Category Archives: News
Corner House celebrates recovery process with event at Peter Pan Park
Celebrating recovery was the goal of a community activity put on by Corner House on Saturday. The second Recovery in the Park event took place at Peter Pan Park, bringing an estimated 150 to 200 peopl...
Sep 12, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Daylong festivals in Bushong, Allen honor veterans, raise funds for upcoming projects
Bushong and Allen were busy places Saturday. Bushong held its sixth annual North Lyon County Veterans Memorial car and bike show with a host of other activities, including a World War II reenactment. ...
Sep 12, 2021 Bushong (pictured) and Allen had daylong festivals Saturday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Fog sealing project to move into Hartford on Monday
At least one more day of fog sealing is ahead for parts of southeast Lyon County on Monday. The Lyon County Highway Department has planned work starting at Road 110 and T and moving east to Road W. Wo...
Sep 12, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Relay for Life's signature event, adjusted for second straight year, pleases organizers
For the second straight year, Relay for Life of the Flint Hills had to alter its signature event. And for the second straight year, organizers say things went well. COVID-19 forced organizers to cance...
Sep 11, 2021 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Kansas Manufacturing Council's Making Kansas Bus Tour coming to Emporia
The Kansas Manufacturing Council is bringing its Making Kansas Bus Tour to Emporia. The tour stop will be Thursday from 3-4:30 pm at Sauder Custom Fabrication, 222 Weaver. The goal of the tour is to h...
Sep 11, 2021 Kansas Manufacturing Council graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: SPARK Executive Committee approves $50 million plan for hospitals
The state's SPARK Executive Committee is following through with plans to have $50 million available for hospitals to improve premium pay or help retain support staff. The committee voted Friday to app...
Sep 11, 2021 Newman Regional Health photo.
A fateful day remembered: Area residents pause to reflect on 20th anniversary of 9-11 terror attacks
"Honor and remember." "Never forget." Area residents had several opportunities to pause and reflect on the Sept. 11 terror attacks 20 years ago as well as their ongoing impact on our society and cultu...
Sep 11, 2021 Weston Sanders rings the KVOE 9-11 memorial Bell during the Great American Market on Saturday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
More details divulged about upcoming repatriation of Marine Corps Private Glenn White
More details have been announced about the upcoming repatriation of Marine Private First Class Glenn White, whose remains were positively identified earlier this summer after he was killed during comb...
Sep 11, 2021 Glenn White. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency photo.
One dead after two SUVs collide near Lyndon
A Vassar woman is dead after a wreck involving two SUVs just north of Lyndon on Friday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash on Kansas Highwa 268 west of South Berryton Road happened at 12:40 pm. ...
Sep 10, 2021 Osage County Sheriff's Office graphic.
Emporia State University TRIO program receives $1.4 million grant to assist future post-secondary students
Emporia State University's TRIO Upward Bound and Talent Search program recently received a generous grant award to ensure the program can continue serving future college students in the local communit...
Sep 10, 2021 ESU TRIO Program Image.
