Category Archives: News
Lyon County embezzlement case to have next hearing in January
A preliminary hearing in a Lyon County embezzlement case now won't take place until early next year. Randee Lee Jones was initially set for a prelim this month, but that was delayed to Jan. 23 after L...
Nov 14, 2025 Randee Jones. Lyon County Jail photo.
Record high temperatures possible Friday, Saturday
Mid-November isn't typically known for mid-spring temperatures, but that's what we have to close out the week. Emporia can expect a daytime high of 76 degrees Friday. If reached, this will break the c...
Nov 14, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia teen listed as missing
Local authorities are searching for an Emporia teenager listed as missing. Bella Black, age 17, was last seen Thursday. Kansas Missing and Unsolved lists Black as 5-foot-5, 175 pounds, with dark brown...
Nov 14, 2025 Bella Black. Kansas Missing and Unsolved graphic.
Search now better than three years old for Brandon Smith
Authorities are renewing their call for information as they try to find a man missing from southeast Kansas for over three years. Kansas Missing and Unsolved says Brandon Shane Smith went missing from...
Nov 14, 2025 Brandon Smith. Kansas Missing and Unsolved graphic.
Food Relief Rapid Response Team begins baby formula drive
SNAP benefits may be loaded, but the United Way of the Flint Hills continues its work to help people in need. That work now includes a baby formula drive through Dec. 19 as organized by the Food Relie...
Nov 14, 2025 United Way of the Flint Hills graphic.
Virgil included in expansive boil water advisory
Parts of northeast Greenwood County are under a boil water advisory as part of an alert also affecting portions of Wilson and Woodson counties. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has list...
Nov 14, 2025
One Lyon County arson case resolves, another advances
An Emporia man was sentenced to probation this week for allegedly setting a fire inside a local apartment complex. Mitchell Lindsey received 12 months of probation for setting a fire inside College Ap...
Nov 14, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Options for Emporia's downtown Carnegie Library discussed during public forum Wednesday
The city of Emporia is nearing a set of decisions on how to handle the downtown Carnegie Library. A public forum organized by Don Loux was designed to get more information to residents about options f...
Nov 14, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Lyon County WIC back to normal operations following end of federal government shutdown
Lyon County's WIC is returning to normal operations following the recent end of the month-long Federal government shutdown. WIC announced late Thursday afternoon that offices are once again fully up a...
Nov 13, 2025 Kansas WIC logo.
USD 253 to begin 'rating' cost containment ideas by start of new year
Cost containment evaluation continues for USD 253 Emporia and is expected to take a "deeper dive" in early 2026. That was according to USD 253 Superintendent Dr. David McGehee during an interview with...
Nov 13, 2025 USD 253 Emporia logo.
