Category Archives: News
Controlled blasts to affect K-31 traffic east of Osage City beginning Wednesday
Construction work on Kansas Highway 31 east of Osage City will be louder than normal starting Wednesday. The Kansas Department of Transportation will have a series of controlled blasts as part of the ...
Aug 10, 2021
Emporia's Street Rehab process to focus on repaving streets beginning next week
Next week, Emporia's annual Street Rehab project will change focus. So far, the project has handled curb and gutter needs as well as handicapped-accessible sidewalk ramps. Beginning Monday, affected s...
Aug 10, 2021 12th Avenue from Whittier east to Commercial is among several Emporia streets that will be repaved as part of the annual Street Rehab project. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Admire woman, Osage City man arrested on suspicion of drug distribution
A Lyon County woman and Osage County man have been arrested on suspicion of having methamphetamine in their possession with intent to distribute the drug. Osage County Sheriff Chris Wells says a deput...
Aug 10, 2021 Lisa Mueller (left), Michael McGure. Osage County Jail photos.
CORONAVIRUS: Chamber cancels rescheduled annual meeting
Recently, the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce had announced its rescheduled annual meeting set for Aug. 25 was a sellout. Now it has been canceled. The Chamber made the announcement Tuesday in light ...
Aug 10, 2021 Steve Sauder receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from Don Hill during the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce's virtual annual meeting in January. The rescheduled in-person event Aug. 25 has been canceled. Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce screenshot.
Emporia City Commission has varied agenda for study meeting
Emporia city commissioners have an earlier start time than normal for their study meeting Wednesday. Commissioners will start at 9 am with four main discussion points on the agenda: a mid-year health ...
Aug 10, 2021 Pictured from left to right: Emporia City Commissioners Jon Geitz, Susan Brinkman, Danny Giefer, Becky Smith and Rob Gilligan. KVOE News File Photo.
COVID-19 status, budget update on USD 253 Emporia board's agenda
Updates and reviews will take place during the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education meeting Wednesday night. Board members will field the latest update on the district's COVID-19 response from Superinte...
Aug 10, 2021 USD 253 Emporia Public Schools Image.
Emporia Senior Center announces event cancellations
The Emporia Senior Center has announced a pair of event cancellations for this week. Bingo for Tuesday night has been canceled along with Wednesday's fundraising lunch. Reasons for these cancellations...
Aug 10, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Traffic now moving past site of water main break in central Emporia
Preliminary work has finished after a water main break in central Emporia on Monday night. Issues at Ninth and West developed around 10 pm after a split developed in an eight-foot section of water lin...
Aug 09, 2021 Emporia Public Works crews begin excavating around the site of a water main break at Ninth and West early Tuesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Heat advisories now posted to 8 pm Wednesday areawide
Heat advisories are now effective to Wednesday evening areawide. Earlier Tuesday, the National Weather Service extended heat advisories for Chase and Morris counties, thus matching an existing advisor...
Aug 09, 2021 National Weather Service graphic.
Cottonwood Falls teen suffers suspected minor injuries after getting hit by SUV
A Cottonwood Falls teenager was hit by an SUV on Monday but only suffered apparently minor injuries as a result. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 13-year-old Anders Joy was in the middle of a bridge on ...
Aug 09, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
