Category Archives: News
Corner House set to celebrate rehabilitation process with Saturday's Recovery in the Park
Residents are encouraged to celebrate the recovery process with a special event organized by Corner House on Saturday. Recovery in the Park begins at 10:30 am at the Peter Pan Park arbor. Corner House...
Sep 10, 2021 Corner House logo.
Allen Veterans Fall Festival taking place all day Saturday
The Allen Veterans Fall Festival is coming Saturday, and there is literally something for just about everybody on the schedule. The activity list begins with a biscuits and gravy breakfast at the Amer...
Sep 10, 2021 Allen Veterans Fall Festival graphic.
Pioneer Bluffs holding outdoor concert Saturday
On the Pioneer Bluffs event schedule is a concert this weekend. Director Lynn Smith highlighted the performance on KVOE's Newmaker segment Friday. The concert will take place outside the Pioneer Bluff...
Sep 10, 2021 Musician Bryan Knowles is performing at Pioneer Bluffs on Saturday. Photo submitted by Pioneer Bluffs.
Hearings pushed to late September for suspects in Emporia hit-and-run, kidnapping incident
Preliminary hearings for two suspects in an Emporia hit-and-run and kidnapping case have been delayed. Hearings for Mariah Lopez and Analysa Tamez have been continued to Sept. 22. Both were allegedly ...
Sep 10, 2021 Mariah Lopez (left), Analysa Tamez. Lyon County Jail photos.
RDA nearing next step of president search; Beginning exploration of new partnership to expand economic growth
The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas is nearing the application portion of its search for a new president. During the RDA Board of Directors meeting Friday morning, Board Chair ...
Sep 10, 2021 RDA Board of Directors discuss a new potential endeavor during its September board meeting. Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
CORONAVIRUS: KDHE's travel quarantine location list shrinks
The latest travel quarantine list from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment removes two foreign countries. Martinique and Georgia were removed, meaning French Polynesia and Guadeloupe are t...
Sep 10, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
Special speed enforcement project beginning Friday on US-50 just west of Emporia
A special traffic enforcement effort begins Friday just west of Emporia. Lyon County deputies will be patrolling the US Highway 50 construction zone between Road E and Americus Road. Deputies will be ...
Sep 10, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Significant repaving project for downtown Emporia to begin Monday
The official start date for a significant paving project in downtown Emporia is Monday. The city's contractor will start a project that involves Commercial Street, also Kansas Highway 99, from the Bur...
Sep 10, 2021 KVOE News photo.
Ongoing fog seal project on Road 130 to continue Friday
Fog sealing continues on part of Road 130 in eastern Lyon County on Friday. Crews will start at Road 130 and S and move east to Road T outside Chicago Mound Cemetery before moving south on T to Road 1...
Sep 10, 2021 Courtesy graphic.
Transformer failure leads to fire at Evergy's Emporia Energy Center
A transformer failure led to a fire at Evergy's Emporia Energy Center early Friday. Reading Benefit firefighters were called to the peak usage facility on Road 200 near Road U around 1:45 am. Reading ...
Sep 10, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
