Category Archives: 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 3, 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
Kansas Free For Arts Executive Director hard at work to maintain momentum generated by second annual Halfway 2 Everywhere music and arts festival over Labor Day Weekend
The 2021 Halfway 2 Everywhere Music and Arts Festival has been wrapped up for close to a month now, and for lead organizer and Kansas Free For Arts Executive Director Hank Osterhout has spent that tim...
Oct 3, 2021 Kansas Free For Arts Logo.
Moderate rain totals fall across area Saturday
Some parts of the KVOE listening area enjoyed moderate rainfall Saturday. *KVOE studios: 0.40 inches *Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.74 inches Other area totals are pending. September was extremely dry ...
Oct 2, 2021 KVOE News graphic.
ESU honors beloved former choral professor during Gala Benefit Concert
For over two decades, Terry Barham taught choral music at Emporia State University to such a level that he was inducted into the Kansas Music Educators Association Hall of Fame after he retired. On Sa...
Oct 2, 2021 Former Emporia State choral professor Terry Barham offers remarks after being inducted into the university's Beach Hall of Distinction on Saturday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Rain, power outages don't deter push for new splash pad in Olpe
Rain and power outages became unscheduled parts of the Olpe Downhome Fall Festival on Saturday. The prospect of weekend rain had been in the forecast the past several days, but a trio of outages devel...
Oct 2, 2021 Bingo helped to close out the Olpe Downhome Fall Festival on Saturday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
