Category Archives: News

An Emporia mother and her three children are sleeping much better now in their brand new home built by Habitat for Humanity. In this week’s Feel Good Friday segment on KVOE, we highlighted the A...

Lyon County Attorney Marc Goodman has a few issues with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s latest crime stats. Your browser does not support the audio element. And the KBI report doesn’t...

Sertoma Club of Emporia engineered a birthday bash Saturday evening celebrating 60 years of its miniature train. Your browser does not support the audio element. Soden’s Grove was packed with fa...

Parkapalooza was celebrated in Strong City for the third year on Saturday. Organizer Barb Davis says different from years past, the main goal of the event is to bring the community together. Your brow...

Arizona Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain has died, according to a statement from his office. He was 81. McCain served six terms as the GOP senator and on Friday announced he was d...

One person was transported following a vehicle crash southwest of Emporia late Saturday morning. Just before noon, emergency personnel were paged to the 700 block of Road 160 where an SUV had rolled o...

The Emporia Public Library has some exciting new materials coming available for patrons to check out. On a recent Talk of Emporia, Director Robin Newell highlighted one of their wearable word counting...

Participation in this year’s Emporia Walk to Defeat ALS was another success, with close to 250 people descending on Jones Park to honor of loved ones afflicted by the disease. Fundraising also w...

The playing career of Emporia State defensive back Marquise Johnson has likely come to an end. Johnson, 21, from Independence, was shot while in a car in downtown Emporia on Aug. 16 and taken by priva...

The two candidates vying for the First Congressional District seat in Kansas are making stops in Emporia this week. Alan LaPolice, the Democratic nominee will speak at a special meeting of the Lyon Co...