Category Archives: News

The United Way of the Flint Hills is approaching the 20 percent mark of its annual fundraising campaign total. Campaign chair Vicki Brooks had an update during KVOE’s Newsmaker segment Friday, s...

With all the infrastructure improvements taking place at or below ground level in Emporia, the city of Emporia is launching a new project later this month to gauge the health of the city’s sanit...

Flinthills Mall will be a very busy place Saturday. Healthier Lyon County has its Interactive Health Fair from 9 am to 1 pm. Spokesperson Daphne Mertens, a guest on KVOE’s Morning Show this week...

The zombies are coming. It’s not a Walking Dead moment. Instead, it’s all planned as the Emporia Police Department Benefit Association holds its annual Zombie Run and fall movie event. Pol...

A special event is coming Saturday evening to draw more attention to suicide prevention efforts. Beacon for Hope’s Unmasking Suicide Masquerade Ball will offer a unique setting for what Director...

Police departments in Overbrook and Osage City are looking for somebody who apparently stole a package this week. Law enforcement says a package was delivered by a postal carrier at an unspecified hou...

Lyon County’s flood-damaged roads are all opened. The Lyon County Highway Department reopened the following roads Friday: *Road 100 from L to M*Road 145 from G to H*Road 180 from S to T*Road 137...

The Cut, Flint Hills Technical College’s second annual real-time cooking competition, is almost a sellout. Four students will create a three-course meal, learning their ingredients for each cour...

An Emporia State University alum shared a positive message during the eighth-annual Sam E. and Jeannene Hayes Lecture to kick off 2018 Homecoming festivities Thursday evening. Ron Frierson, director o...

Another former Kansas governor has come out in support of Democrat Laura Kelly’s campaign. In a statement Thursday, former Republican governor Mike Hayden endorsed Kelly. In a statement, Hayden ...