Category Archives: News

The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved bids for a pair of area road construction projects. KDOT has approved a sealing project on Kansas Highway 130 from Hartford through Neosho Rapids t...

Court proceedings continue to move forward for two defendants in the Jesus Avila murder case. Both Andrew Granado and Jovan Pecina waived their rights to speedy trials during hearings Wednesday. They ...

Heat alerts are back again for part of the KVOE listening area. Chase and Greenwood counties are in heat advisories from 1-8 pm both Thursday and Friday. This follows another hot day across the KVOE l...

Lyon County Commissioners are reviewing candidates for a new position within the county. During a special study meeting Wednesday morning, Commissioners interviewed potential candidates for a public r...

Emporia City Commissioners have chosen to reopen the application window for the historic Carnegie building. The application window will be open for 30 days and comes after miscommunication from a pote...

Emporia Police are asking for help in finding a missing person. Police Capt. Ray Mattas says officers are looking for Brooke Lang, who was last seen July 21. Mattas says Lang was apparently leaving he...

COVID caseloads are ticking up gradually in Lyon County. On Wednesday, Lyon County Public Health reported 60 new cases, up from 52 announced July 27 and 47 announced both July 20 and July 13. However,...

After a demonstration project introducing Emporians to a new crosswalk concept earlier this year, will the city's use of pedestrian islands expand? Healthier Lyon County spearheaded the project this p...

Emporia Main Street has a new initiative designed to thank teachers in Lyon County for their work. Main Street Director Casey Woods had details on KVOE's Morning Show on Wednesday: Main Street will th...

Two straight years and counting. The state's tax receipts are now on a 24-month streak of surpassing estimates, continuing that mark in July with over $586 million collected for the month -- beating e...