Category Archives: News
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.
Friends of the Emporia Public Library fall book sale returns Saturday
The Friends of the Emporia Public Library's annual fall book sale is back on the community calendar and officially begins Saturday. The book sale will run until next Thursday beginning with the friend...
Sep 10, 2021 KVOE News File Photo
CORONAVIRUS: #VaxToNormal campaign's incentive half ends with 'super grand prize' drawing
The incentive half of the #VaxToNormal campaign is over. The incentive half, part of a two-pronged effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations across the area, concluded with what organizers called the "...
Sep 10, 2021 The Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund's #VaxToNormal campaign reached a milestone with Friday's "super grand prize" drawing. Pictured are (from left): JD Lohmeyer, Emporia Main Street Director Casey Woods, United Way of the Flint Hills Community Impact Manager Hannah Crowl, PrairieLand Partners John Deere General Manager Nik Roth, Emporia Main Street Events Coordinator Jessica Buchholz, Emporia Community Foundation board member Kay Lauer and KVOE Promotions Director Erren Harter. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: Local healthcare providers declaring intentions on how to proceed with recent federal mandate regarding mandatory employee vaccinations
Newman Regional Health has stated its intent to comply with a recent federal mandate requiring vaccinations for all employees as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge. The mandate, announced Thursd...
Sep 10, 2021 Food and Drug Administration graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health announces 33 new cases; Newman Regional Health debuts hospital's COVID information
With Lyon County Public Health's COVID-19 data releases now back on schedule, new cases are in range with totals from the last several weeks. Public Health announced 33 new cases Friday, moving the ov...
Sep 10, 2021 Newman Regional Health graphic.
Great American Market to feature 150-plus vendors Saturday
Six blocks, a lot of cool stuff. That's how Emporia Main Street Director Casey Woods describes the Great American Market, which takes over much of downtown Emporia early Saturday. Woods previewed the ...
Sep 10, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
