Penalties for commercial truck drivers using non-commercial roadways may be getting much steeper if Lyon County Commissioners approve a new penalty in the coming weeks. During discussions with Lyon County Engineer Wayne Scritchfield as part of their regular action meeting Thursday, commissioners discussed upping the co...

Jason Lee Hill has been pleading his innocence in a Lyon County rape and aggravated criminal sodomy case dating back to fall 2024. The jury did not see the case the same way. After three days of testimony and nearly a day of deliberations, the jury found Hill guilty on both counts Thursday. Hill was convicted of illega...

Next week, Justin Rahe becomes Emporia State University's director of the Memorial Union. Rahe begins Monday -- 10 years after he graduated from ESU Rahe's last 7 years have been spent with Emporia State Federal Credit Union, starting as a member service representative and adding more duties and leadership positions du...

The Halfway to Everywhere Music and Arts Festival is, in several ways, going halfway this fall. And there are reasons for that. The event is getting rebranded, at least for this year, as Halfway to Halfway. Lead organizer and event spokesman Hank Osterhout joined KVOE's On-Air Chat on Wednesday to discuss the changes, ...

Demolition work at Emporia's KTA service station is set to begin very soon. According to KTA Director of Engineering Glen Scott, the KTA decommissioned the current restaurant at the service area earlier this month with plans to demolish the facility currently in motion. The reason for the demolition, and the addition o...

The NCAA Division II Management Council has recommended that the Division II Executive Board adopt emergency legislation to establish an age-based eligibility model. The proposal would create a five-year eligibility period and would be effective immediately for the upcoming 2026-27 season. It would replace the longst...

Emporia State's Welch Stadium is getting new turf ahead of the 2026 football season. Installation is in progress now for a new state-of-the-art FieldTurf system. The project is anticipated to take two weeks so the field will be ready for the beginning of Hornet fall training camp which is set to begin on August 3. I...

Head Emporia State women's tennis coach CyCy Peyroche has announced she's stepping down as the head coach of the Lady Hornets. She was the first female to be named a head coach in the history of the ESU tennis programs when she took over as the interim coach of both the men's and women's teams for the 2023 spring seas...

Former Madison High School standout Casey Helm is returning to the Sunflower State and joining the Kansas State Track and Field team. Helm was a four time Class 1A Discus champion and broke the state record with a throw of 214 feet, 1 inch. That remains the top mark in the state. Following graduation, he attended Prin...

With international football's grandest event -- the World Cup -- into the quarterfinal stage and with American football games still over a month away, there is another brand of football that has a noted ESU alum doing very well. Tonight, the Argos travel to Winnipeg to take on the Blue Bombers. Game time is 7:30 pm. Ph...