Category Archives: News
Geitz submits resignation as city commissioners approve RHID designation and KDOT grant application Wednesday
With the Emporia City Manager position now filled, city commissioners will next be looking to fill a soon-to-be-vacant commissioner's seat a bit sooner than most expected. At the top of the meeting, c...
Oct 21, 2021 Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
City of Emporia receives anonymous $250,000 donation for Santa Fe skate park improvements
Ongoing efforts to update the skate park in Santa Fe Park received a tremendous boost Wednesday. The Emporia Community Foundation announced during the Emporia City Commission's action session Wednesda...
Oct 20, 2021 Emporian Maddox Guttierez, whose efforts have helped push forward needed improvements to the Santa Fe Skate Park in Emporia, sees the anonymous donation for park improvements. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Current League of Kansas Municipalities Deputy Director Trey Cocking chosen to serve as next Emporia City Manager
The City of Emporia now has its new City Manager. Wednesday evening, Emporia City Commissioners approved an employment agreement with current League of Kansas Municipalities Deputy Director Trey Cocki...
Oct 20, 2021 Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Emporia Area Chamber providing local voters with additional introductions to election candidates
Local voters now have even more opportunities to get to know the individuals whose names will be on the ballot next month. For the second year in a row, the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce has taken ...
Oct 20, 2021 Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce Graphic
CORONAVIRUS: New caseload increase smallest since Oct. 5 for Lyon County; vaccination percentages edge higher
There was another increase in Lyon County's coronavirus numbers Wednesday, but the increase wasn't to the level of Monday's report or any since early October. Lyon County Public Health reported 18 new...
Oct 20, 2021 Kansas Department of Health and Environment graphic.
Gas prices now approaching $3.10 a gallon locally
Increases in oil prices worldwide have, unfortunately, translated to local gas pumps. Emporia gas prices had been holding between $2.89 and $2.95 a gallon for months, but local gas prices started goin...
Oct 20, 2021 Oil prices have been going up for months, but local gas prices hadn't responded in kind until recently. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CrossWinds, Emporia State among entities receiving Leadership Transformation grants through Kansas Leadership Center
The Kansas Leadership Center has announced its Leadership Transformation Grant recipients, and an Emporia-based organization is among the new groups on the list. CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness is ...
Oct 20, 2021 Kansas Leadership Center logo.
Bearing failure triggers combine fire near Emporia
Emporia Fire helped to put out a combine fire that developed just south of Emporia on Tuesday evening. Firefighters were called out to the 1400 block of Road J, about a mile south of town, after fire ...
Oct 20, 2021 Emporia Fire badge.
Aggravated assault charge to be dropped in Emporia attempted murder case
One supporting charge is getting dropped, but the attempted murder case against Emporian Ronald W Schemm is moving forward. During a preliminary hearing last week, prosecutors said they would dismiss ...
Oct 20, 2021 Ronald W. Schemm. Lyon County Jail Photo.
Homecoming begins Thursday at Emporia State University
Homecoming is almost here for Emporia State University. Homecoming officially begins Thursday, and Alumni Association Programs Coordinator Tiffany Wilson tells KVOE News it's exciting -- and a relief ...
Oct 20, 2021 Emporia State University graphic.
