Category Archives: News
Rain areawide -- and high fire danger south of Emporia -- in Tuesday forecast
Scattered showers are in the offing for the entire KVOE listening area Tuesday afternoon and evening. Before that rain comes to the area, however, fire danger will be elevated for residents south of E...
Mar 19, 2019
US Supreme Court to hear appeal in Osage County quadruple-murder
Later this year, the United States Supreme Court will hear an appeal in a nearly decade-old quadruple murder case from Osage County. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says the Supreme Court has ag...
Mar 19, 2019
Relationship between state identity theft, federal immigration laws to be considered by US Supreme Court
An appeal by the state of Kansas against a state Supreme Court decision regarding identity theft laws will go before the United States Supreme Court. The federal high court has agreed to review three ...
Mar 19, 2019
USD 389 bond re-vote election officially underway
Tuesday is re-vote day in Eureka. Voters and USD 389 patrons are heading back to polling places in Eureka and Severy as the Eureka School District awaits word on its bond request for a new activity ce...
Mar 19, 2019
Veterans town hall discussion kicks off Student Veterans week at Emporia State University Monday
The inaugural Emporia State University Student Veteran’s Week kicked off Monday evening with a veteran’s town hall discussion. Both student and community veterans came together at Albert T...
Mar 19, 2019
Grass fire develops, scorches two acres of land Monday
A controlled burn became out of control and scorched over an acre of land Monday evening. Emporia fire crews were toned out to a residence at 2424 Road N for an out of control fire just before 5 pm Mo...
Mar 19, 2019
EPD looking into two recent shots fired reports
The Emporia Police Department is looking for information regarding a potential suspect vehicle linked to two recent shots fired incidents. According to the Emporia Police Department, there were two se...
Mar 18, 2019
Alzheimer's forum happening Tuesday evening
Alzheimer’s will be the main focus of an upcoming forum in Emporia Tuesday evening. An Alzheimer’s Community Forum is taking place at First United Methodist Church and will discuss multipl...
Mar 18, 2019
Rangeland burns expected along Kansas Turnpike south of Emporia
Drivers on the Kansas Turnpike southwest of Emporia can expect a lot of smoke across the highway Monday. The Turnpike Authority says ag producers are planning range burns through the day, especially b...
Mar 18, 2019
Wreck near Emporia Municipal Airport linked to power steering issues
A reported injury crash brought deputies and rescue workers to Kansas Highway 99 just south of the Emporia Municipal Airport on Monday morning, but nobody was taken to a hospital afterward. Lyon Count...
Mar 18, 2019
