Category Archives: News
EMPORIA STATE: Student government leaders discuss reinvestment process on KVOE's On-Air Chat
Reinvestment from the Emporia State student government perspective was the focus of the most recent On-Air Chat on KVOE and KVOE.com. Hailey Kisner, the Associated Student Government Vice President, a...
Mar 09, 2023 Morse Lake. KVOE News file photo.
Morris County authorities searching for person for questioning after incident Wednesday night
Morris County deputies and Council Grove Police officers are looking for a man for questioning after an alleged domestic incident Wednesday night. Deputies say the alleged incident happened in the 200...
Mar 09, 2023 Colton Brady. Morris County Sheriff's Office photo.
KTA announces plans to close two K-99 bridges northeast of Emporia early next month
A pair of bridges on Kansas Highway 99 over the Kansas Turnpike northeast of Emporia will be closing early next month as part of a construction project. The Kansas Turnpike Authority says bridges cros...
Mar 09, 2023 Kansas Turnpike Authority screenshot.
Emporians encouraged to attend upcoming visioning meetings
The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas and other agencies are encouraging residents to take part in public visioning sessions coming later this month. This comes after the city re...
Mar 09, 2023 City of Emporia graphic.
WEATHER: Light rain returns areawide Thursday morning; no movement in US Drought Monitor map
More light rain has fallen across the KVOE listening area after light rain Tuesday. Totals as of noon: *KVOE studios: 0.25 inches *Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.11 inches *1100 block Constitution: 0.05...
Mar 09, 2023 WeatherTAP.com radar image.
RDA to discuss employee recruitment, 2024 budget in monthly meeting Friday
The Regional Development Association's Board of Directors has its monthly meeting Friday morning. Board members will discuss the 2024 budget along with manufacturing and employee recruitment. Recent c...
Mar 09, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
Report of central Emporia house fires unfounded
A report Thursday morning of several homes on fire in central Emporia was unfounded. Firefighters from Emporia, Americus and Olpe were initially sent to the 800 block of Rural shortly before 9 am afte...
Mar 09, 2023 Emporia Fire badge.
Lyon County extradition hearing in Colorado assault case delayed to April
There has been a delay in an extradition hearing for an Emporia man accused of criminal activity in Colorado. A hearing originally set for Wednesday in Lyon County District Court was pushed to April 1...
Mar 09, 2023
COVID-19 new cases at lowest levels since September
Recorded new COVID-19 cases in Lyon County are at their lowest weekly numbers in months. On Wednesday, Lyon County Public Health reported 11 new cases, following 14 new cases in the March 1 report and...
Mar 09, 2023 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
Beginning of Blood in Flight Initiative involving Newman Regional Health, LifeSave, Red Cross celebrated Wednesday
A major medical partnership announced Wednesday will help patients needing critical care across the KVOE listening area. Newman Regional Health and LifeSave Transport, the hospital's medical air ambul...
Mar 08, 2023 Chuck Samples/KVOE News
