Category Archives: News
Salvation Army opens annual bell-ringing campaign
The Salvation Army of Emporia is now into its biggest fundraiser of the year. The annual bell-ringing campaign got underway with the media kickoff Saturday. KVOE staffers were stationed at Bluestem Fa...
Nov 22, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Rotary Club's annual Grocery Grab again benefits Bloom House
Groceries have been grabbed as part of a unique fundraiser. The annual Grocery Grab took place at Good's Cash Saver on Saturday, with Harlie Wellnitz, the daughter of Rotary Club of Emporia member Jac...
Nov 22, 2025 Harlie Wellnitz stands by the shopping carts she used to claim nearly $1,000 worth of foodstuffs as part of the Rotary Cub's annual Grocery Grab on Saturday. Karly Witte/Rotary Club of Emporia.
Holiday activities: Chamber brings back Sensory Block for parade, while Emporia Library announces Breakfast With Santa
Christmas is just over a month away, and local activities for the holiday are starting to get announced. Already with the annual Christmas Parade on Dec. 2, the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce says t...
Nov 22, 2025 Santa Claus will be busy in and around Emporia this holiday season, including stops at the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade and the Emporia Public Library's Breakfast With Santa (pictured). Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
USDA announces screwworm.gov information website
New World Screwworm continues to be a concern at the ag producer and government levels, so the US Department of Agriculture has created a new information website. Screwworm.gov is designed to centrali...
Nov 22, 2025 US Department of Agriculture photo.
ECF Sadie Jones grant recipients announced
The Emporia Community Foundation has announced the latest recipients of grant funding through the Sadie Jones Fund. In all, this round of grants totals over $13,000. Emporia Christian School received ...
Nov 22, 2025 Emporia Community Foundation.
Trooper discharged almost a week after fatal shooting incident outside Carbondale
Almost a week after he was shot during a fatal shooting incident in northern Osage County, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Adam Ellis has been released from KU Med. Ellis and three Osage County deputies...
Nov 22, 2025 Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Adam Ellis. Kansas Highway Patrol.
Animal Health Alert announced for Kansas due to scattered nationwide spread of Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy
The Kansas Department of Agriculture has issued an Animal Health Alert for a potentially lethal virus in horses. The KDA's Division of Animal Health is following confirmed cases of Equine Herpesvirus ...
Nov 21, 2025 Kansas Department of Agriculture graphic.
Curtis v NRH, part 2: KOMA complaint filed
Emporian Tyler Curtis has filed a Kansas Open Meetings Act complaint against Newman Regional Health. Curtis had filed an Open Records Act request to learn more about the hospital's current-year budget...
Nov 21, 2025 KVOE News photo.
RDA Board approves regional letter of support to bring Natrium reactor project to local area
The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas has approved another letter of support, this time on a regional scale, in hopes of bringing a new Natrium reactor to the area. The RDA Board...
Nov 21, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Feel Good Friday Nov. 21, 2025: I Look Forward to my Sundays
This week's Feel Good Friday focused on the story of a lifelong Chiefs fan and ALS patient, Danny Williams, who is being sent off in style to watch his team this weekend thanks to the tight-knit commu...
Nov 21, 2025 Lifelong Chiefs fan Danny Williams flanked by friends Tina Reynolds (left) and Pam Brack as they prepare to decorate his van for his road trip to see the Chiefs play the Colts. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
