Category Archives: News
Fish kill noted at Peter Pan Park
Peter Pan Park is dealing with a fish kill heading into the weekend. The city of Emporia announced the presence of dead fish as part of a social media post Friday. The city has not yet announced the n...
Jul 22, 2022 Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News,
Twin Rivers Junior Shooting Sports inviting community to explore the outdoors at Flinthills Mall Saturday
Twin Rivers Junior Shooting Sports is bringing everything great that is great about the outdoors to Flinthills Mall Saturday. The Explore the Great Outdoors (EGO) event will be held at the mall starti...
Jul 22, 2022 KVOE News File Photo
Emporia announces plans to recondition East 12th Avenue water tower; survey to gain resident thoughts on goals, priorities and services
Additional plans are being divulged as the city of Emporia moves toward refurbishing the 12th Avenue water storage tank. City Communications Manager Christine Johnson says the reconditioning process w...
Jul 22, 2022 KVOE News photo.
CORONAVIRUS: Latest caseloads increasingly underreported, Millbern says
COVID-19 numbers -- at least those that have been reported -- have been pretty stable in Lyon County for several months. Those numbers, though, are likely low, according to Lyon County Public Health E...
Jul 22, 2022 Food and Drug Administration graphic.
ELECTION: Lyon County's advance vote totals bolstered by offsite event at Fairgrounds Anderson Building
Advance voting continues for the next week-plus across the KVOE listening area. One option for Lyon County voters will close down this weekend. The offsite voting option continues at the Fairgrounds A...
Jul 22, 2022 Kansas Secretary of State graphic.
Emporia Friends of Library launches flash book sale
The Friends of the Emporia Public Library is off and rolling with a special book sale. Typically, the Friends have book sales in the spring and fall, but they are into a flash sale Friday and Saturday...
Jul 22, 2022 Emporia Public Library graphic.
Bazan settling into new role at Newman Regional Health
Newman Regional Health Director of Business Development says his experience leading Emporia Middle School was "wonderful" and he's getting settled into his new role at the hospital. Bazan says he had ...
Jul 22, 2022 Steven Bazan. Newman Regional Health photo.
Wreck near Kansas Turnpike's Matfield Green service exit hurts one person
One person has been hurt after a crash in southeast Chase County on Friday. The wreck happened on the Kansas Turnpike two miles north of the Matfield Green service exit shortly before 10:30 am. The Ka...
Jul 22, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia Police investigates shooting incident early Friday
Emporia Police are investigating after a shooting incident apparently in southeast Emporia early Friday. Police Capt. Ray Mattas says officers were called to the 700 block of Eastgate Drive around 4:3...
Jul 22, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE: USD 253 Board of Education declines recommendation to pause school operations
The doors of William Allen White will be open once the 2022-23 school year begins. USD 253 School Board members declined a recommendation to "pause" operations at the elementary school during a more t...
Jul 21, 2022 USD 253 Emporia Board of Education members stand united as they decline a recommendation to "pause" operations at William Allen White Elementary School. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
