Category Archives: News
COVID closes Emporia DMV for second time this week
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...
Sep 29, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia State headcount down 5 percent, full-time equivalent student numbers down 3 percent since fall 2021
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...
Sep 29, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Deepening drought expands across KVOE listening area
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 ...
Sep 29, 2022 US Drought Monitor graphic.
Flint Hills Technical College announces double-digit percentage increases in fall enrollment
Flint Hills Technical College administrators are pleased with the enrollment report announced Thursday by the Kansas Board of Regents. And with good reason. Director of Marketing and Public Relations ...
Sep 29, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
SOS receives second major grant package this month
After receiving a trio of grants for operations, advocacy and outreach earlier this month, SOS is receiving additional grant funding. The Kansas Attorney General's Office is announcing $125,000 in gra...
Sep 29, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
No injuries, but equipment destroyed in crash at Kansas Turnpike's Emporia tollgate
It didn't result in a hospital trip, but a crash led to some significant damage to some of the Kansas Turnpike's equipment at the Emporia tollgate. Shortly before 3 pm Wednesday, a semi driven by 51-y...
Sep 29, 2022 A semi moves past a new crash attenuator at Emporia's Kansas Turnpike tollbooth early Thursday. The previous attenuator (white box-shaped items) was destroyed after a semi crash at the gate Wednesday afternoon. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
USD 253 Board of Education offers first public statement on alleged battery at EHS Wednesday
The USD 253 Board of Education delivered its first public statement on the alleged battery incident involving members of the Emporia High School football team Wednesday evening. The prepared statement...
Sep 28, 2022 KVOE News Screenshot Image.
EMPORIA STATE: Art investments announced as debate program becomes part of past
After one longstanding Emporia State program announced its upcoming end, ESU began public announcements about reinvestments in other areas. On Wednesday, ESU noted new tenure-track profession position...
Sep 28, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Halfway to St. Patty's Day poker run set to launch Saturday morning
The Emporia St. Patrick's Day Committee will be getting their engines revving this Saturday with a brand new fundraising event. The committee is hosting its first Halfway to St. Patrick's Day poker ru...
Sep 28, 2022 St. Patrick's Committee Flyer.
EMPORIA HIGH FOOTBALL: Information sparse as investigation continues
Halfway into the Emporia High football season, there is still no resolution to -- or new information about -- an alleged battery involving at least one player right before the season started. Emporia ...
Sep 28, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
