Category Archives: News
Families enjoy range of holiday activities as part of Chase County Country Christmas
Chase County celebrated its annual Country Christmas on Friday and Saturday with a range of activities. After music and children’s activities helped to start the event Friday night, SaturdayR...
Dec 01, 2019
Emporia businesses encourage shoppers to buy local on Small Business Saturday
With Black Friday now in the past, local businesses in downtown Emporia were ready to receive large Small Business Saturday crowds to flock towards their best deals of the year. Small businesses are t...
Nov 30, 2019
Black Friday sales and steady crowds take over local retailers
The day after the Thanksgiving feast is famous for two things – eating leftovers and shopping for amazing deals on Black Friday. The late appearance of Thanksgiving this year has not impeded loc...
Nov 29, 2019
Granada Theatre looking forward to new events in coming year
The Granada Theatre is looking to keep the doors open on a more consistent basis in the coming year and has lined up an exciting schedule of new events for the local community to partake in. According...
Nov 29, 2019
UPDATE: Very high fire danger developing for weekend; nearly all Chase County now abnormally dry
Recent rainfall — and rain that may come down Friday — may not do much to tamp down the fire risk that’s apparently developing for the weekend. The KVOE studios picked up 0.40 inches...
Nov 29, 2019
Emporia's downtown sanitary sewer project reaching midway point
Emporia’s downtown sanitary sewer project continues, and City Engineer Jim Ubert says the work has moved well so far. Ubert says the contract team is about 40 percent done with the overall proje...
Nov 29, 2019
KDOT approves area road, bridge construction projects
Numerous road construction projects have been approved for area counties by the Kansas Department of Transportation. Chase County will see an overlay project on Kansas Highway 150 from the Marion Coun...
Nov 29, 2019
Chase County's Country Christmas starts Friday evening
Chase County has its annual Country Christmas sprinkled across the county Friday night into Saturday. Most of the activities are happening in Strong City and Cottonwood Falls, including the culminatin...
Nov 29, 2019
Thanksgiving rainfall leads to possible storms Friday, high fire danger for weekend
Icing issues were isolated for the KVOE listening area Thursday. A winter storm gave the area a chance for light snowfall and a thin glaze of ice. For the most part, that did not materialize even with...
Nov 29, 2019
Church of Christ feeds record number of people with annual community Thanksgiving meal
It takes a village to feed a village and Emporia’s Church of Christ certainly had a village of workers on hand for their annual community Thanksgiving meal. From cooks to servers and a plethora ...
Nov 28, 2019
