Rain or shine, southeast Lyon County will be busy Saturday. Harvest Day has activities all day. Highlights include: *9 am: Cancer walk *11 am: Parade *Noon: Winners of Little Mister and Miss Harvest *12:30 pm: Inflatable costume obstacle course *1 pm: Park improvements ribbon-cutting ceremony *7-10 pm: Dance with Under...

With storms in the forecast for Saturday evening, one local event is altering its plans slightly but still moving forward. The EFOZ Zoo Brew event will be moving inside to the Zoo's Education Center due to the possibility of showers and storms in the forecast. The event will still run from 5 pm to 8 pm with a meal cate...

A quartet of change orders related to the new Lyon County 911 center gained unanimous approval by Lyon County Commissioners Thursday morning. The change orders totaled $17,426 and included the following items: *Running four 4" conduits underground from the IT room to the west side of the building. *Upgrading from ...

Front Porch Jams will host four performers Saturday, benefiting the Olpe Fitness Park. FPJ founder Jeanna Scheve and this month's host, Diana Kuhlmann joined the KVOE Primetime Newsmaker Thursday morning to talk about what's coming up at the Jam Saturday night. Kuhlmann shares what this cause means to her and why she t...

Pioneer Bluffs is hosting its annual Fall Roundup Saturday, October 10th, from 1 to 5pm. The event will be held at the historic ranch and the surrounding property. Pioneer Bluffs, the Center for Flint Hills Ranching Heritage, is a National Register Historic District nonprofit organization. Their mission is to preserve ...

Emporia High volleyball dropped both Centennial League matches in Manhattan on Thursday. The Lady Spartans started with a two set defeat to the host Indians 13-25, 13-25. Hayden took down Emporia in a sweep 25-16 and 25-14 in the night cap. The two losses moves EHS to 12-7 (2-2) and they'll return to the court on Satur...

Emporia High returns home for week four of the football season Friday night, welcoming Junction City to Welch Stadium for homecoming. The Spartans enter Centennial League play at 2-1 after suffering their first loss of the season last week, falling to Labette County 29-28. Junction City is 0-3 on the season. While the ...

A pair of Area Games of the Week highlight Week Four of the high school football season. Chase County travels to Lyndon as the two Flint Hills League teams meet in the opening week of District 3 play. That game can be heard on Country 101.7 FM, while Mix 104.9 FM will feature Olpe hosting Pittsburg Colgan. The Chase Co...

The Emporia State softball program started their 45-day fall practice period this week with one very noticeable addition at the Trusler Sports Complex - a brand new FieldTurf playing surface. The field, formerly known as Turnbull Field, will now be called Preston Field thanks to a donation from the William and Aloha P...

The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released classification and enrollment numbers for non-football sports, with most area schools remaining in the same classifications they have competed in previously. Emporia will remain in Class 5A, while Council Grove and Osage City will compete in Class 3A. Lyn...