Category Archives: News
Hush champions Emporia State's push for more on-campus enrollment, stronger faculty voice during Rotary Club meeting
With Emporia State students increasingly taking classes from off-campus locations, Interim President Ken Hush is recognizing that trend -- but he also wants to see the university doing what it can to ...
Jan 12, 2022 Emporia State University Interim President Ken Hush addressed several matters during a question-and-answer presentation during the Emporia Rotary Club meeting Tuesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Arraignment hearings of note Thursday, sentencings Friday in Lyon County District Court
Lyon County District Court is set to be a busy place Thursday and Friday. Pretrial and arraignment hearings are coming Thursday for Jordy Cornejo-Campoverde and Armando Nunez, both accused of involvem...
Jan 12, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
CORONAVIRUS: Morris County noting sharp spike in cases, test positivity percentage
Lyon County isn't the only area county having a sharp spike in COVID cases. Morris County, which has a population of under 6,000 and recently went over 1,000 total COVID cases, announced 74 new cases ...
Jan 12, 2022 Food and Drug Administration graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Fauci hot mic comment apparently calls Marshall 'moron' after second heated exchange
A nearly four-hour public hearing in Congress on the federal response to COVID-19 variants may well be remembered only for a hot mic comment from Dr. Anthony Fauci apparently aimed at Kansas US Senato...
Jan 11, 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
Governor says 'fiscal sanity' leads to plans to rebate taxpayers, end food sales tax, freeze college tuition
Citing her approach of "fiscal sanity" during her first three years in office, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly outlined several policy goals she says are a direct result of prudent budget management as pa...
Jan 11, 2022 Kansas Governor Laura Kelly. Official photo.
Flint Hills Technical College President outlines priorities for 2022 Legislative session
Flint Hills Technical College President Dr. Caron Daugherty says the institution has several priorities in sight with the 2022 legislative session now underway. During the most recent installment of T...
Jan 11, 2022 KVOE News File Photo
Applications available through Jan. 25 for funding through Emporia St. Patrick's Day Committee
If your organization is looking for additional funding this year, the Emporia St. Patrick's Day Committee has the opportunity for you to receive it. Applications for funding through the committee are ...
Jan 11, 2022 St. Patrick's Day Committee Image
UPDATE: Shed, hay destroyed by fire southeast of Olpe as part of busy Tuesday for firefighters
A very high fire danger areawide Tuesday bore itself out with several small grass fires and a destructive building fire across Lyon County. The building fire happened near Roads 40 and P, about three ...
Jan 11, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
CORONAVIRUS: 'We're being responsible': Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce postpones annual meeting amidst ongoing spike in COVID cases
2022's first major schedule adjustment due to the latest spike in COVID-19 cases has been announced. The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce stated in a recent news release that it has chosen to postpone...
Jan 11, 2022
Cedar Point man accepts plea agreement in sex exploitation case
Sentencing is coming next month for a Cedar Point man accused of possessing child pornography last year. Leland Taylor accepted a plea to one count of attempted sexual exploitation last month. Sentenc...
Jan 11, 2022 Leland Taylor. Chase County Jail photo.
