Category Archives: News
Annual Beef Producers Seminar one of many highlights of day one activities for 2022 Flint Hills Beef Fest Friday
2022 Flint Hills Beef Fest activities commenced Friday. Following the annual livestocker show at the Emporia Sale Barn, attention shifted to the Lyon County Fairgrounds and the Bowyer Community Buildi...
Aug 20, 2022 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Showers and thunderstorms bring scattered rain totals to KVOE listening area Friday and Saturday
Showers and thunderstorms didn't result in severe weather activity Friday night into Saturday morning, but it did bring some much-needed rainfall to the listening area. Storms began developing just be...
Aug 20, 2022 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Empower House Ministries hosting life skills clinic next Saturday
Empower House Ministries is bringing a new event to the community calendar next weekend. The drug rehabilitation ministry will be hosting its first life skills clinic at Therapy Services located at 12...
Aug 19, 2022 Empower House Ministries logo.
Kansas Turnpike CEO updates cashless tolling process, projects
Cashless tolling is the wave of the future for drivers on the Kansas Turnpike, and Turnpike Authority CEO Steve Hewitt detailed the process, the reasons behind it and upcoming related adjustments on K...
Aug 19, 2022 Ground work is underway about five miles southwest of Emporia as the Kansas Turnpike Authority moves towards cashless tolling over the next two years. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Updates on coronavirus isolation, quarantine guidance highlighted on KVOE Morning Show
It appears COVID-19 numbers are trending lower nationwide. The latest weekly report from Lyon County Public Health bore that out locally, with 51 new cases -- barely half those reported Aug. 10. On KV...
Aug 19, 2022 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
First United Methodist Church school supplies organizer details annual effort for Emporia schoolchildren
Gathering school supplies for as many as 4,300 students takes a while -- and it's not cheap. First United Methodist Church continued its now-longstanding tradition of gathering and distributing virtua...
Aug 19, 2022 First United Methodist Church screenshot.
Marginal risk of severe weather for Friday afternoon, evening
Friday afternoon has a 50-50 chance of showers and storms for the afternoon and evening time periods. There is also a marginal risk of severe weather for both time periods. The National Weather Servic...
Aug 19, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
Emporia teenager injured following rollover crash Thursday
A rural Emporia teenager was taken to Newman Regional Health following a rollover accident north of Emporia Thursday. According to Lyon County Deputy Jody Meyers, deputies, Emporia/Lyon County EMS wer...
Aug 18, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
United Way of the Flint Hills kicks off 2022 fundraising campaign Thursday evening
The 2022 United Way fundraising campaign is off and rolling. The campaign officially began Thursday with the Campaign Kickoff and Business After Hours event at the Pressroom in downtown Emporia. This ...
Aug 18, 2022 United Way CEO Mickey Edwards and 2022 Campaign Co-Chair Scott Hayes welcome citizens and UW Board Members to the official Campaign Kickoff. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Sports betting begins September 1st in Kansas
Sports betting is set to launch in Kansas. Governor Laura Kelly announced Thursday that sportsbooks at Kansas' four state-owned casinos, Boot Hill Casino & Resort in Dodge City, Kansas Star Casino...
Aug 18, 2022 KS Lottery Courtesy Image.
