Category Archives: News
Emporia City Commission agenda items include audit, Clean Air Ordinance update, charging station, common consumption area
Emporia city commissioners have a lot of items to address in their study session Wednesday morning. Commissioners will get a presentation on the 2020 annual audit and will review funds supported by ta...
Jul 13, 2021 Pictured from left to right: Emporia City Commissioners Jon Geitz, Susan Brinkman, Danny Giefer, Becky Smith and Rob Gilligan. KVOE News File Photo.
Revenue-neutral funding rate among agenda items for USD 253 board
Budgetary matters and more will be part of the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education meeting on Wednesday night. The board will continue discussions on whether to exceed the so-called revenue-neutral rat...
Jul 13, 2021 Mary Herbert Education Center. KVOE News file photo.
USD 251 board to discuss revenues, strategic plans, board policies
Revenues, strategic planning and board policies will lead the USD 251 North Lyon County Board of Education meeting Wednesday. The board will discuss whether to exceed the state's so-called revenue-neu...
Jul 13, 2021 USD 251 North Lyon County logo.
New traffic pattern coming for Abundant Harvest's mobile food pantry Tuesday
Abundant Harvest is hosting the latest mobile food pantry Tuesday, and there is a major traffic pattern change coming. Abundant Harvest says vehicles all must enter the front parking lot at 1028 Whitt...
Jul 13, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
2019 National Teachers Hall of Fame inductee returns to Emporia for worldwide book launch
Since his induction into the National Teachers Hall of Fame two years ago, Chris Albrecht has been extremely busy. Albrecht has been a park ranger at locations in Nebraska and Maine. He's also written...
Jul 13, 2021 2019 National Teachers Hall of Fame inductee Chris Albrecht is in Emporia this week, in part to launch his latest book, "The Rediscovery of Hope and Purpose." Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Shawnee man charged with flee and elude, other counts after Saturday night's alleged chase through Lyon County
Official paperwork is not immediately available, but the Lyon County Attorney's Office has charged 23-year-old Jamison Durkee after an alleged law enforcement pursuit through Lyon County on Saturday n...
Jul 12, 2021 Kansas Department of Corrections photos.
CORONAVIRUS: Nine new cases, five recoveries reported in Lyon County Monday
Modest increases continued in both overall and active COVID-19 cases in Lyon County Monday. Public Health reported nine new cases developed over the weekend bringing the overall total to 4,320 since l...
Jul 12, 2021 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
Schreiber selected to attend Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development in October
One local lawmaker has been selected to attend a prestigious leadership program in the fall. Kansas 60th District Representative Mark Schreiber of Emporia has been chosen as one of the representatives...
Jul 12, 2021 60th District Representative Mark Schreiber. Kansaslegislature.org Courtesy Image
National Weather Service to begin using WEA alerts for high-end wind, hail storms
Coming later this month: a slight adjustment in severe weather warnings. The baseline criteria for severe thunderstorms -- 58-mph winds and quarter-sized hail -- will not change. However, the National...
Jul 12, 2021 National Weather Service graphic.
USD 253 enrollment process including survey that could mean millions of dollars to district
USD 253 Emporia is asking parents and guardians to take a short survey that could lead to millions of dollars for local educational programs. As part of the official enrollment process beginning next ...
Jul 12, 2021 USD 253 Emporia graphic.
