An active day for grass fires culminated with major fires, one in eastern Lyon County and two in Wabaunsee County. Fire crews had already worked numerous fires across the area starting shortly before 1 pm before the Wabaunsee County fires developed, one that started near the Lyon County line north of Allen and another ...

Law enforcement from several area counties and the Kansas Highway Patrol were allegedly involved in a vehicle pursuit that spent much of its time in Greenwood County earlier this week. The Greenwood County Sheriff's Office says the chase developed just after midnight Thursday in Butler County, with Greenwood County dep...

The one-year mark signals a lot of success for Newman Regional Health's Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department. That was the assessment from Cardiopulmonary Director Donny Bellomy and Pulmonary Rehab Case Manager Connie Coble on KVOE's Morning Show on Friday. Bellomy says 12 months of operation is "a huge milestone.&...

Several area school districts are in varying stages of replacing their current superintendents. USD 243 Lebo-Waverly is now in the list after current superintendent Duane Ford announced his resignation last month. The district is working with the Kansas Association of School Boards on the search, including an online su...

Incumbent Jami Reever says she is excited about the future for USD 253 Emporia -- which is why she's running for re-election this year. After moving to Emporia in 2009 to serve as the executive director of the United Way of the Flint Hills, she has been director of the nonprofit public policy organization Kansas Apples...

The Emporia State baseball team nipped Rogers State on a blustery day at the Truman Sports Complex 14-13 to open a three-game series on Friday. Emporia State did most of their damage in a massive eight run fourth inning to take a commanding 13-4 lead at the time. RSU outscored E-State 9-1 the rest of the way, but the...

Two members of the Emporia High boys basketball team received All-Centennial League honors released on Friday. Rylan Crowell is a first team selection after averaging 13 points per game. Crowell had a career high 24 points on Feb. 11 at Junction City, his second game of the season of 20 points or more. Nolan Jacob is a...

The Flint Hills League announced its All-League basketball teams on Friday. On the girls side were four unanimous first team selections, Osage City's Kaelyn Boss and Emory Speece, Chase County's Madelyn Wilson and Lyndon's Allie Kneisler. Wabaunsee's Talen Orton rounds out the first team selections. Second team honoree...

Two area teams saw their seasons end in their respective classification's state tournaments on Thursday. In Class 2A in Manhattan, the Chase County girls fell to Doniphan West, 60-44. Chase County led 2-0 but didn't have a lead after that. The Mustangs led 22-11 at the end of the first quarter and led 26-13 in the seco...

The top-seed Olpe boys held off No. 8 Little River to advance to the 1A-DI semifinals with a 57-53 victory to earn their fifth-straight state semifinal appearance. The Eagles and Redskins were tight early trading the lead throughout the first 16 minutes but Little River converted a controversial tip-in at the end of t...