Rainfall remains likely for the rest of Easter Sunday. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are likely through the afternoon hours before rain chances fade around sunset. Storms will be isolated, but there is a marginal severe weather risk for the mid- to late-afternoon hours along and just south of the Kansas Turnpike. ...

The now-annual Lyon County Emergency Preparedness Fair stressed the importance of individual preparedness for any emergency Saturday. The Lyon County Fairgrounds Anderson Building played host to the event that welcomed hundreds of visitors and experts on a variety of preparedness topics. Organizer Jarrod Fell says it i...

As has been the case for several years, Emporia celebrated Earth Day with a split event Saturday. Activities started at Emporia State University's Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center. Michael Parr, an aquatic invasive species biologist with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, says it was good to inter...

Attendance may have been down just a bit from years past, however, the 39th annual Flint Hills Optimist Club Easter egg hunt was still an exciting time for children and families Saturday morning. The annual hunt saw over 17,000 pieces of candy scattered throughout Jones Park and children of all ages took very little ti...

Plans to reopen the intersection of 15th and Prairie in Emporia are being pushed back slightly. During an interview with KVOE News Thursday, City Engineer Jim Ubert stated the city was planning to reopen 15th and Prairie, which has been closed as part of the 24th and Prairie water line replacement project, on Monday. ...

The Emporia High baseball team snapped a 3-game losing streak with a sweep at Topeka High on Friday. EHS won the first game 12-0 and completed the sweep with a 20-0 victory in game two. In game one, the Spartans scored two each in the first and sixth innings, added five in the third and three in the fourth. Owen Ruge g...

The Emporia State baseball team unleashed an onslaught to powder Northeastern State in a doubleheader sweep Friday to sweep their three game series in Tahlequah, Okla. In game one of the true doubleheader Friday, ESU only had three more hits than the RiverHawks but lapped NSU 18-5. The Hornets pounded 18 hits in the g...

Two area schools hosted track and field invitationals on Thursday. Northern Heights, Marais des Cygnes Valley, Olpe, and Osage City competed in the Travis Sheeley Memorial Invitational in Allen. Chase County, Burlingame, Hartford, Madison, and Waverly competed in the Tim Griffin Relays in Cottonwood Falls. Travis Sheel...

The Emporia State baseball team got off to a hot start on the way to an 18-8 victory in game one of their series at Northeastern State. The Hornets scored four in the first and followed that up with five runs in the second. ESU pounded out 17 hits led by Jovanni Toledo's 4-for-5 day, including two runs and five RBIs ...

Lebo senior Saige Hadley was named to the KVA All-Star Game to be played on June 7. Hadley will be playing on the red team in the game that will be played at Washburn Rural High School at 5 p.m. Hadley, a two-time Class 1A-Division II Player of the Year, helped the Wolves to state championships in 2022 and 2023 and sta...