Lyon County's election turnout is continuing to climb. Turnout is just over 7 percent, with over 1,400 residents casting their ballots in the last week between off-site and in-office advance voting. For mail ballots, Lyon County Election Officer Amie Jones tells KVOE News a total of 647 ballots have been sent out, with...

Emporia State University's Special Collections and Archives hosted the "Across Town, Across America: Emporia on the National Stage" exhibit in the William Allen White Library on Tuesday, Oct. 20, as part of ESU's homecoming festivities. The department's first-ever event to land on the homecoming schedule, exh...

KVOE's monthly Showcase program featured principals and assistant principals from Emporia's public schools on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in honor of National Principals Month, an annual celebration that recognizes the important work K-12 principals do in schools across the country every day. Superintendent of schools David McGe...

A juvenile was apparently unharmed after a vehicle collided with a pole near Allen late Tuesday morning. According to Lyon County Deputy Riley Jones, the accident occurred at approximately 11:30 am in the 3300 block of Road L. Upon arrival, deputies found a 2007 Honda Accord facing south in the west ditch and a pole ac...

The City of Emporia's recently released development agreement guidelines will be one of the main talking points towards the end of the city commission's meeting slate Wednesday. The agreement standards, as listed on the city's meeting agenda, will be one of three items addressed during the commission's study session an...

The Emporia High soccer team secured a dramatic 1-0 victory over Spring Hill on Monday night at Spartan Field. Thiago Esquivel netted the game-winner with just two minutes remaining in double overtime to lift the Spartans. The thrilling victory marked the second straight match playing into double overtime for the Black...

Freshman Taylen Koch fired an opening-round 86 (+15) on Monday at Hesston Golf Course to advance to the final day of the Class 5A State Golf Tournament. ​Koch is tied for 15th place overall and secured her spot in Tuesday's round as the fifth-highest qualifying individual to make the cut. The reigning KVOE EHS Athlet...

The Emporia State volleyball team moved up five spots to No. 13 in this week's AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll after winning their MIAA Mid-Season Tournament including a win over No. 5 Nebraska-Kearney last week. Ferris State remains at No. 1 with all but one first-place vote and is followed by Wayne State College, Tampa, Fr...

Emporia State junior middle blocker Ryann Hamilton picked up her first career MIAA Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week award on Monday after helping the Lady Hornets pick up a pair of wins at their MIAA Mid-Season Tournament last week. Hamilton had 11 total blocks to help ESU sweep Northwest Missouri in a true roa...

Playing behind the best defensive player in the league isn't easy, especially when you're coming off an injury and have plenty of talent yourself. Redshirt sophomore linebacker Jake Tucker was competing for a starting linebacker spot last fall when he suffered a preseason stress fracture in his foot that sidelined him...