Category Archives: News
Residents urged to vaccinate, use masks, wash hands frequently and improve ventilation as illness numbers increase
So far, just one area school district has announced an early end to its fall semester due to illness -- but an increasing number of students and staff areawide are getting sick and having to stay home...
Dec 14, 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo.
Demolition begins to turn former west Emporia restaurant into hotel, convention center
Demolition of the former Montana Mike's restaurant is in full swing. The east exterior wall has largely been removed and at least one tree has been knocked down as part of early work. Last month, Empo...
Dec 14, 2022 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Redistricting conversation coming to Lyon County Commission
Redistricting isn't just a federal or state thing. It may be coming to the Lyon County Commission boundaries. County commissioners have their weekly action meeting Thursday morning, and they have slat...
Dec 14, 2022 Lyon County map.
Bridge replacement funding coming to Chase, Greenwood counties
Chase and Greenwood counties are receiving funds for upcoming bridge projects. Chase County is receiving over $1.7 million to replace a bridge less than a mile west of Cedar Point. The project involvi...
Dec 14, 2022 Kansas Department of Transportation map.
Combination of staffing shortage, illness causing delays in Emporia trash pickup; Curbit routes unaffected
Emporia trash service may be delayed on a daily basis through the end of the year. On KVOE's Morning Show on Wednesday, City Manager Trey Cocking said staffing levels are the reason why, although ther...
Dec 14, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
USD 420 Osage City ending semester effective Wednesday due to increasing illness numbers
With more than a third of its students absent because of illness Tuesday, USD 420 Osage City has announced its schools will be closed for the rest of the fall semester effective Wednesday. Superintend...
Dec 13, 2022 USD 420 Osage City graphic.
The Garmin UNBOUND Gravel 350-mile registration will continue accepting entries until this Thursday
The Unbound Gravel registration for the XL 350 miles race closes this Thursday, selected entries will challenge their bicycling through the Flint Hills with zero support. This is the fourth year of th...
Dec 13, 2022 Unbound gravel 2022 / KVOE Photos Archive
Coffey County deputies respond to threat involving Waverly Elementary students
Coffey County deputies say they responded to a reported verbal threat involving Waverly Elementary students on Monday. The Sheriff's Office says there was a call regarding a threat allegedly made by o...
Dec 13, 2022 Coffey County Sheriff's Office logo.
President signs Respect for Marriage Act protecting interracial, same-sex marriages
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage. Thousands of people gathered on the White House South Lawn to commemorate the Respect for Marriage Act b...
Dec 13, 2022 President Joe Biden. Official photo.
Ten years later: National Teachers Hall of Fame representatives travel to Newtown, Connecticut, to pay respects on anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting
Ten years after the tragedy of Sandy Hook that saw 26 individuals lose their lives to gun violence, representatives of the National Teacher's Hall of Fame have traveled to Connecticut to pay their res...
Dec 13, 2022 Pictured left to right:
Jennifer Baldwin, Dr. Anthony Salvatore, Carol Strickland and Sally Conard. Photo courtesy of National Teachers Hall of Fame.
