Category Archives: News
ELECTION: KVOE News Vote 2021 Information page
Sponsored by: The general election is Nov. 2. Listed below are the upcoming races for the general election along with Candidate Forum schedules, voter registration information, mail-in ballot processe...
Oct 04, 2021
Jam packed week of meetings ahead for Emporia City Commissioners
Emporia City Commissioners will have four meetings over the next three days. Commissioners will first convene for a three-hour executive session Tuesday afternoon for non-elected personnel matters. Co...
Oct 04, 2021 Pictured from left to right: Emporia City Commissioners Jon Geitz, Susan Brinkman, Danny Giefer, Becky Smith and Rob Gilligan. KVOE News File Photo.
CORONAVIRUS: 22 new cases reported in Lyon County following two weeks of 100+ new cases
After a week's worth of active case decreases, Lyon County Public Health's first coronavirus data report of the week saw a moderate active case increase. Monday, Public Health reported 22 new cases de...
Oct 04, 2021 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
Plumb Place auction generates $16,000
Saturday's auction of Plumb Place contents generated around $16,000 for an agency to help women in crisis situations. The United Way of the Flint Hills has been the lead agency for the Plumb Place Ste...
Oct 04, 2021 Auctioneer Dwayne Coble (center) announces items up for bid during Saturday's auction featuring contents of Plumb Place. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
US Postal Service adjusts service times for First-Class mail deliveries
The US Postal Service is implementing new service standards for First-Class Mail. That means the prospect of longer delivery times for letters, small packages, bills and tax documents. Last month, the...
Oct 04, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Allen man dies after last week's head-on wreck outside Bushong
The man hurt in a head-on crash outside Bushong last week has died. Steve Pio, age 73 of Allen, was northbound on Road G when his pickup went left of center Sept. 28 and went head-on into a pickup dri...
Oct 04, 2021 Lyon County Sheriff's Office patch.
With $2.3 million grant in hand, CrossWinds CEO says agency will be busy preparing for expanding services
Now that CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness has secured a better than $2 million grant for expanding services, Chief Executive Officer Amanda Cunningham says her agency will be busy getting ready for ...
Oct 04, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
RDA board to field latest update on president search
The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas' Board of Directors has its monthly meeting Friday. Board members will get an update on the search for a new president with current leader K...
Oct 04, 2021 Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas logo.
SUV destroyed by fire outside Emporia late Sunday night
Fire destroyed an SUV traveling on the Kansas Turnpike late Sunday night. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Tony Fuller says fire developed in the SUV as it was approaching mile marker 120, or seven miles ...
Oct 04, 2021 Emporia Fire badge.
2021 Emporia Walk to End Alzheimer's transforms fairgrounds walking trail into path towards hope Sunday
Patients, caregivers, loved ones and supportive citizens all took great strides, literally, Sunday afternoon towards one day finding a cure to Alzheimer's Disease. The 2021 Emporia Walk to End Alzheim...
Oct 03, 2021 Walkers carry with them a white flower symbolizing the continued hope for a cure to Alzheimer's Disease during the 2021 Emporia Walk to End Alzheimer's. Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
