ESU CyROC director urging small business owners to plan for cyberattacks
This is National Small Business Week. Small business owners have a lot on their minds, especially now with concerns about cybersecurity. Emporia State Cybersecurity Research and Outreach Center Director Leticia Rust says the vast majority of small business owners -- perhaps up to 70 percent -- just aren't ready to hand...
Apr 29, 2024
WEATHER: Barricades removed from Lyon County roads ahead of latest round of storm activity expected to arrive Tuesday
Barricades have been removed from various roads in Lyon County following multiple rounds of heavy rainfall over the past weekend. The Lyon County Highway Department reopened the following roadways Monday. *Road 150 from J to Kansas Highway 99; from N to R; west of R *Road J from 140 to 150 *Road P from 140 to 150 Green...
Apr 29, 2024
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly meets with trio of local business owners during recent stop in Emporia Thursday
Excitement was apparent for local business owners who were paid a special visit this past week. Before she arrived at the Emporia Granada Theatre to close out her "Healthy Workers, Healthy Economy" Medicaid expansion town hall tour Kansas Governor Laura Kelly made a stop at a trio of downtown businesses all o...
Apr 28, 2024
UPDATE: Additional information expected Monday regarding Saturday's shooting and standoff in Emporia
Additional details are expected from Emporia Police sometime Monday, however, one injury and one arrest have been confirmed following a shooting and standoff in Emporia Saturday So far, Emporia Police Sergeant Dominick Vortherms has told KVOE News officers received a shots-fired call Saturday night and found one person...
Apr 28, 2024
US-50 CRASH: Cottonwood Falls, Wichita women hurt in Saturday wreck
Two women, one from Cottonwood Falls and one from Wichita, were hurt in a wreck near the Lyon-Chase County line Saturday afternoon. Lyon County Deputy Nathan Rankin says deputies and Emporia/Lyon County EMS were paged out to the 200 block of US Highway 50 west of Road C for what was listed as a multi-vehicle wreck. The...
Apr 27, 2024
US Highway 50 repaving project halfway done
Eastbound traffic on part of West Highway 50 isn't striped yet, but it is paved. Work crews got paving done this week as the highway gets repaved between Graphic Arts and Prairie streets. Westbound paving is coming, although that may well have to wait with numerous chances of showers and thunderstorms over the next wee...
Apr 27, 2024
Turnpike Tussle for athletics, Turnpike Alliance for academics? ESU, Washburn announce 3+3 law partnership
Emporia State and Washburn universities are bitter rivals in any competition, but they have found a way to develop a significant academic partnership. ESU and Washburn have announced a new 3+3 partnership for students interested in obtaining a law degree as part of a special event at ESU on Friday. Emporia State studen...
Apr 27, 2024
Newman Regional Health gears up for strategic planning retreat Monday
Campus plans are part of the Newman Regional Health Board of Trustees' strategic planning retreat Monday, according to Chief Executive Officer Cathy Pimple. Board members will meet at the hospital from 8:30 am to 3 pm, and Pimple says the overall plan is to align the hospital's priorities and "establish a strong f...
Apr 27, 2024
Revisions coming to Emporia skate park plan
Design progress continues for Emporia's new skate park. The city of Emporia says the Skate Park Advisory Committee met this month to work with American Ramp Company with the goals of evaluating potential revisions to the original design, and there were some changes made. There will be what the city calls a "dynami...
Apr 27, 2024
Emporia Kansas Children's Service League office holds open house for Healthy Families program
Emporia's Kansas Children's Service League had a special open house Thursday. Residents interested in the longstanding KCSL Healthy Families program had a chance to learn more about how it works and who it helps. Local director Lisa Harder says Healthy Families is designed to help families with a health and safety curr...
Apr 27, 2024