taylor, 71, faces...

The Emporia Community Foundation is finally celebrating its 25th anniversary. Originally set to be held in 2020, the celebration was put off due to COVID-19 and three years of planning and preparations were put on hold. ECF volunteers and staff regrouped and the 25+1 Celebration was scheduled for June 18.

USD 284 Chase County’s Board of Education has passed a COVID Reopening Plan. The board is making masks optional and is allowing patrons or outside groups to use its facilities, although these groups need to fill out a Facilities Use Form for district approval. Increased disinfection measures will continue. For summer weight programs, participants will continue in cohorts with current cleaning procedures continuing.

Minimal coronavirus activity has been reported in area counties over the last week. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says Chase County has 274 cases, unchanged from a week ago. The KDHE total includes a running total of community cases and past outbreaks at Chase County Care and Rehab and the Chase County Jail. Chase County hasn’t issued its weekly update for community cases, which was at 205 a week ago. Three people have died, or no change from a week ago.

Two 2021 Chase County Junior Senior High School graduates have been invited to play for the Division I East Squad in the 36th Annual Kansas 8-Man All-Star Game in Beloit on Saturday, June 12. Trint Rogers and Owen Eidman will represent the Bulldogs during the game, which will take place...

E.C. Emmett Roberts insisted that a number of times when workers contended that the Flint Hills Rodeo should be canceled. Nope, in 82 years, the real-life Western tradition continued without fail even when Roberts wasn’t horseback guiding the action. However, exception, which surely would have been the founder’s dismay, came...

This Memorial Day consisted of reflecting on the lives of fallen servicemen and women during a ceremony held at the Slope Park sale barn on Monday morning. The service started with a flag-raising by the Chase County All Veterans Committee Colorguard, with consisted of veterans from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Korea.

WICHITA -- A two-year project to increase the vertical clearance of 11 bridges crossing over Interstate 35 and I-335/KTA in Chase, Lyon and Osage counties, is set to begin Tuesday. The first bridge will be at mile marker 114.6 on I-35/KTA (Yy Road) in Chase County. This project is the...

The Cedar Point man accused of having child pornography in his possession was set for a preliminary hearing Friday. That has now been delayed. Leland Turner, 71, was arrested earlier this month. Court documents provided to KVOE News indicate an investigation by Chase County deputies began after relatives found a flash drive allegedly containing child porn. Deputies say the flash drive had over 150 images of children, both male and female ranging in age from approximately four months to 15 years old.

STRONG CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - One person was killed late Tuesday when a minivan and semi collided on a Chase County highway, authorities said. The crash was reported at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday on US-50 highway, about four miles east of Strong City. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2010...

STRONG CITY — One woman was killed when her vehicle crossed the center line and collided with a semi Tuesday night about four miles east of Strong City. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Ashley Marie Stephens, 39, of Paris, Tenn. was westbound on U.S. Hwy. 50 at 9:45 p.m. when — for unknown reasons — she failed to maintain the lane in her 2010 Dodge Caravan.

Coronavirus activity remains low in our neighboring counties. Chase County announced two new community cases, moving the county's overall total in that category to 205. There are also two active cases, down one from a week ago, and three deaths, level with last week. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says Chase County has 274 cases, including past outbreaks at Chase County Care and Rehab and the Chase County Jail.