Category Archives: News
Rick and Colleen Mitchell named honorary chairs for 10th annual SOS Hope-A-Palooza
SOS has announced its honorary chairs for the 10th annual Hope-A-Palooza next month. Rick and Colleen Mitchell were nominated for the honor in part for their support to the agency as well as their all...
Feb 03, 2023 Rick and Colleen Mitchell. SOS Courtesy Image.
Kansas Board of Regents Chair calling for full community support of ESU reinvestment initiative following interactions with university leadership
Kansas Board of Regents Chair Jon Rolph is asking the Emporia community to do all it can to help facilitate and support the well-publicized changes currently ongoing at Emporia State University. In an...
Feb 03, 2023 Kansas Board of Regents Chair Jon Rolph. Kansas Board of Regents.
Emporia State University welcomes inspirational speaker Backpack Jeff Young as part of Black History month activities Wednesday
What baggage are you carrying? "Backpack" Jeff Young, a motivational speaker, personal development coach, and poet asked this question to ESU students on Wednesday. Young says that the theme of his pr...
Feb 03, 2023 Backpack Jeff Young is speaking at Emporia State University on Wednesday. backpackjeff.com photo.
Garrison sentenced to 59 months in drug distribution case Wednesday
One woman is set to spend more than four years in prison following sentencing in Lyon County District Court earlier this week. Judge Lee Fowler sentenced Nikki Rae Garrison to serve 59 months in priso...
Feb 03, 2023 Nikki Garrison. Lyon County Jail photo.
Emporia State A Cappella Choir is back with its special Singing Valentines for this Valentine's Day
It's love season and the Emporia State University A Capella Choir has prepared a special musical gift for the community this Valetine's Day. The Acappella Choir is bringing back Singing Valentines thi...
Feb 02, 2023 Singing Valentines ESU A Capella Choir logo
Emporia Fire Department clears scene of reported gas leak at Emporia Pavillions Thursday evening
No signs of natural gas were found after a reported gas leak at a west Emporia retailor Thursday night. The Emporia Fire Department responded to Ross Dress For Less inside of the Emporia Pavillions af...
Feb 02, 2023 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Emporia Children's Choir to benefit from spaghetti feed fundraiser Sunday at St. Mark's Lutheran Church
The Emporia Children's Choir has now been active for close to a month and is now set for its first major fundraiser this weekend. St. Mark's Lutheran Church will be hosting a spaghetti feed for the ch...
Feb 02, 2023 Emporia Children's Choir Logo.
Emporia Country Club sells
Details are pending and the paperwork hasn't reached the Lyon County Register of Deeds Office, but both sides involved in the Emporia Country Club sale say the process has closed. Investor Jerid Thoma...
Feb 02, 2023 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia Senior Center hosting love themed luncheon fundraiser next Friday
The local community is invited to embrace love and kindness during a fundraiser luncheon for the Emporia Senior Center next week. The Love and Kindness Luncheon will be held next Friday, Feb. 10 at th...
Feb 02, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
Charges announced in alleged burglary of former Cedar Point school building
Court hearings are ahead for two people who allegedly tried to steal books from the former Cedar Point school building late last month. Formal charges have been filed against 25-year-old Kathryn Laine...
Feb 02, 2023 Kathryn Culbert (left), Jacobsen Eells. Chase County Jail photos.
