Category Archives: News

The Emporia Senior Center has enough money to keep the doors open under normal circumstances. That’s the report from board member Karen Hartenbower to KVOE News on Monday after the theft of almo...

Fire destroyed some grass on the east side of The Orchard on Monday. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Eron Steinlage says about half an acre of grass was on fire when crews responded to a brush fire call ...

Welcome rainfall is expected for the back half of this week through the upcoming weekend. Some in the KVOE listening area need the rainfall a lot more than others. Residents in northwest Lyon County, ...

OLPE — Gov. Jeff Colyer is in the early stages of a whirlwind tour across Kansas, and that tour brought him to the KVOE listening area Monday. Colyer stopped at Olpe Chicken House, where KVOE Ne...

As planned work continues on several significant water main projects across town, work is set to begin this week on another set of water mains. City Engineering crews and contractors will begin work o...

Republican gubernatorial candidate and former state senator Jim Barnett picked up another key endorsement Monday for his campaign ahead of the Aug. 7 primary. Barnett has been endorsed by the American...

As the governor race pushes toward the Aug. 7 primary, Emporia will host a community forum Tuesday for the lieutenant governor candidates. The free event starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Granada Theatre. Em...

TOPEKA — With the primary election now just about two weeks away, Gov. Jeff Colyer has embarked on a tour of all the state’s 105 counties. The tour launched Saturday, and Gov. Colyer is pl...

This is the first day you can vote in person ahead of the primary election Aug. 7. Voters wishing to take advantage of this process need to vote at the Lyon County Clerk’s Office inside the Coun...

BURLINGTON — One man is dead and two have been hospitalized after a three-vehicle wreck in Coffey County on Sunday morning. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a pickup, SUV and semi collided at the ...