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Powerful thunderstorms caused rather widespread damage to the east and southeast of Emporia on Thursday afternoon. Early damage reports include a roof being blown off a house in Lebo after winds as hi...

OSAGE CITY — Nobody was hurt when a fire developed in an Osage City house Wednesday. Osage County Fire says the reported structure fire was called in shortly before 4:45 pm at 1421 Laing. The fi...

The Emporia High School drumline will be having a fiesta Saturday. The drumline students and directors are hosting a taco feed to help raise funds to purchase new equipment. EHS Drumline student membe...

Emporia Farmers Market is holding its annual Homegrown Celebration on Saturday with ESB Financial. Homegrown Celebration runs from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Farmers Market parking lot...

WICHITA — Tolls are going up on the Kansas Turnpike this fall. On KVOE’s 8:05 am newscast Thursday, Turnpike Authority Communications Director Rachel Bell said there will be two sets of ra...

An Americus woman sustained minor injuries as the result of a one-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon north of Emporia. According to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, 20-year-old Ashlyn Voorhees...

As drought conditions worsen over much of the KVOE listening area, ag producers continue to look for any precipitation to mitigate those conditions. The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor sho...

Over the next few years, the David Traylor Zoo will undergo a transformation. The $4.3 million Emporia Friends of the Zoo OASIS Campaign will fund eight separate capital improvement projects. On KVOE&...

Motorists will have to continue to find an alternate route around the ongoing Public Works project near 12th and Prairie. City Engineering crews shut down the intersection July 5 for what originally w...

David Traylor Zoo Director Lisa Keith has a major announcement. Your browser does not support the audio element. Newman Regional Health Volunteer and Social Media Coordinator Jessie Wagoner joins us w...