Category Archives: News

After a two-day break, All Veterans Tribute activities are now full-force through Saturday. Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon feature “Emporia’s Company L in World War I,” a rea...

An incoming storm system may cause some wintry travel hazards Thursday. KVOE listeners have a slight chance of a rain-snow mix before sunrise. Little to no accumulation is expected, but isolated slick...

Probation is the official sentence for an Emporia man accused of using a machete during a domestic dispute this past summer. Cory Coburn had pleaded no contest to aggravated domestic battery, criminal...

A trial date is now on the docket for a man accused of rape in Lyon County. Jeremy Lee Massey was set for trial on Feb. 4 after a hearing this week. Massey stands accused of rape, aggravated criminal ...

For the first time in nearly a decade, a Democrat will sit in the Kansas governor’s chair. Democrat Laura Kelly, a Topeka lawmaker, has defeated a crowded field to become the state’s next ...

Camp Wood has a new leader. The YMCA camp near Elmdale has chosen B.J. Murray, its current operations director, as its next chief executive officer. Murray has 18 years of YMCA camp experience, includ...

After taking Halloween off last week, the Emporia City Commission returns to action Wednesday afternoon. A major item on the agenda will be the discussion of approving the ordinance for utility rate i...

Emporia State University students and local residents were treated to a presentation on how big business influenced the course of history. New York Times best-selling author Edwin Black was the featur...

Polling places are open across Kansas, and Lyon County Clerk Tammy Vopat says the official Election Day turnout has been busy Tuesday morning. Vopat says several polling places had lines of voters wai...

Two Burlington residents have been arrested in connection with what authorities say was a widespread theft, burglary and robbery case that has been investigated for most of the year. Ashley Owen, 19, ...