Category Archives: News
Emporians appointed to 2020 census committee
Two Emporians are among nearly 30 people appointed to a state committee designed to help with the upcoming 2020 Census. Emporia City Commissioner Rob Gilligan, a governmental relations specialist with...
Jul 30, 2019
Lebo man named to Kansas State Fair Board
A Coffey County man has been appointed to the Kansas State Fair Board. Lebo’s Dylan Evans is the owner of Farmers State Bank of Aliceville and DWE Livestock. Evans received several degrees from ...
Jul 30, 2019
Teenager falls out of pickup with truck in motion in Greenwood County, airlifted afterward
For the second time in a month, there has been an accident in the area involving a person falling out of a pickup truck and getting run over afterward. Last week’s incident happened between Pied...
Jul 30, 2019
Lyon County Commission Chairman delves into details of 2020 budget
The Lyon County Commission is preparing to approve what Commission Chairman Rollie Martin calls a “fair budget for everyone.” Martin, KVOE’s Newsmaker 2 guest Monday, says over the p...
Jul 29, 2019
Motorcycle driver taken to Newman Regional Health after wreck near downtown Emporia
Emporia Fire took a motorcycle driver to Newman Regional Health after the motorcycle collided with a pickup near downtown Emporia on Monday. The wreck happened at Sixth and State shortly before 11 am....
Jul 29, 2019
UPDATE: Residents, businesses affected by water main break should have service restored by early evening Monday
Work will take place through much of Monday to repair a broken water main in west-central Emporia. Underground Utilities staffers say a 6-inch line failed in the 500 block of Wilson, with water bubbli...
Jul 29, 2019
Pre-sentence investigation issue leads to resentencing hearing for Emporia kidnapping convict
An Emporia man convicted of aggravated kidnapping and related counts will be resentenced Tuesday. Whether the hearing leads to any significant change in William Anderson’s prison time remains to...
Jul 29, 2019
Varied rain totals cover KVOE listening area
Thunderstorms brought decent rainfall totals to parts of the KVOE listening area Sunday night and early Monday morning. The KVOE studios picked up 0.60 inches of rainfall, while the Emporia Municipal ...
Jul 29, 2019
Emporia teenager facing aggravated robbery charges
Hearings in two separate cases are coming this week for an Emporia man. Malik Dorsey, age 19, has a pretrial hearing at 8:30 am Monday on drug possession charges after a traffic stop in early May. Dor...
Jul 28, 2019
Change of Responsibility ceremony signifies Emporian's promotion, new role in Kansas Army National Guard
Steve Harmon has been learning the ropes of his new responsibilities with the Kansas Army National Guard for a couple of weeks now, but his formal promotion came Sunday afternoon during a ceremony in ...
Jul 28, 2019
