Category Archives: News

Once again, the Emporia Department of Motor Vehicles Office inside Flinthills Mall is closed. The office has been closed now three days this week as staffers battle COVID-19. The office will be closed...

Lyon County Lyon County Commission First District Ken Duft (R) Gregg Stair (D) Kansas House 60th District Mic McGuire (D) Mark Schreiber (R) Kansas House 76th District Eric Smith (R) Chuck Torres (D) ...

An Emporia man was among three people hurt in a crash in Wichita on Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 39-year-old Thomas Webb was westbound on Kansas Highway 96 about two miles east of Hydrauli...

Damage estimates are pending after a fire in central Emporia on Thursday afternoon. Emporia and Olpe firefighters were called to 906 Mechanic around 4:20 pm after reports of smoke in the basement. Emp...

Emporia State University has an overall downward trend in enrollment, but new student enrollment showed a significant increase. Meanwhile, Flint Hills Technical College is enjoying double-digit enroll...

Building updates and new equipment purchases all gained unanimous approval from Lyon County Commissioners Thursday morning. Commissioners approved a bid from England Paint Contracting, Inc. for staini...

Officially, it's being called a electrocution. Both Fanestil Meats owner Dan Smoots and Lyon County Undersheriff John Koelsch tell KVOE News the situation was more of an electric shock than a full-blo...

Emporia's Department of Motor Vehicles Office inside Flinthills Mall is closed again. The DMV is closed down due to COVID-19. Word on when the office will reopen is pending. This is the second closure...

Fall 2022 headcount at Emporia State University is down, both for headcount and full-time equivalent status. Headcount is over 5,300 students, down 5.2 percent from the better than 5,600 students enro...

Moderate drought has expanded further north and now covers much of the KVOE listening area. The latest update from the US Drought Monitor shows moderate drought covering almost all of Lyon County, as ...