Emporia's boil water advisory has been rescinded well ahead of original expectations. The city of Emporia announced via a news release Saturday evening the advisory had been rescinded after laboratory results showed there was no signs of contamination in the city's test samples submitted Friday evening. Normally two r...

A Eureka teenager was found shortly after he was reported as missing. Kansas Missing and Unsolved says 12-year-old Bryan Craig was reported missing Nov. 6 after he was spotted in the 1100 block of West Seventh in Eureka. He was found the following day. Additional details about Craig's case are pending. Craig's disappea...

A driver was cited after a pedestrian was hurt in a crash in downtown Emporia on Sunday morning. Emporia Police and Emporia Fire/EMS were dispatched to Sixth and Merchant around 7:15 am after a car hit a man walking in a crosswalk. Emporia Police Officer Gabe Withington says the car was southbound on Merchant and turni...

A semi driver from Mexico was hurt in a crash on the Kansas Turnpike near the Emporia service exit Saturday night. The crash happened shortly after 9:30 pm at Turnpike mile marker 131.3, near the service exit entrance and four miles northeast of the Emporia tollgate. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 27-year-old Miguel Ce...

For 21 years now the annual Freedom Fest in downtown Emporia has been a key piece of Emporia's All Veterans Tribute schedule and the tradition continued this weekend with yet another record-setting year. More than 300 individuals signed up to participate in the slate of events included in the 21st annual Freedom Fest h...

The Emporia Arts Council will be taking over ownership and operation of the Emporia Granada Theatre. In a news release from the Emporia Granada Theatre Alliance on Saturday, it was confirmed that the Alliance has signed an agreement transferring both to the EAC. Alliance President Brad Yount stated in the aforementione...

The list of auction items to benefit the National Teachers Hall of Fame is still growing. The 33rd annual fundraising auction is set for 6:05 p.m. on Thursday November 21. The live auction will be held at the Emporia State Federal Credit Union Industrial Branch. National Teachers Hall of Fame Executive Assistant Bob Ha...

Drivers are reminded they need to keep their head on a swivel as deer are a constant occurrence on local roadways. According to Lyon County Undersheriff John Koelsch in a recent interview with KVOE News, there have already been nine deer versus vehicle collisions reported in Lyon County since mid-October. Koelsch repor...

Crosswinds Counseling and Wellness staff now have a new view from their offices and it's a pretty nice one according to Executive Director Amanda Cunningham. Cunningham spoke with KVOE News Wednesday, just a few days after Crosswinds fully moved its administration and adult services departments to their new location at...

A Melvern man was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of illegal drug activity. Osage County Sheriff Chris Wells says the arrest happened shortly after 9 am Friday in the 300 block of South Enderton in Melvern. Wells says a K-9 unit made contact with a person known to have an unspecified felony warrant. As the suspect...

After 80 years, US ARmy Sergeant John Owen Herrick is back home. Herrick's remains were returned to Emporia from Omaha, Nebraska Friday morning. Herrick's remains were escorted by local law enforcement to Robert's-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home where he will remain until Veterans Day when he will be laid to rest during a re...

Sentencing is coming next week for one of two defendants in a Lyon County human trafficking case involving a husband and wife. Jesus Mannuel Trillo-Hurtado has a hearing at 9 am Thursday before Judge Lee Fowler. Sentencing follows a plea agreement in September where Trillo-Hurtado pleaded no contest to one count of con...

Trial is now on the calendar in a Lyon County human trafficking case. As part of a hearing in Lyon County District Court on Thursday, Russell Paul Patterson was set for trial to begin Feb. 3. Trial could last four days, based on the current schedule. Also a trial status hearing was set for Jan. 29. A motion hearing Dec...

Court proceedings are advancing for two men in a Lyon County drug distribution case. Pretrial and arraignment is the next step for Lawrence Lorenzo Keshawn Fletcher and DeMarqus Deshwyn Fletcher. Those hearings are tentatively set for Nov. 26. The Fletchers, both from Topeka, are accused of distributing upwards of 450 ...

A Burlington semi driver was involved in a crash that sent two other people to a hospital for treatment Thursday. The crash happened shortly before 4:15 pm on US Highway 169 in Montgomery County. Troopers with the Kansas Highway Patrol say a minivan driven by 14-year-old Chloe Lowry stopped at the County Road 4800 stop...