For the first time in nearly a month, no communities in Northern Lyon County are under a boil water advisory. The advisory, issued this past Thursday for the city of Allen, was rescinded just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The advisory was issued this past week due to a loss in chlorine residuals, which put the city's wate...

Emporia's Kansas Spanish Speakers is continuing to make history and widen its reach at the state level. It was announced earlier this week that Spanish Speakers had been made the recipient of a Kansas Sampler Foundation We Kan! award. While the award has been given out to individuals and groups making a difference in r...

The Mexican American World War II Committee and the Lyon County History Center unveiled the Alvin King Memorial plaque in downtown Emporia Tuesday afternoon, just ahead of Veterans Day. Community members, veterans and civic leaders gathered in the history center to hear a brief history of the man who coined the nationa...

Emporia's SOS received a pair of grant awards in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Tuesday, the Office of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced over $1.4 million in funds to support survivors of domestic violence and their families. Among the 20 organizations was SOS, which is set to receive just under ...

After five years of leading Flint Hills Technical College, President Dr. Caron Daugherty has announced she will be moving on to a new venture starting next year. Daugherty announced on KVOE's Tech Talk program Tuesday morning that she will depart the college in December to assume the role of President at State Fair Com...

The Emporia State football team dropped six more spots to No. 21 in the second-to-last AFCA DII Coaches Poll of the regular season after their 20-19 loss to Washburn in the Turnpike Tussle on Saturday. Ferris State remains atop the poll with all but one first-place vote with Harding, CSU Pueblo, Western Colorado, and ...

The College Football Playoff has announced that it is expanding to 24 teams beginning next year. The field will consist of conference champions from the Power 4 conferences including the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC and the highest-ranked team from the Group of 6 comprising of the American, Conference USA, MAC, Mount...

The No. 12 Emporia State volleyball team came up short in a battle of Top 25 teams in a 25-23, 25-17, 23-25, 25-17 setback against No. 10 Missouri Western at White Auditorium in Emporia on Saturday night. The Griffons used a 6-1 run late in the first set to go up 1-0 before ESU hit just .083 in the second set while th...

The No. 15 Emporia State football team missed two go-ahead field goals including a game-winning attempt that missed with one second to play in a 20-19 setback to Washburn at Welch Stadium on Saturday in Emporia. The Hornets jumped out to a 12-0 lead after Eric "Tre" Stephenson knocked down an Ichabod ballcar...

Dylan Hunter was named All-MIAA after his run at the MIAA Championships on Saturday in St. Joseph, Mo. Hunter finished fifth overall for the best finish by a Hornet since 2023. The men finished eighth as a team while the women placed 13th. Montgomery Morgan had the best run for the Lady Hornets finishing 78th. Wash...