Category Archives: News
Hillcrest Apartments under new ownership
The Hillcrest apartment complex is under new ownership. The Hillcrest was put up on the market earlier this fall and sold quickly after its presence on the market was announced on KVOE in late Septemb...
Oct 26, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia Lions Club celebrating 100th year of service to area
The Emporia Lions Club is officially into its second century of service to the area. The local club's charter was issued Oct. 26, 1921, nearly five months after it was organized. Local club member Bob...
Oct 26, 2021 Lions Club logo.
CORONAVIRUS: Flint Hills Community Health Center announces booster shot clinic Nov. 4
Availability of COVID-19 booster shots is expanding. Flint Hills Community Health Center is now offering boosters of Moderna along with boosters of Pfizer. Residents need to set appointments by callin...
Oct 26, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
Emporia Community Impact Challenge finals coming Wednesday
Emporia State University students are hoping to make their ideas a reality Wednesday in an effort to better serve the Emporia community. The final round of the Emporia Community Impact Challenge is co...
Oct 26, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Contracts, disc golf and rescheduling all up for discussion during Emporia City Commission study meeting Wednesday
Continued discussions on updates to city sanitary lift station #2 will highlight the Emporia City Commission's upcoming study session Wednesday morning. Commissioners will discuss a construction servi...
Oct 26, 2021 Pictured from left to right: Emporia City Commissioners Jon Geitz, Susan Brinkman, Danny Giefer, Becky Smith and Rob Gilligan. KVOE News File Photo.
Greenwood County deputies make arrests connected to burglaries in Hamilton, Quincy, Virgil areas
Greenwood County deputies have arrested two people after reports of burglaries across the north half of the county. Deputies say they executed a search warrant at a currently unspecified address in Ha...
Oct 26, 2021 Greenwood County Sheriff's Office logo. KVOE News file photo.
Emporia Police investigating after reported hit-and-run wreck sends adult, child to Newman Regional Health
Emporia Police are looking for a vehicle allegedly involved in a hit-and-run incident in northwest Emporia shortly after school let out. The wreck was reported in the 2300 block of Industrial at aroun...
Oct 25, 2021 Emporia Police investigate a reported hit-and-run injury crash near Walmart on Monday as Emporia Fire tends to two people who were later taken to Newman Regional Health for treatment. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health worried about slow increase in vaccination percentages
The pace of COVID-19 vaccinations hasn't been robust for months, and the current percentages of unvaccinated residents per county has several public health officials concerned about what may develop. ...
Oct 25, 2021 Kansas Department of health and Environment graphic.
Health Center board of directors holding monthly meeting Tuesday
Finances will garner the majority of attention for the Flint Hills Community Health Center Board of Directors Tuesday. During its monthly meeting, the board will receive the monthly financial report f...
Oct 25, 2021 FHCHC Logo
Deadline looms for residents seeking mail ballots
The 2021 general election is now just about a week away. Two voter processes continue at this time, the in-office advance vote and mail ballots. Lyon County Clerk Tammy Vopat says time is now running ...
Oct 25, 2021 Lyon County Election Office graphic.
