After a very wet -- and occasionally very loud -- period between midnight and sunrise, area residents can expect more showers and storms during the daylight hours and beyond. Storms dumped 1.6 inches of rain at the KVOE studios and 0.85 inches of rain at the Emporia Municipal Airport before pushing east of the listenin...

Kansas lawmakers have issued their first overrides of the 2026 veto session. Lawmakers overrode two bills related to the state's Woman's Right to Know Act: House Bill 2727, allowing plaintiffs to limit recovery with Woman's Right to Know claims and essentially overriding laws for medical malpractice screening, and HB 2...

Law enforcement agencies are gearing up for an impaired driving enforcement campaign. Typically, the focus on these efforts deals with alcohol -- but the April 20 enforcement effort is all about driving under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana. The date is not chosen at random. April 20 is commonly called &qu...

Council Grove fared well in the latest 10Best contest seeking the Best Small Town in the Midwest. Council Grove finished seventh overall, with contest organizers featuring the 25 historic sites in and around the town, the presence of Council Grove Lake and a range of other attractions like the "Madonna of the Trai...

For the 42nd year, the working women of Emporia and the surrounding area had a night out thanks to KVOE, Emporia's Radio Stations. The annual Working Women After Hours event saw several hundred women pass through the doors of White Auditorium Thursday night to interact with various business vendors from across the area...

Baseball: SLC 24 Crest 1 SLC 25 Crest 2 McLouth 15 NH 5 McLouth 10 NH 0 Wabaunsee 8 Wolfdogs 6 Wabaunsee 3 Wolfdogs 2 Chase County 18 Lyndon 3 Chase County 14 Lyndon 3 Softball: Chase County 14 Lyndon 3 Chase County 12 Lyndon 4 Wabaunsee 14 Wolfdogs 3 Wabaunsee 10 Wolfdogs 0

The Emporia State disc golf team celebrated its second national championship on Thursday as Jaden Rye won the men's D1 singles title in Rock Hill, S. C. Rye shot -11 overall including -5 in the Final 9 to win by six shots. He had a four stroke lead going into the final and bogeyed the first hole, but responded with s...

The Emporia State track & field team kicked off a busy weekend on Thursday. After day one at the Jo Meaker classic, Isabella Davie is in third place in the women's heptathlon. She finished second in the high jump and third in the shot put. Luke Grace is in 5th place in the men's decathlon. He had the third best...

The Emporia State women's tennis team dropped their rivalry dual 6-1 to #18 Washburn on Thursday at the Kossover Family Tennis Center in Emporia. Washburn swept through the doubles without dropping a set to take the doubles point. Carla Paul Piquer picked up a 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5) victory in a super tiebreak at #2 si...

Emporia High golf took the course for the first time in 2026 on Thursday and finished sixteenth in Wamego. The Spartans shot 364 as a team. Chesney Erkel was tied for 60th at plus 14. Marley Harter shot plus 16 for tied at 68th. The Spartans travel to Manhattan on Monday.