Category Archives: News

There’s not much time for back-to-school preparations for most school district administrators, parents or students. In other cases, though, area schools have launched into their fall semesters. ...

Kansas as a whole saw lower unemployment from June to July, although that trend was not seen areawide. The July unemployment rate was 7.2 percent, down from 7.5 percent in June. Labor Department econo...

With attention now on the “You Drink, You Drive, You Lose” traffic enforcement campaign involving local and state law enforcement, the Kansas Highway Patrol has announced the results of a ...

Based on statistics from the Kansas Department of Agriculture, the vesicular stomatitis outbreak in horses and livestock is nearly out of the KVOE listening area. There are no cases in the area for th...

Emporia State University has rolled out a coronavirus tracking dashboard. The dashboard lists the number of students tested at ESU's Student Wellness Center and the number of positive results — ...

Ask and you shall receive. That was essentially the theme of Friday’s Talk of Emporia. KVOE listeners submitted a host of questions about coronavirus and the COVID-19 response. Lyon County Publi...

Significant discussion is coming for the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education on Monday night. As we have been telling you since the announcement Friday, the board will spend time discussing certain ...

Lyon County Public Health is reporting 15 new COVID-19 cases in Fridays update. There are 6 new recoveries. That increases the number of active cases to 80. The number of total cases increases to 796....

Despite best efforts to provide a hybrid event, the second annual No Coast Film Festival will be completely virtual this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to move the festival online was...

Emporia Main Street’s combination of two popular annual events had Commercial Street buzzing Thursday evening. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and certain restrictions, Main Street decided to combi...