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Road debris was the apparent reason for a crash near Scranton that hurt two Emporia residents Sunday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a pickup truck driven by 36-year-old Brian Kenneth Penn was officia...

Three large hay bales were destroyed in a fire near Emporia's west city limits Sunday afternoon. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Rich Gould says a spark from a hay baler led to a blaze that caught the ba...

Most of Chase County is now under voluntary water restrictions. Strong City Public Works Director Matt Markley tells KVOE News the restrictions haven’t been formally published, so they aren̵...

Emporia’s Friendship Meals program needs drivers. North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging Director Julie Govert-Walter joined KVOE’s Newsmaker program recently with details. Your br...

The Boston Red Sox rallied for a 15-4 win over the Kansas City Royals Saturday night. The Royals jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Lucas Duda hit a solo home run in the 2nd inning. The Royals added 2 more run...

The Emporia Junior American Legion baseball team open zone tournament play with a 13-3 win over Chanute Saturday. Post 5 scored 3 runs in the first thanks in part to two hit batters with the bases loa...

The Emporia Energy U-18 girls fast pitch softball team opened the USSSA Class B state tournament with a 10-0 win over Legit Saturday. The Energy 18s scored 8 runs in the first inning and added 2 more ...

Erik Jones had to work overtime and avoid several big wrecks, but outlasted it all to capture his first career win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series - at Daytona International Speedway, Saturday...

The deadline to apply for the Emporia Convention and Visitors Bureau’s annual support grants is just a little less than a month away. CVB Director Susan Rathke was a recent guest on KVOE’s...

Moonlight will be guiding riders through the Flint Hills later this month for the Lunar Kanza. Preparations are underway now for the annual event which will see hundreds of cyclists and runners come o...