Category Archives: News
Ibarra acclimating to new role as United Way drive chair
Yahaira Ibarra is hitting the ground running. The new drive chair for the United Way of the Flint Hills says she was floored, honored and humbled when asked to take that public leadership role. She sa...
May 30, 2025 Yahaira Ibarra. Courtesy photo.
Candidate filings continue in Lyon County
Candidate filings continue to stream in for Lyon County positions as the statewide filing and withdrawal deadline approaches. On Thursday, Greg Markowitz filed for USD 252 Position 6 currently held by...
May 30, 2025 Kansas Secretary of State graphic.
Dillingham joins CareArc staff
CareArc has a new mental health nurse practitioner on staff. Tricia Dillingham has over 20 years of experience in social work and mental health fields and is starting to see patients. She earner her b...
May 30, 2025 Tricia Dillingham. CareArc photo.
WEATHER: Flood warning canceled for Neosho at Neosho Rapids
The flood warning for the Neosho River at Neosho Rapids has ben canceled. The river gauge was in a flood warning for most of the week after significant rainfall and was set to exit warning status Satu...
May 30, 2025 National Weather Service chart.
All Things Gravel Expo 2025 opens Thursday; huge event schedule for Unbound Gravel through Sunday
More than 200 vendors are now open for business in downtown Emporia as the annual All Things Gravel Expo is up and running. The expo officially opened Thursday afternoon between Commercial Street and ...
May 29, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
County commissioners table decision on conditional-use permit to allow time for more information gathering as part of regular meeting Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners will further consider a conditional use permit request in two weeks. During their regular action meeting Thursday, commissioners voted unanimously to table consideration of a...
May 29, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Recent rain reduces drought in some areas, eliminates it in others
The area isn't completely drought-free, but there was a lot of positive movement in the latest update from the US Drought Monitor. Five to seven inches of widespread rain over the last week and upward...
May 29, 2025 US Drought Monitor map.
Mitchell bench trial set in latest appeal after fatal crash in 2021
A bench trial is the next scheduled hearing for an Emporia man accused of killing another Emporian in a crash over four years ago. Devawn Mitchell will appear before Judge Lee Fowler beginning Sept. 2...
May 29, 2025 Devawn Mitchell. Kansas Department of Corrections photo.
Pretrial hearing scheduled in Emporia rape case
Court proceedings in a Lyon County rape case are taking the next step forward after a hearing Wednesday. Luis Jalpa-Sena will return to Lyon County District Court on June 20 for a pretrial conference....
May 29, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
87th Flint Hills Rodeo begins Thursday evening
It's go time for the Flint Hills Rodeo. Activities begin Thursday evening in Strong City, kicking off three days of rodeo action. On KVOE's Talk of Emporia this week, Rodeo Board President Buck Bailey...
May 29, 2025 Members of the Flint Hills Rodeo Committee appeared on KVOE's Talk of Emporia this week. Pictured are (from left) Craig Hatcher, Stacy Davis, Dow Wilson and Buck Bailey. Adam Hilton was a guest via phone during the program. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
