Category Archives: News
Emporia Fire responds to structure fire in central Emporia early Saturday morning; Investigation ongoing, no injuries reported
An investigation is ongoing following a structure fire in central Emporia early Saturday morning. The fire was reported just before 3 am at 931 Sunnyslope, according to Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Er...
Aug 02, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Denim & Diamonds tops $200,000 with more money expected
Newman Regional Health celebrated a banner night Friday. The annual Denim & Diamonds Gala and Auction filled the Emporia State Memorial Union Webb Hall and generated over $205,000 with more expected i...
Aug 02, 2025 Kansas country musician Logan Mize was the headline performer at Newman Regional Health's annual Denim & Diamonds fundraising event Friday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Repeat performance: Canadian smoke affecting area residents
Smoky conditions will continue across the KVOE listening area Saturday. Smoke from Canadian wildfires began affecting area residents well before sunrise Friday, initially pushing air quality to the "u...
Aug 02, 2025 Airnow.gov map.
Fire and EMS take home traveling trophy for second consecutive year; Over 170 pints of usable blood collected over the course of 2025 Battle of the Badges Blood Drive
40 pints of blood were collected and Emporia Fire, for the second straight year, took home the traveling trophy on the final day of the 2025 Battle of the Badges Blood Drive. Emporia Fire Marshall Ste...
Aug 01, 2025 Emporia Fire Marshall Stephen Beemer proudly holds the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive traveling trophy after Emporia Fire/EMS is announced as the top vote getter for the second consecutive year. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Advantage Metals closes Emporia location
A local option for selling scrap metal is no more. Advantage Metals Recycling, 302 Graham, posted the closure Friday. The closure is effective immediately and sends people to the business' Topeka loca...
Aug 01, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Lyon County theft, unlawful dentistry case begins against Sandoval-Flores
A preliminary hearing is coming later this month in a new criminal case against an Emporia woman charged -- along with seven others -- of charges ranging from illegal drug use to illegal dentistry to ...
Aug 01, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Status hearing set for September in Coffey County child, adult sex abuse case
A status hearing will be held next month in a Coffey County criminal case involving charges of child and adult sexual abuse. Leon Lile was supposed to have a preliminary hearing Aug. 20, but that was ...
Aug 01, 2025 Clipart Library graphic.
Burton sentencing delayed in Sedgwick County indecent liberties case
Sentencing has been delayed for an Emporia man who reached a plea agreement on charges of child sex abuse in Wichita earlier this year. John Robert Burton was originally set for sentencing Thursday, b...
Aug 01, 2025 John Robert Burton. Sedgwick County Jail photo.
Keisler's Monument Real Estate affiliates with Century 21
Emporian Christian Keisler tells KVOE News his new real estate affiliation with Century 21 will serve Emporia and a much wider radius. Keisler says the affiliation will change some of his processes in...
Aug 01, 2025 Century 21 logo.
Court process begins for Emporia man charged with fishing violations
Court processes have started for an Emporia man accused of fishing violations. Following a first appearance Wednesday, 43-year-old Adam Wade Garrett was set for a preliminary hearing Aug. 18 in Lyon C...
Aug 01, 2025 Adam Garrett. Lyon County Jail photo.
