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WEATHER: Rolling power outages turn Emporia stoplights off Tuesday morning
Travel conditions are slow areawide after light snowfall Sunday and Monday. In Emporia, major arterials are partly to mostly snow-covered. Residential collectors are mostly to completely covered. Side...
Feb 16, 2021
Audio - Tuesday - 02-16-21
Live Call-In: Emporia Chamber of Commerce Your browser does not support the audio element. Newsmaker: Polar Plunge organizers preview this year’s Plunge, on Feb. 20th. Your browser does not supp...
Feb 16, 2021
WEATHER: Short-term power outages return to area
Short-term power outages are once again being utilized in Kansas to alleviate larger, uncontrolled outages across a much wider area. Evergy Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Chuck Caisl...
Feb 16, 2021
Emporia State basketball teams facing final 2 weeks of season
The Emporia State basketball teams are now down to their final 2 weeks of the regular season. The men have 5 games left. Their scheduled game on Tuesday with Northeastern State has been postponed. The...
Feb 16, 2021
WEATHER: Store shelves becoming bare as residents stock up to battle bitter cold conditions
As historic lows continue residents are doing all they can to stay warm and local retailers are working hard to meet the demand. Lucas Hockenbury of Water’s Hardware says they are in short suppl...
Feb 16, 2021
WEATHER: Equipment malfunction causes Country Mart to clear all cold/frozen product Monday
Reeble’s Country Mart is currently working to replenish its cold storage cases after an equipment malfunction between Sunday and Monday. According to Country Mart Manager Gary Andrews when they ...
Feb 15, 2021
WEATHER: As local officials remain wary of return to energy emergency level 3 City of Emporia opens White Auditorium as warming station through Tuesday morning
Rolling power blackouts were part of life across the state of Kansas for a while Monday afternoon. It’s the latest sign of extreme cold conditions that settled in over the weekend and it follows...
Feb 15, 2021
Travel not recommended due to extreme cold and slick weather, but Emporia Public Works says it will do its best to keep streets as safe as possible
Local travel could be slow going until Wednesday once temperatures finally get out of the current deep freeze. Overnight lows dipped to -10 and wind chills went under -30 at times Monday morning, mean...
Feb 15, 2021
Light snow wrapping up Monday afternoon
Area snow totals have been light Sunday and Monday. *KVOE studios: 1.5 inches Sunday*Emporia: 1.4-2.2 inches Sunday, 4 inches total*Gridley: 1.2 inches Sunday, 4 inches total*Madison: 2 inches Our cur...
Feb 15, 2021
First time winner at Daytona
(yahoosports) Michael McDowell won the rain-delayed 2021 Daytona 500 after he bumped Brad Keselowski into Joey Logano as Keselowski went to make a potential race-winning move. As Keselowski and Logano...
Feb 15, 2021
