Category Archives: News
Lyon County Sheriff decries death of George Floyd, resulting violence nationwide
Lyon County Sheriff Jeff Cope has weighed in on the recent death of a black man at the hand of a white police officer in Minnesota — an incident that has sparked various levels of protest and ou...
Jun 02, 2020
Emporia City Commission action meeting coming Wednesday
Infrastructure will be the major talking point for Emporia City Commissioners during their regular action session Wednesday. On the agenda will be consideration of approval for ordinances to annex and...
Jun 02, 2020
Pretrial hearing slated in July for man accused of sexual exploitation, promoting obscenity
A man accused of promoting obscenity to minors, sexual exploitation and other instances of unlawful sexual activity towards teenagers and pre-teenagers was in court Monday and will return next month. ...
Jun 02, 2020
Former Emporia High teacher's first court appearance on sex charges reset to July
A new first court appearance date has been announced for Tyler Bosiljevac. The former Emporia High teacher was originally set to start court proceedings Monday after formal charges last week on illega...
Jun 02, 2020
Roberts-Blue-Barnett funeral director Steven Hart passes at 60
A long-time funeral director of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home has passed away. Steven Hart passed away Friday while at his son’s home in Cottonwood Falls at the age of 60. Hart was born in 1...
Jun 02, 2020
Suspect in alleged Emporia shots fired incident from December back in court Friday
An Emporian accused of shooting into at least one of four homes or apartments in December will be back in court Friday. Adam Cole Burnett, 18, sat through a motions hearing Monday. Judge Lee Fowler ap...
Jun 02, 2020
KVOE polls see nearly-even split of opinion on keeping Jones Aquatic Center closed
KVOE online viewers were almost evenly split on their reactions to the Emporia Recreation Commission’s decision to keep the Jones Aquatic Center closed this summer. Just under 51 percent of resi...
Jun 02, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Labor Department taking steps to process federal jobless aid
The Kansas Department of Labor says it has launched an outbound call system to help residents working to complete information needed through the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. Resid...
Jun 02, 2020
Governor's administrative team to develop plan to break institutional racism
Governor Laura Kelly led her Monday news conference with observations stemming from the death of George Floyd in police custody last week and the violence that has followed. Your browser does not supp...
Jun 02, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: Governor announces first meeting of state SPARK task force coming Tuesday
Substantial progress on the launch of the state’s recovery office is anticipated in the coming days according to Governor Laura Kelly. During her regular news briefing Monday afternoon, Governor...
Jun 01, 2020
