Category Archives: News
WEATHER: Emporia Public Works director proud of weekend treatment effort; little moisture ahead with Wednesday snowfall
All told, Emporia Public Works Director Dean Grant is pleased with the street treatment effort after our first winter storm of the season over the New Year's weekend. Crews were out early at the onset...
Jan 3, 2022 Emporia Public Works had crews out all day Saturday and much of Sunday putting snow treatment materials down on city streets after a combination of snow and ice. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Bloom House Youth Services opens doors to begin 2022
Emporia's new organization focused on reducing the local homeless youth population is officially up and running. Bloom House Youth Services officially opened its doors on New Year's Eve with a combina...
Jan 2, 2022 Bloom House Youth Services leadership and staff pose proudly during the Bloom House grand opening event on New Year's Eve. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
One dead following vehicle accident in Osage County Saturday
An Osage City Woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Osage County Saturday evening. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2001 GMC Yukon driven by 43-year-old Lesley Ann Berner was trave...
Jan 2, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
WEATHER: Local and area roadways improving, residents still urged to exercise caution if traveling
Road conditions are gradually improving after the area's first bout of wintry weather Saturday, however, residents will still need to exercise caution to close out the weekend and begin the workweek. ...
Jan 2, 2022 Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Kidnapping convict resentenced to over 25 years in prison after 2018 incident in Emporia
A man convicted of aggravated kidnapping and other charges related to an incident in September 2018 is starting a new appeal process. William Anderson was originally convicted in April 2019 for his in...
Jan 1, 2022 William Anderson. Lyon County Jail photo.
US-50 expansion effort west of Emporia ends
Work to expand part of US Highway 50 just west of Emporia is now completed. The Kansas Department of Transportation has finished work to expand the highway from two lanes to four between Roads E-5 and...
Jan 1, 2022 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS for Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 1-2
Due to inclement weather, the following schedule adjustments have been reported: Churches: Emporia *Calvary Chapel Fellowship of Emporia worship services canceled Sunday *Church of Christ worship serv...
Jan 1, 2022 KVOE graphic.
WEATHER: Two taken to Newman Regional Health after separate wrecks on I-35; wind chill advisories starting earlier than first announced for Chase, Greenwood counties
Of the three crashes that happened on a slick Interstate 35 between 11 am and 12:30 pm Saturday, two led to people being taken to Newman Regional Health afterward. Emporia Fire took one person to NRH ...
Jan 1, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
No medical transports after vehicle hits fire hydrant in northwest Emporia
No transports were needed after a vehicle struck a fire hydrant in northwest Emporia Friday afternoon. Emporia Police were called to 1817 Coronado Drive around 4:44 pm for a reported injury accident. ...
Dec 31, 2021 Water pressure was low for some time Friday in parts of northwest Emporia after a vehicle ran over a fire hydrant. Kelly Ackerson photos.
Two people hurt in Kansas Turnpike rollover crash in Osage County
Two people were hurt, one possibly seriously, as part of a harrowing crash at highway speeds northeast of Emporia early Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened in Osage County on t...
Dec 31, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
