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ValuNet announces channel drop coming in September
ValuNet Fiber customers will notice a change in available programming come September. ValuNet announced Friday it will be dropping the following Viacom channels effective September 30. *BET *Comedy Central *Country Music Television *MTV *Nickelodeon *Paramount *TV Land *VH1 ValuNet will also be moving National Geograph...
6h ago
WEATHER: Marginal severe weather risk added for west part of KVOE listening area Saturday night
The late Friday afternoon forecast has a marginal severe weather risk involving about half the KVOE listening area for Saturday night. The National Weather Service has the marginal risk area along and west of a line from Manhattan to Emporia to near Lamont. Most of the severe weather risk will stay well west of the are...
11h ago
Unbound Gravel XL 350 now underway
And they are off. . . The first wave of riders in the 2024 Unbound Gravel series of races have hit the course as the Unbound XL 350-mile ride launched from downtown Emporia Friday afternoon. With the XL 350 now underway, all other distances are set to launch Saturday morning from in front of the Emporia Granada Theatre...
12h ago
Head-to-head traffic underway as Lincoln Street closes at I-35 bridge
Replacing the Interstate 35 bridge over Lincoln Street has officially taken the next step forward. Kansas Department of Transportation crews have started head-to-head traffic for I-35 traffic over the bridge, closing the north half of the bridge and thus creating a head-to-head traffic situation involving the northboun...
21h ago
McCoy files for Lyon County Commission District 2
A Democrat has filed for Lyon County Commission Second District. Ron McCoy filed his paperwork Thursday. He owns A-1 Pump and Jet. This will be his second run for the seat after initially running in 2020. The Second District race already has two Republicans on the ballot, incumbent Doug Peck and challenger Sid Morgan. ...
21h ago
Alleged chase beginning in Osage County leads to two arrests
An alleged chase beginning in Osage County ended with a pair of arrests in Franklin County on Wednesday. Osage County Sheriff Chris Wells says a deputy tried to conduct a traffic stop for an alleged traffic infraction on Interstate 35 nearly 40 miles northeast of Emporia. Wells says the vehicle refused to stop, so a pu...
21h ago
Emporia Municipal Band begins 2024 summer season
The rain held off, so the Emporia Municipal Band opened up its regular season at Fremont Park instead of Albert Taylor Hall on Thursday night. The band opened its 82nd season with "A Kansas Celebration" in honor of all the travelers in the area for Unbound Gravel, the Flint Hills Rodeo and other activities. T...
21h ago
WEATHER: Alerts through May 31, 2024
Here are active weather alerts involving the KVOE listening area: Active alerts *Urban and small stream flood advisory: Lyon, Coffey and Osage counties until 8 am. Includes Osage City, Burlington, Lyndon, Lebo, Americus, Waverly, Colony, Williamsburg, New Strawn, Melvern, Hartford, Gridley, Neosho Rapids, Reading, Alle...
May 31, 2024
WEATHER: Wide variance in area rain totals
Rainfall totals have varied widely across the KVOE listening area after activity Thursday into early Friday: *KVOE studios: 0.15 inches *Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.10 inches *1100 block Constitution: 0.20 inches *2 miles south of Admire: 2 inches *Allen: 0.50 inches *Americus: 0.50 inches *Bushong: 0.43 inches *6 mil...
May 31, 2024
2024 All Things Gravel Expo now open
Unbound Gravel activities are now in full swing including the annual All Things Gravel Expo in downtown Emporia. The expo kicked off Thursday afternoon in the 600 and 700 blocks of Mechanic, 10 and 100 blocks of East Seventh and the 10 block of East Eighth. Hundreds of vendors were on hand from around the country and t...
May 30, 2024
Lyon County Commission receives first appropriation request of 2025 budget cycle Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners have begun hearing appropriation requests for the 2025 budgeting cycle. Crosswinds Counseling and Wellness made the first request of the year during the commission's weekly action meeting Thursday morning. Executive Director Amanda Cunningham submitted a $412,000 request, a three percent incre...
May 30, 2024
Sentencing set for July 11 in Trump case
Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 felony counts related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been convicted on criminal charges, but Trump says the outcome was set from the start. Sentencing is ...
May 30, 2024
Ron's Ride generates over $5,100 for Special Olympics
Ron's Ride was successful again Thursday. KVOE General Manager Ron Thomas successfully raised over $5,100 for Special Olympics with his trek from the Emporia State campus to Olpe. It's the third straight year the ride has raised at least $5,000 for Special Olympics, and Thomas was glad to help the participants have the...
May 30, 2024
UNBOUND GRAVEL: Emporia Police encouraging cyclists, motorists to follow rules of road
Thousands of cyclists are now out and about, whether on Emporia city streets or Lyon County's gravel roads, all getting ready for Unbound Gravel. Emporia Police Capt. Ray Mattas urges both cyclists and drivers of other vehicles to be safe. He also reminds everybody of the basic rules of the road relating to cycle safet...
May 30, 2024
Newman Regional Health enjoying ongoing recruitment, retention success with nurses
Newman Regional Health continues its successful run in worker retention, notably with nurses. Chief Executive Officer Cathy Pimple had an update following the Board of Trustees' monthly meeting Wednesday: Newman Regional Health has been weaning itself off the need for contract labor that really was evident at the start...
May 30, 2024