Category Archives: News
Dunham's Sports coming to Emporia's Flinthills Mall
Full details haven't been announced, but Flinthills Mall apparently has a replacement for JC Penney. Dunham's Sports is coming to Emporia this year, part of an ongoing expansion throughout the COVID-1...
Mar 04, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
US Highway 56 to have resurfacing project across Lyon County
Next week, part of Interstate 35 east of Emporia will see a lengthy road resurfacing project. A separate but similar project is coming north of Emporia by the end of the month. The Kansas Department o...
Mar 04, 2022 Kansas Department of Transportation logo.
Emporia State's Bonner and Bonner lecturer discusses ways -- big and small -- to be changemakers
Being a changemaker doesn't always mean "grandiose projects." Autumn Rose Miskweminanocsqua (Raspberry Star Woman) Williams, a one-time Miss Teen Shinnecock and Miss Native American, spoke about youth...
Mar 04, 2022 Autumn Rose Williams was Emporia State University's featured speaker as part of the Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture series Thursday night. Courtesy photo.
Abnormally dry conditions expand areawide
Abnormally dry conditions now cover the entire KVOE listening area, meaning some level of drought status now blankets the state. For about a month, abnormally dry conditions were noted south of a line...
Mar 04, 2022 US Drought Monitor map.
AVILA MURDER: Cornejo-Campoverde has alternate theft count added; decision on Alanis status still pending
A decision on whether Alan Alanis will be tried as an adult in the murder of Jesus Avila better than four years ago is now getting moved to at least April. A hearing that went several days last month ...
Mar 04, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Weekend weather menu: Critical fire danger with a side of storms, wintry weather for dessert
About the only thing missing from this weekend's weather forecast is a heat wave. That's obviously a stretch, but we have storms and the possibility of red flag warnings for critical fire danger in Sa...
Mar 04, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
USD 252 Southern Lyon County interviewing for new principal at Hartford, Neosho Rapids schools
Preliminary interviews are coming Friday afternoon as USD 252 Southern Lyon County prepares to hire a new principal at Hartford Junior-Senior High School and Neosho Rapids Elementary. Current principa...
Mar 03, 2022 USD 252 Southern Lyon County logo.
County commissioners approve audio improvement purchase for Anderson Building Thursday
An improved sound system is coming to the Lyon County Fairgrounds Anderson Building following the Lyon County Commission's weekly action session Thursday. During the meeting, commissioners approved a ...
Mar 03, 2022 Lyon County Commission photos.
Plans already underway for 2023 Day of Giving event for Emporia State
Plans are already underway for a Day of Giving event to benefit Emporia State University next year. That statement comes from ESU Foundation Vice President of Stewardship and Administration and Associ...
Mar 03, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Calves largely survive February's snowfall, wild temperature swings
Cattle producers know all too well that calves find ways to be born in the worst winter weather, and that was the case last month. The area had several snowfalls, and it also had some of the wildest t...
Mar 03, 2022 Calves born last month had a cold and snowy start to their lives. McDonald Farm Polled Herefords photo.
