Category Archives: News
Cooling/heating unit prices on the rise alongside air temperatures
Air temperatures aren't the only thing increasing locally. Over the past six months, air conditioning unit prices have steadily increased with the latest price hike occurring just last month according...
Jun 08, 2021 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Emporia City Commission holding study session Wednesday
Property, capital improvements and budgetary matters are set to highlight the Emporia City Commission's upcoming study session Wednesday. City commissioners are set to review a series of capital impro...
Jun 08, 2021 KVOE News File Photo
Hollenbeck looks back on 15-year career at Flint Hills Technical College: 'I'm pretty proud of what we've done'
Retirement awaits for Flint Hills Technical College President Dean Hollenbeck. The college's longtime leader is officially retiring at the end of the month and discussed his tenure during his final Te...
Jun 08, 2021 Dean Hollenbeck. Flint Hills Technical College photo.
National Weather Service: Tornado forecasting has come a long way since World War II-era radars, limited knowledge of conditions when 1974 tornado hit Emporia
If Emporia's 1974 tornado had happened today, the destruction may not have been avoidable but the loss of life might have been. The tornado essentially formed without warning on Emporia's west edge, s...
Jun 08, 2021 The aftermath of Emporia's June 8, 1974 tornado was readily apparent shortly after it struck Flinthills Mall. Courtesy National Weather Service.
Pre-registration continues for USD 253 kindergarten, preschool students
Emporia Public Schools is in the process of finalizing their kindergarten and preschool classes for the 2021-2022 school year. The time is now for parents and guardians of those students to preregiste...
Jun 08, 2021 USD 253 Emporia logo.
Kansas Department of Agriculture notes several steps to avoid repeat of last year's VSV outbreak
The Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Health has released a set of preventative measures to prevent the transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). VSV is an equine disease tha...
Jun 08, 2021 Kansas Department of Agriculture graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Flint Hills Technical College keeping some mitigation strategies -- in certain circumstances
While Emporia State University has ended most of its coronavirus protocols, a few are still in place at Flint Hills Technical College, albeit on a limited basis. On KVOE's Tech Talk on Tuesday, Presid...
Jun 08, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
CORONAVIRUS: Veterans Affairs to vaccinate qualifying 12- to 17-year-olds starting Thursday
The Department of Veterans Affairs' Eastern Kansas Division is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Starting Thursday, the VA's Eastern Kansas Health Care System will start vaccinating people b...
Jun 08, 2021 US Department of Veterans Affairs logo.
Lyon County Food and Farm Council aiming to increase local composting efforts and discarded food redirection in coming months
The Lyon County Food and Farm Council is currently working to recruit businesses to assist in its mission to reduce the amount of discarded food entering the landfill. During a recent update to the Ly...
Jun 07, 2021 Lyon County Food and Farm Council Image.
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia State president credits staff, city of Emporia for work to minimize COVID-19 impact after university ends most mitigation protocols
Now that campus life has returned to pre-COVID procedures in most cases, Emporia State University President Allison Garrett is grateful for the efforts of everybody at ESU for their work to minimize t...
Jun 07, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
