IT and equipment contracts gain county commission approval Thursday
IT updates and gas service contracts gained approval from Lyon County Commissioners Thursday morning. As part of their regular action session, commissioners approved an invoice from Kansas Gas Service totaling $7,200 for electronic flow measurement equipment. Commissioners then accepted a request from County IT Directo...
May 09, 2024
Emporia State University set for busy weekend with commencement activities Friday and Saturday
Hundreds of Emporia State University students are set to enter the next chapter of their lives this weekend. ESU will be holding its commencement activities Friday and Saturday at Emporia's William L. White Auditorium. ESU Registrar Sheila Markowitz tells KVOE News this is an "ironic time" for her office. Kan...
May 09, 2024
Waste collection down year-to-year following recent Free Landfill Days
Tonnage was down a bit from year to year for the annual Free Landfill Days at the Lyon County Transfer Station. Between April 14 and this past Monday, Solid Waste Supervisor Keith Senn tells KVOE News they had just over 500 customers and collected right around 92 tons of trash. For construction debris, the total was ab...
May 09, 2024
Recent rain timely for crops areawide
How timely were rains over the last month? Extremely, according to Lyon County Extension ag agent Brian Rees on KVOE's Morning Show this week. Rees says the rain's timing cut down on the amount of acres burned, and stats from Kansas Flint Hills Smoke Management bear that out. Last year, area counties had over 764,000 a...
May 09, 2024
Schreiber: Special session unnecessary, ESU $9 million investment to bolster atmosphere on campus
Like other lawmakers appearing on KVOE's Morning Show this week, House 60th District Representative Mark Schreiber of Emporia is hoping Kansas Governor Laura Kelly won't veto a Republican-led tax relief plan and thus call a special session. Schreiber says the chances are better that there will be a special session call...
May 09, 2024
Public hearings set for Kansas Gas rate increase proposal
Kansas Gas Service is seeking a rate increase, and there will be public hearings next month -- although if you want to see them in person, you'll have to go elsewhere. The Kansas Corporation Commission has a hearing at 6 pm June 13 on the Washburn Institute of Technology campus, followed by a hearing at 6 pm June 17 at...
May 09, 2024
Busy time ahead for graduations
Graduations are at hand for area schools, colleges and universities. Higher education *Emporia State University: 6 pm Friday for graduate degrees and 9:30 am Saturday. Both events are at White Auditorium. *Flint Hills Technical College: 10 am May 18 at White Auditorium. Dental Hygiene pinning program at 6 pm May 17 at ...
May 09, 2024
USD 253 Board of Education now accepting RFPs from local realtors to broker future sale of Kansas Avenue building
The Kansas Avenue School Building is now for sale, or at least it will be once a realtor is secured. The USD 253 Board of Education approved opening the Request for Proposal Process to that end as part of their regular meeting Wednesday evening. The opening of the RFP process comes after the Kansas Legislature took no ...
May 09, 2024
'A great day for Emporia:' Trusler Business Center plays host to inaugural Mi Negocio Academy graduation ceremony Wednesday afternoon
Local and state representatives were amazed at the creativity and hard work of 10 local entrepreneurs who were the main focus of a special ceremony inside the Trusler Business Center Wednesday afternoon. The center played host to the graduation ceremony for the inaugural Mi Negocio Academy class. The academy was devel...
May 08, 2024
Former Underground Utilities supervisor charged with theft from city of Emporia
It took nearly two weeks, but the former Underground Utilities supervisor for the city of Emporia has been formally charged with theft from the city. Kevin Wayne Wiggins was charged Wednesday with one count of theft of property or services, allegedly ranging from late July 2023 to this past February. That count accuses...
May 08, 2024