Category Archives: News
ESU grad wins Milken Educator Award
An Emporia State graduate has received a national award for her work in the classroom. Carly Bowden, a seventh-grade math teacher in Andover, was recently honored with the Milken Educator Award. Bowde...
Jan 12, 2020
Trial set to begin Monday in Emporia robbery case
Trial is set to begin Monday for a man accused of robbing an Emporia convenience store last year. Harold Stewart, 44, is accused of robbing the Max’s BP convenience store in downtown Emporia in ...
Jan 12, 2020
Travel still slow going after recent winter storm
The remnants of wintry weather Friday and Saturday are having an impact on Sunday schedules. Several churches have canceled their services for the day. Click here for the current list. The church canc...
Jan 12, 2020
Area first-year teachers receive Kansas Horizon Awards for work in classrooms
Two area school teachers have been honored for their work as first-year educators. Elly Dice, a sixth-grade teacher at North Lyon County, was named a Kansas Horizon Award teacher. Dice says her approa...
Jan 12, 2020
Traffic adjustments on K99 junction of Roads 240 and L to continue through weekend following Thursday semi crash
Inclement weather has led to several schedule adjustments already and it appears it will lead to a continued disruption in traffic on K99 through the remainder of the weekend following a semi crash Th...
Jan 11, 2020
UPDATE: Road conditions improve as winter weather exits KVOE listening area
After hanging around through the morning hours into early afternoon, light to moderate snowfall appears to be exiting for the time-being Road conditions will only continue to improve from here on out ...
Jan 11, 2020
Farmers can now nominate local schools for STEM programs grants of up to $15,000
The 2020 Grow Rural Education program, provided by America’s Farmers, is officially underway. This program provides Kansas farmers with the opportunity to nominate local rural public schools for...
Jan 11, 2020
Late night injury accident on I-35 sends one to hospital
Two Emporians were involved in an injury accident in Johnson County which sent an Olathe woman to the hospital just before midnight Friday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol 25-year-old Xu Li of ...
Jan 11, 2020
Emporia Arts Center announces exciting line up of programs and performances through 2020
After a banner year for the Emporia Arts Council, 2020 is looking to be even bigger and better. EAC Executive Director Dawn Young recently joined KVOE’s Morning Show to highlight what exciting p...
Jan 11, 2020
UPDATE: Outages affecting Evergy customers in Chase County restored shortly after 5pm
Power has been restored to around 700 customers in Chase County following separate outages Friday afternoon. The outages developed shortly after 3:00 pm and left 703 Evergy clients without power for t...
Jan 10, 2020
