Category Archives: News
30th National Teachers Hall of Fame induction week underway in Emporia
After a three-year wait, the 2020 and 2022 classes of the National Teacher's Hall of Fame will be enshrined in Emporia this week as the hall of fame. Inductees began arriving Monday to Emporia with in...
Jun 13, 2022 National Teachers Hall of Fame logo.
CHILDCARE SHORTAGE: Lack of fringe benefits among issues pushing providers to other careers
A recent study on the dearth of childcare options, either locally, areawide or statewide, gets a nod of confirmation from CareArc Childcare Specialist Jamie Roberts. Earlier this month, Child Care Awa...
Jun 13, 2022 Child Care Aware of Kansas photo.
Pathways to a Healthy Kansas grant program fruitful locally through Abundant Harvest donation, SWAP food pantry partnership
The Pathways to a Healthy Kansas grant program continues to be fruitful for Emporia, Lyon County and nearby counties. Healthier Lyon County is into its second phase of the grant, with the original awa...
Jun 13, 2022 Healthier Lyon County photo.
WEATHER: Heat advisories returning to area counties Monday
It's a heat advisory day across the KVOE listening area. Lyon and most surrounding counties are in an advisory from 12-8 pm, while Chase and Greenwood counties are in a separate advisory from 1-8 pm. ...
Jun 13, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
First court appearance next month for Council Grove attorney accused of aggravated battery with a semi
A first court appearance is coming next month for a Council Grove attorney accused of using a semi as a weapon in an incident that's nearly two years old. Stephen Iverson is charged with two counts of...
Jun 12, 2022 Kansas Courts graphic.
WEATHER: John Redmond Reservoir releasing over 12,800 cubic feet per second after four rounds of flooding upstream
Flooding is over, but two reservoirs managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers are sending a lot of water downstream and keeping river levels higher than normal to a degree. John Redmond Reservoir is ...
Jun 12, 2022 John Redmond Reservoir. Tonya Combes.
WEATHER: Some planting timelines adjusted due to recent rain
The heavy rainfall since mid-May that has caused four separate rounds of flooding across central Lyon County has also adjusted some planting timelines for ag producers. Lyon County Extension ag agent ...
Jun 12, 2022 Rain from Saturday night is sitting on several fields as of Sunday afternoon, including this field about two miles west of Emporia. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
K-170 bridge near Reading open to traffic; road resurfacing to resume on Burlingame Road
Travelers wanting to use Kansas Highway 170 east of Reading no longer have to go all the way north to US Highway 56 to do so. On Friday, the Kansas Department of Transportation opened a bridge over th...
Jun 12, 2022 Kansas Department of Transportation photo.
Project Playscape's baseball field grand opening pushed to late July
There has been another delay for officially opening the Project Playscape baseball field complex in Americus. Weather had pushed the opening from mid-May to this past Saturday. The rainfall over the p...
Jun 12, 2022 Recent rainfall has delayed late construction on the Project Playscape baseball field complex in Americus, meaning the ribbon-cutting ceremony is also delayed. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
'It's all about love' Emporia hosts second annual Pride festival Friday and Saturday
After a successful inaugural Pride event in 2021, Emporia's second installment of the annual celebration of the LGBTQ community was even bigger and better this weekend. Activities kicked off Friday ev...
Jun 11, 2022 Drag performers close out Pride festivities inside of the Granada Theatre. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
