Category Archives: News
ESU students march to end gun violence
Emporia State students continued the fight against gun violence with a special march on campus. Organized by Students Demand Action, the march took place Friday inside the Union Square on the ESU camp...
Apr 20, 2018
Fire damages five outbuildings in Bushong
A trash fire that began in a burn barrel got out of control Friday afternoon in Bushong. Firefighters from Allen, Americus and Dunlap were called out to the 200 block of West Third Street in Bushong j...
Apr 20, 2018
UPDATE: Emporia girl receives "non-incapacitating" injuries following Thursday wreck
A two-vehicle wreck in central Emporia sent a young passenger to the hospital for treatment. Emporia Police and EMS responded to the accident at 12th and Chestnut shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday. The c...
Apr 20, 2018
Topeka Police investigating after Carbondale woman shot Tuesday
Topeka investigators have been questioning a man in connection to the shooting of a Carbondale woman earlier in the week. Topeka Police are not calling 33-year-old Shaun Hightower a suspect, but they ...
Apr 20, 2018
EFD handles grass fire near Allen
Close to 150 acres of property went up in smoke as part of a grass fire Thursday. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Eron Steinlage says firefighters were dispatched to the area of Roads 310 and J, roughly ...
Apr 20, 2018
More orange cones going up on Kansas Turnpike
Expect bridge work on the Kansas Turnpike near the Admire-Council Grove exit Friday. Crews will be at mile marker 143, about four miles south of that tollgate, for bridge repairs. This will affect the...
Apr 20, 2018
Lions Club announces Cleve Cook grant winners
The Emporia Lions Club has announced the recipients of four grants through the Cleve Cook Memorial Fund: *Lyon County 4H is being funded for student transportation to Rock Spring Ranch. 4H is also rec...
Apr 20, 2018
Riverside Elementary students celebrate financial literacy
Riverside Elementary students are becoming financially literate. ESB Financial held a pizza party for the first class in Lyon County to have all students complete the game Money Island on Thursday. Th...
Apr 20, 2018
UPDATE: Sony Uk found guilty of first-degree murder
A jury has rendered its verdict in the Sony Uk murder trial. After about an hour of deliberations Thursday afternoon, the jury unanimously found Uk guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Mahoga...
Apr 20, 2018
St. Patrick's Committee comes to KVOE for annual check presentation
KVOE’s Roger Hartsook Interview was bursting at the seams Thursday — and with good reason. The St. Patrick’s Committee held its now-annual check presentation event on KVOE’s ai...
Apr 20, 2018
