Category Archives: News
Virgil included in expansive boil water advisory
Parts of northeast Greenwood County are under a boil water advisory as part of an alert also affecting portions of Wilson and Woodson counties. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has list...
Nov 14, 2025
One Lyon County arson case resolves, another advances
An Emporia man was sentenced to probation this week for allegedly setting a fire inside a local apartment complex. Mitchell Lindsey received 12 months of probation for setting a fire inside College Ap...
Nov 14, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Options for Emporia's downtown Carnegie Library discussed during public forum Wednesday
The city of Emporia is nearing a set of decisions on how to handle the downtown Carnegie Library. A public forum organized by Don Loux was designed to get more information to residents about options f...
Nov 14, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Lyon County WIC back to normal operations following end of federal government shutdown
Lyon County's WIC is returning to normal operations following the recent end of the month-long Federal government shutdown. WIC announced late Thursday afternoon that offices are once again fully up a...
Nov 13, 2025 Kansas WIC logo.
USD 253 to begin 'rating' cost containment ideas by start of new year
Cost containment evaluation continues for USD 253 Emporia and is expected to take a "deeper dive" in early 2026. That was according to USD 253 Superintendent Dr. David McGehee during an interview with...
Nov 13, 2025 USD 253 Emporia logo.
County commission table decision on city requested annexation following nearly 90 minutes of back and forth discussion Thursday
A portion of land set to house an expansion for A1 Pump and Jet will not be annexed into the Emporia city limits, at least not now. During their regular action meeting Thursday commissioners approved ...
Nov 13, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Emporia Community Foundation announces Morgan Wilkie grants
The Emporia Community Foundation's Morgan Wilkie Fund has announced grant funding to a local nonprofit and to a county school district. The Wilkie Fund is donating $2,000 to CrossWinds Counseling and ...
Nov 13, 2025 Emporia Community Foundation photo.
Madison adjusts recycling procedures with new trailer available
Madison residents are noticing some changes in the town's longstanding recycling procedures. Karri Kimberlin and her husband, Kelly, have been involved with the city's recycling program since 1998. On...
Nov 13, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
USD 251 survey points district -- tentatively -- towards new high school in Americus or new K-12 campus
The latest effort to determine USD 251 North Lyon County's future direction on facilities led to a series of interesting findings. The survey answers also pose an obvious question for Strategic Planni...
Nov 12, 2025 Shelly Kiblinger (left, standing) discusses survey results during the USD 251 North Lyon County Board of Education's November 2025 meeting. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Federal shutdown ends after Trump signature
The federal shutdown is over. Shortly after the US House of Representatives essentially finished what the Senate started earlier in the week, President Donald Trump signed the bill, blaming Democrats ...
Nov 12, 2025 US Capitol. National Parks Service photo.
