Category Archives: News

The flu season was relatively quiet areawide — until recently. Flu is ending its normal season with a bang, according to Newman Regional Health infection preventionist Ester Knobloch. Your brows...

The Emporia City Commission breezed through multiple items during their action session Wednesday. Two bids were submitted for approval during the meeting, the first sought to approve a bid from Star C...

Mike Turnbull, the longtime owner of Emporia’s Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, has died. Turnbull passed away Tuesday at his home at Lake Wabaunsee near Eskridge. He was 68. Turnbull started ...

Minor injuries were reported after a wreck in west Emporia on Wednesday morning. Emporia Police and Emporia Fire were called out to the 3000 block of West US Highway 50 shortly after 11 am after a UPS...

Concerns about the financial stability of a major pension fund have been discussed for several years, and the Emporia Committee to Protect Pensions has a meeting Thursday night to discuss the matter f...

If you thought funding for the Eureka Junior-Senior High School Activity Center was settled, it’s not. A re-vote, not a recount, is needed in Eureka as voters will head back to the polls later t...

Emporia Police are continuing their investigation into a reported shooting in town Tuesday night. Capt. Dave DeVries tells KVOE News the incident at 625 Sylvan is being considered an unattended death....

Lyon County commissioners have various infrastructure matters to discuss — and possibly approve — when they have their weekly action session Thursday. Commissioners will consider signing a...

The Emporia State Center for Great Plains Studies’ annual Friends of the Plains Dinner will feature an Oscar Award winner. Noted writer and director Kevin Wilmott will be the keynote speaker for...

Emporia State University’s Libraries and Archives Department is sponsoring a bus tour of one of the city’s historic neighborhoods. The tours will feature Stringtown, essentially from Sixth...