Category Archives: News
50 years of SOS, 30 years of CASA, 25 years of Child Advocacy Center celebrated Thursday
Five decades ago, SOS began serving people in domestic crisis situations. The mission evolves as it continues, and the agency welcomed the community to a 3-layer birthday celebration at Peter Pan Park...
Jul 31, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Crash near Lyon-Coffey county line leads to arrest
Lyon County deputies say a crash near the Coffey County line led to an arrest Thursday night. Deputy Daniel Calvert says the crash was reported just after 9 pm on Interstate 35 near the Kansas Highway...
Jul 31, 2026 KVOE News file photo
Kansas Supreme Court declines to hear Secretary of State appeal on 3-day mail ballot grace period
The Kansas Supreme Court is letting lower court rulings stand when it comes to the state's 3-day grace period for mail ballots and Tuesday's primary election date. The Supreme Court declined to hear t...
Jul 31, 2026 Kansas Supreme Court. Kansas Judicial Branch photo.
Feel Good Friday July 30th, 2026: What a Ryde
For the first time in over 30 years, the Hutchinson Sky Ryders Drum and Bugle Corps made a return appearance on the national stage recently. Now, you may be saying, that's nice, but what does that hav...
Jul 31, 2026 The 2026 Sky Ryders Drum Corps contingent. Photo courtesy of Sky Ryders Drum Corps.
County Commissioners currently contemplating steeper fines for commercial traffic violations following regular action meeting Thursday
Penalties for commercial truck drivers using non-commercial roadways may be getting much steeper if Lyon County Commissioners approve a new penalty in the coming weeks. During discussions with Lyon Co...
Jul 30, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Hill convicted of rape, sodomy in Lyon County case
Jason Lee Hill has been pleading his innocence in a Lyon County rape and aggravated criminal sodomy case dating back to fall 2024. The jury did not see the case the same way. After three days of testi...
Jul 30, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
ESU names alum as new Memorial Union director
Next week, Justin Rahe becomes Emporia State University's director of the Memorial Union. Rahe begins Monday -- 10 years after he graduated from ESU Rahe's last 7 years have been spent with Emporia St...
Jul 30, 2026 Justin Rahe. Emporia State University photo.
Renamed, reconfigured Halfway to Halfway music festival set for Oct 2-3 in downtown Emporia
The Halfway to Everywhere Music and Arts Festival is, in several ways, going halfway this fall. And there are reasons for that. The event is getting rebranded, at least for this year, as Halfway to Ha...
Jul 30, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Demolition work making way for new 'modernized' Emporia KTA service area set to begin in August
Demolition work at Emporia's KTA service station is set to begin very soon. According to KTA Director of Engineering Glen Scott, the KTA decommissioned the current restaurant at the service area earli...
Jul 30, 2026 Emporia Service Station renderings courtesy of Kansas Turnpike Authority.
Hartford City Council approves contractor for City Hall demolition
The Hartford City Council is moving ahead with demolition plans for City Hall. Following a special meeting last week, the City Council approved the low bid from Leiser Excavating at nearly $67,000 for...
Jul 30, 2026 Hartford City Hall, a structure built in the 1880s, will have to be demolished after wind-related damage July 4. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
