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Emporia City Commission action meeting coming Wednesday
Infrastructure will be the major talking point for Emporia City Commissioners during their regular action session Wednesday. On the agenda will be consideration of approval for ordinances to annex and...
Jun 02, 2020
Pretrial hearing slated in July for man accused of sexual exploitation, promoting obscenity
A man accused of promoting obscenity to minors, sexual exploitation and other instances of unlawful sexual activity towards teenagers and pre-teenagers was in court Monday and will return next month. ...
Jun 02, 2020
Former Emporia High teacher's first court appearance on sex charges reset to July
A new first court appearance date has been announced for Tyler Bosiljevac. The former Emporia High teacher was originally set to start court proceedings Monday after formal charges last week on illega...
Jun 02, 2020
Roberts-Blue-Barnett funeral director Steven Hart passes at 60
A long-time funeral director of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home has passed away. Steven Hart passed away Friday while at his son’s home in Cottonwood Falls at the age of 60. Hart was born in 1...
Jun 02, 2020
Suspect in alleged Emporia shots fired incident from December back in court Friday
An Emporian accused of shooting into at least one of four homes or apartments in December will be back in court Friday. Adam Cole Burnett, 18, sat through a motions hearing Monday. Judge Lee Fowler ap...
Jun 02, 2020
Local conversation on race relations pivots to sports as unrest continues following George Floyd's death
The impact of George Floyd’s death last week in police custody — and sports’ role in race relations — was the focal point of KVOE’s Monday Morning Quarterback this week. ...
Jun 02, 2020
KVOE polls see nearly-even split of opinion on keeping Jones Aquatic Center closed
KVOE online viewers were almost evenly split on their reactions to the Emporia Recreation Commission’s decision to keep the Jones Aquatic Center closed this summer. Just under 51 percent of resi...
Jun 02, 2020
SI writer puts Chiefs atop preseason NFL rankings
Sports Illustrated writer Peter King has the Kansas City Chiefs atop his NFL preseason rankings. King says he “loves the offense too much to pick anyone else first,” although he has concer...
Jun 02, 2020
MLB commissioner floats latest proposal on starting 2020 season
(Yahoo Sports) A regular season that opens in late July, holds 50 or 60 games and concludes with an expanded postseason in October was introduced by baseball commissioner Rob Manfred as part of the mo...
Jun 02, 2020
Former Auburn football coach, AD Pat Dye passes away
Former Auburn football coach and athletic director Pat Dye passed away Monday at the age of 80. Dye passed away from complications of kidney and liver failure. He was also an asymptomatic COVID-19 pat...
Jun 02, 2020
