Scattered showers and storms are expected to be a constant on Monday; however, the risk for severe activity will increase as the day progresses. Following chances of showers and non-severe storms in the morning to early afternoon hours, the severe risk will ratchet up in the late afternoon to evening hours. Currently, ...

The Lyon County Sheriff's Office has located its missing service dog. Lyon County Sgt. Danny Broyles says the dog was located and safely returned to its handler. The time of the animals location, nor its whereabouts when located were announced. The service dog went missing around 1 pm Sunday after it escaped its kenne...

House of Morrow hosted its second annual Drag is Art fundraiser over the weekend. Complete with whimsical costumes, spooktacular musical numbers and special performances from Emporia native and season 16 contestant of "RuPaul's Drag Race," Q, House of Morrow's director, Deon Morrow, said the event went better...

The David Traylor Zoo hosted its annual Boo in the Zoo event to celebrate Halloween on Saturday. Over 1,000 community members braved the rain and stood in line to enjoy the zoo's slate of spooky activities, which zoo director Brenda Young said was just as exciting this year as it was during her first Boo in the Zoo la...

Monday could see strong to severe thunderstorms develop across the KVOE listening area. Currently, the entire area is under a slight risk for severe weather, with the highest risk coming along and south of Interstate 70. The main timeframe for storm development will be between the late afternoon and early evening hours...

The Emporia High cross country teams closed out their season Saturday at the Class 5A state championship meet at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, highlighted by three top-20 individual medalists. The Emporia girls earned a 10th-place team finish, led by top-20 performances from Emma Beatty and Madison Evans. Beatty captured ...

The Marais des Cygnes Valley High School volleyball team concluded an impressive postseason run with a fourth-place finish at the Class 1A Division II State Tournament at White Auditorium in Emporia on Saturday. The Lady Trojans' championship hopes were cut short in the semifinals by eventual state champion Hanover, wh...

The Emporia High football season came to a close Friday night as the Spartans fell to Hutchinson 35-0 in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs at Welch Stadium. The shutout marked the first time this season Emporia had been held scoreless. Hutchinson wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, putting together a...

The Marais des Cygnes Valley High School volleyball team bounced back from an opening-match setback to secure a spot in the Class 1A Division II state tournament semifinals at White Auditorium on Friday. ​After dropping their tournament opener 25-20, 25-20 to Cheylin, the Lady Trojans responded with back-to-back vict...

Brett Yormark will step down as Big 12 Commissioner by January. ESPN reports that Yormark will take a role outside of collegiate athletics in his next endeavor. He had been the leader of the league since 2022. KU chancellor Douglas Girod told ESPN that Yormark is planning to stay through January to assist with a tra...