Category Archives: News
EMPORIA STATE: AAUP still hoping for reversal of staff cuts; formal censure most severe option with investigation starting soon
As Emporia State University continues its reinvestment announcements after beginning that process over a month ago, the American Association of University Professors is finalizing the framework for wh...
Oct 25, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia shooting suspects officially set for separate preliminary hearings
Two men accused of shooting somebody at an Emporia apartment complex this past summer are back in Lyon County District Court for hearings Wednesday. Shedrick Williams and Keno Hopkins are set for prel...
Oct 25, 2022 Keno Hopkins (left), Shedrick Williams. Lyon County Jail photos.
Man accused of aggravated kidnapping in Lyon County District Court
A preliminary hearing is ahead for a man accused of aggravated kidnapping and other charges in Lyon County District Court. Roberto Torres faces single counts of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated domes...
Oct 25, 2022
Cause of Middle Creek Fire near Chase-Marion county line still under investigation
Marion County Emergency Management is still determining how Sunday's Middle Creek Fire started near the Chase County line. The fire was reported around 11 am along Kansas Highway 150 and moved north n...
Oct 25, 2022 An air tanker drops water on the Middle Creek Fire along the Chase-Marion county line Sunday. Kansas Forest Service screenshot.
Lansing Prison escapee with prior convictions in Lyon, Greenwood counties captured without incident
A man who escaped from the state's minimum-security prison in Lansing over the weekend has been captured. Joshua Renfro was placed on escape status after "walking away" from the Lansing Correctional F...
Oct 25, 2022 Joshua Renfro. Kansas Department of Corrections photos.
Emporia garage damaged by fire
Fire developed in an Emporia garage on Monday, damaging the structure. The fire was reported shortly after 12:15 pm at 1201 Prairie. There was heavy smoke, which obscured traffic at 12th and Prairie n...
Oct 24, 2022 Emporia Fire battled a garage fire at the 12th and Prairie intersection shortly after noon Monday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Casteel charged with attempted murder in Oct. 17 incident near Emporia
Formal charges are now on the books in an attempted murder case in Lyon County. Shortly after he was arrested in Emporia on Monday, the Lyon County Attorney's Office filed charges against Logan Castee...
Oct 24, 2022 Logan Casteel. Lyon County photo.
Jobless numbers dip areawide, nearly flat across Kansas
Jobless numbers continue at low levels across the KVOE listening area and the state of Kansas as a whole. The jobless rate for September was 2.6 percent across Kansas, up slightly from the August rate...
Oct 24, 2022 Kansas Department of Labor map.
NRH Medical Partners announces new physician
A new physician is in the fold at Newman Regional Health Medical Partners. Dr. Kaitlyn Tennyson was raised in Andover and received her bachelor of science in biology from Southwestern College in Winfi...
Oct 24, 2022 Dr. Kaitlyn Tennyson. Newman Regional Health photo.
Area receives most significant rainfall since late September; two injury crashes linked to wet conditions
KVOE listeners got much-needed rainfall Monday. The KVOE studios received 0.80 inches of rainfall. Other totals: *Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.66 inches *1100 block Constitution: 0.85 inches *10th and...
Oct 24, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
