Category Archives: News
Match Day 2025 coming Monday
Match Day 2025 is almost here. The annual 24-hour period of charitable giving is coming Monday and will once again support more than 30 area non-profit organizations. During an interview on KVOE's Tal...
Nov 15, 2025 Emporia Community Foundation graphic.
Fund established for trooper shot near Carbondale
While the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Kansas Highway Patrol have not officially named the trooper shot in Saturday's fatal officer-involved shooting incident in northern Osage County, the Kansa...
Nov 15, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia man arrested on suspicion of aggravated trafficking, kidnapping, sex battery, contributing to misconduct
Formal charges are pending against an Emporia man after an arrest indicating human trafficking activity. Emporia Police officers arrested 42-year-old Patrick Dewayne Rosenberg on Thursday on suspicion...
Nov 14, 2025 Patrick Rosenberg. Lyon County Jail photo.
Local churches note increased need for resources over the course of recently concluded government shutdown; Holiday season expected to keep need high through remainder of year
For weeks, KVOE has detailed the various impacts that the recently concluded Federal government shutdown has had on national and state agencies, but it wasn't just organizations at the state level tha...
Nov 14, 2025 KVOE News File Photo
Planned water outage ahead Tuesday for part of Overlander Road construction zone
Work on Overlander Road underway the last few weeks will lead to a short-term water outage nearby next week. City Communications Manager Christine Torrens says crews will connect a new waterline to th...
Nov 14, 2025 City of Emporia map.
Lyon County embezzlement case to have next hearing in January
A preliminary hearing in a Lyon County embezzlement case now won't take place until early next year. Randee Lee Jones was initially set for a prelim this month, but that was delayed to Jan. 23 after L...
Nov 14, 2025 Randee Jones. Lyon County Jail photo.
Record high temperatures possible Friday, Saturday
Mid-November isn't typically known for mid-spring temperatures, but that's what we have to close out the week. Emporia can expect a daytime high of 76 degrees Friday. If reached, this will break the c...
Nov 14, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia teen listed as missing
Local authorities are searching for an Emporia teenager listed as missing. Bella Black, age 17, was last seen Thursday. Kansas Missing and Unsolved lists Black as 5-foot-5, 175 pounds, with dark brown...
Nov 14, 2025 Bella Black. Kansas Missing and Unsolved graphic.
Search now better than three years old for Brandon Smith
Authorities are renewing their call for information as they try to find a man missing from southeast Kansas for over three years. Kansas Missing and Unsolved says Brandon Shane Smith went missing from...
Nov 14, 2025 Brandon Smith. Kansas Missing and Unsolved graphic.
Food Relief Rapid Response Team begins baby formula drive
SNAP benefits may be loaded, but the United Way of the Flint Hills continues its work to help people in need. That work now includes a baby formula drive through Dec. 19 as organized by the Food Relie...
Nov 14, 2025 United Way of the Flint Hills graphic.
