Category Archives: News
Reading Benefit Fire Department welcomes area responders for two-day training seminar this weekend
Reading's Benefit Fire Department welcomed fellow firefighters from across the local area for a two-day training course this weekend. The training focused primarily on extrication situations ranging i...
Nov 2, 2025 Photo courtesy of Reading Benefit Fire Department
In-office advance vote ends at noon Monday; mail ballots must be either delivered or postmarked by Tuesday
Following two weeks of advance voting procedures, the pre-Election Day processes are coming to an end. Monday will see advance voting take place statewide from 8 am to noon, while residents using the ...
Nov 2, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Special meeting ahead for USD 252 board on Olpe Fitness Park
The USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education has a special meeting ahead Monday evening. Two topics are listed, both revolving around the Olpe Fitness Park project. Board members will consider ...
Nov 2, 2025 USD 252 Southern Lyon County logo.
Operation changes ahead for Lyon County Treasurer's Office, Motor Vehicle Office beginning Monday
Two Lyon County departments have some notable operations changes effective Monday. The Treasurer's Office has a notable change effective 4 pm every work day, according to Treasurer Sharon Gaede, These...
Nov 2, 2025 Lyon County logo.
Carbondale man sentenced to four life terms plus 830 years after domestic violence murder in Arkansas
An Osage County man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after an incident deemed by Arkansas authorities as a domestic violence murder. Police in West Memphis, Arkansas, say 26-year-old Aston ...
Nov 2, 2025 Kansas Courts graphic.
Peak deer season well underway
Peak deer season is upon us. Vehicle-deer crashes can happen at any time of year, and there have been increasingly more "out-of-season" wrecks over time, but the time period between Oct. 1 and New Yea...
Nov 2, 2025 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks photo.
Southeast Transmission work continues, including tie-in work at two Neosho Street intersections Tuesday
Most of the early work on Emporia's Southeast Transmission waterline replacement project has taken place north of Avenue, but there have been some work south of Sixth -- and the city has highlighted o...
Nov 2, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Area locations report first freeze of season
Most of the KVOE listening area has had its first freeze of the season. Early Sunday saw temperatures dropping below freezing, with some temperatures going well below 32 degrees between midnight and s...
Nov 2, 2025 Wave.video graphic.
Emporia Christian School hosts annual pancake breakfast Saturday
Emporia Christian School made sure the community was well-fueled for the day ahead with a delicious breakfast Saturday morning. The school hosted its annual fundraising pancake breakfast inside the Ly...
Nov 1, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Emporia State Faculty 'Over the moon' regarding rare opportunity for local students to make contact with International Space Station
Students in Emporia and Lyon County will have an out-of-this-world opportunity, quite literally, very soon, thanks to Emporia State University. ESU announced this past Tuesday that, thanks to a partne...
Nov 1, 2025
