Category Archives: News
EPD reminds residents to be aware and safe this shopping season
The holiday season is now upon us with Christmas and New Year’s on the horizon, and with this comes an increase in certain theft-related crimes. Christmastime means increased traffic in gift pur...
Dec 21, 2019
FHTC 2019 Winter Commencement Ceremony celebrated Friday evening
The Winter Graduation Ceremony for the Flint Hills Technical College got underway Friday night. The Emporia Humanitarian Center Auditorium was filled with family and friends of the graduates to witnes...
Dec 21, 2019
Number of people charged now at six as investigation continues into alleged shootings, drug activity
A woman has now been charged as Emporia Police continue an investigation into shots fired at several homes and alleged drug activity. Annikah Sosa, 20, was arrested Friday and subsequently charged wit...
Dec 20, 2019
Downtown Emporia water line break affects existing pipe, not new line
Emporia's Underground Utilities Department spent much of Friday afternoon repairing a water main that broke in a busy construction zone. The line broke on the south side of the Sixth and Merchant inte...
Dec 20, 2019
UPDATE: Andover man hurt; car goes across Turnpike's southbound lanes twice near Emporia
A crash in southwest Lyon County near Emporia sent an Andover man to Newman Regional Health for treatment Friday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 62-year-old Mark Chittwood was southbound on the Kansas...
Dec 20, 2019
Business continues at steady pace for Emporia Post Office ahead of Christmas
If you still have packages that need to be shipped to loved ones before Christmas, the Emporia Post Office has you covered. Emporia Postmaster Harry Gifford recently joined KVOE’s Newsmaker segm...
Dec 20, 2019
Trio of Emporia adults charged with drug counts as shots fired investigation continues
Now three adults have now been formally charged after a shots fired investigation led to suspected criminal activity earlier this week. Elijah Rowley, age 21 of Emporia, is now formally charged with p...
Dec 20, 2019
All Emporia schools now listed as secure with EHS going to buzz-in access
Emporia High School is the latest — and last — local school to require buzz-in access for visitors. USD 253 began using a new buzz-in entry system at Emporia High on Thursday. Once classes...
Dec 20, 2019
Smoking, vaping age pushed from 18 to 21
The national smoking age has been officially reset. As expected, President Donald Trump signed a $1.4 budget bill to fund government operations and avoid a shutdown. Included in that bill was a provis...
Dec 20, 2019
Marshall: End of impeachment in House means more time to work on policy
The impeachment battle in the case of President Donald Trump now shifts from the US House to the Senate — and if Kansas Congressman Roger Marshall and other Republicans had their way, things wou...
Dec 19, 2019
