Category Archives: News

The Kansas Department of Transportation will be providing the majority of funding for a new project to improve traffic flow at a major Emporia intersection. Emporia City Commissioners voted unanimousl...

United Way milestones were the focus of KVOE’s On-Air Chat on Wednesday. Drive chair and KVOE General Manager Ron Thomas announced the campaign goal of $560,000 late in the program. He also said...

A Kansas Republican is ending a political campaign for a federal seat in hopes of gaining another. Kansas Treasurer Jake LaTurner is abandoning his campaign for the US Senate seat opening up next year...

Lyon County commissioners have infrastructure matters to consider when they have their action meeting Thursday. Emergency Management Director Jarrod Fell will present a plan to pay Haden Tower up to $...

Charges including aggravated burglary and aggravated battery have been dismissed against an Emporia man following a hearing in Lyon County District Court. 29-year-old Michael Koy was in district court...

The Emporia community is invited to celebrate victory with those on the road to recovery this month. Corner House will be holding recovery in the park on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Jones Park to celebrate...

The Twin Lakes Water Festival is taking place Thursday. Over 300 fourth-grade students from Lyon and several surrounding counties will head to the Council Grove Reservoir to take part in curriculum-ba...

The early returns on USD 251 North Lyon County’s education redesign efforts are promising. Superintendent Mike Mathes joined KVOE’s Morning Show recently to update the redesign and other t...

Now that Labor Day has passed, a number of city residents have asked just how long the new splash pad in Peter Pan Park will remain open. That question has been answered — and families have a fe...

State tax collections fared better than expected in August. The Kansas Department of Revenue says August revenues totaled $497.2 million, almost $3 million above projections and almost $3 million more...