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Kansas basketball holds media day
Kansas Basketball held their preseason media day Wednesday. Coach Bill Self said the offense is not good right now. Your browser does not support the audio element. The player rotation is in question....
Oct 11, 2018
KU Coach David Beaty fires offensive coordinator
KU football Coach David Beaty has announced that he has fired offensive coordinator Doug Meacham. Beaty said the coordination of the offense for the remainder of the season would be a team effort, but...
Oct 11, 2018
KVOE's Drive for Food set to launch
Thursday is Drive for Food Day. KVOE staffers and volunteers from Boy Scout Troop 157 and Thomas Transfer stand poised to pick up donations across town as pack the Salvation Army food pantry. Already,...
Oct 11, 2018
Emporia defendants charged in drug case appear at separate hearings
A pair of defendants in a Lyon County drug case saw their cases move forward Wednesday. Luis Guillen, 25, of Emporia was bound over on all counts including intent to distribute methamphetamine within ...
Oct 11, 2018
Emporia School Board weighs in on district needs assessment
Emporia School Board members sat through a lengthy study session Wednesday with members of HTK Architects to give input on how they’d like to see the ongoing district needs assessment move forwa...
Oct 10, 2018
Ninth annual Wade's Ride launching this weekend
The memory of Wade Barrett continues to live on nine years after his passing due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The ninth annual Wade’s Ride event will be held this Saturday at the Wago...
Oct 10, 2018
Emporia native shares perspective as Hurricane Michael bears down on Florida panhandle
Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida panhandle Wednesday fueled by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico. At its peak, the storm was listed as a category 5 hurricane. The winds alone, pot...
Oct 10, 2018
2018 Match Day approaching
With the fifth annual Match Day approaching, several local organizations were in studio discussing how donations aid their missions. With Match Day continuing to be a massive success last year, reachi...
Oct 10, 2018
UPDATE: Lots of detours remain in place as rivers slowly subside
Travel remains a headache for residents across much of the KVOE listening area with significant flooding in place. Kansas Highway 99 remains closed south of Emporia until further notice with the Cotto...
Oct 10, 2018
State Street underpass remains closed with ongoing investigation into falling cement
An investigation continues into why cement began falling from the State Street underpass recently. The underpass, which takes traffic under the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks, has been closed sin...
Oct 10, 2018
