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A busy week for Kansas gubernatorial candidates lies ahead with at least two Republicans and a Democrat scheduling visits in Emporia. On Monday, Gov. Jeff Colyer will be in Emporia to announce what...

After a weekend that featured temperatures around 90 and unseasonably low humidity levels, scorching heat and humidity are returning in full force this week. Temperatures topped out at 88 degrees Satu...

Authorities have identified the victims of a fatal car accident following a multi-county police pursuit Saturday. Shortly before 8 pm a Lyon County Deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on I-35 at mile m...

Road debris was the apparent reason for a crash near Scranton that hurt two Emporia residents Sunday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says a pickup truck driven by 36-year-old Brian Kenneth Penn was officia...

Three large hay bales were destroyed in a fire near Emporia's west city limits Sunday afternoon. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Rich Gould says a spark from a hay baler led to a blaze that caught the ba...

Most of Chase County is now under voluntary water restrictions. Strong City Public Works Director Matt Markley tells KVOE News the restrictions haven’t been formally published, so they aren̵...

Emporia’s Friendship Meals program needs drivers. North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging Director Julie Govert-Walter joined KVOE’s Newsmaker program recently with details. Your br...

The deadline to apply for the Emporia Convention and Visitors Bureau’s annual support grants is just a little less than a month away. CVB Director Susan Rathke was a recent guest on KVOE’s...

Moonlight will be guiding riders through the Flint Hills later this month for the Lunar Kanza. Preparations are underway now for the annual event which will see hundreds of cyclists and runners come o...

The Kansas Supreme Court announced Friday the appointment of five new members to the Access to Justice Committee including one from Lyon County. Ruth Wheeler, who serves as the district court administ...