Category Archives: News
City of Emporia and United Way of the Flint Hills finalize agreement for continued operations of Abundant Harvest through remainder of 2025
The agreement between the city of Emporia and United Way of the Flint Hills for continuing Abundant Harvest operations through the remainder of the calendar year is now finalized. United Way of the Fl...
Sep 24, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Healthier Lyon County inviting public to informational ice cream social Thursday
Residents and community members are invited to join Healthier Lyon County for an informational social gathering Thursday evening. Healthier Lyon County will host an ice cream social at Quaker Park fro...
Sep 24, 2025 Healthier Lyon County Image.
CareArc Board of Directors discuss policies and regular clinical reports as part of monthly meeting Tuesday with in-house pharmacy soft opening date quickly approaching
Policy and monthly reports highlighted the monthly CareArc Board of Directors meeting Tuesday. In addition to the monthly medical, dental and pharmacy clinic reports, board members also reviewed polic...
Sep 24, 2025 KVOE News photo.
SOS Hope-A-Palooza with Ran'D Shine coming on Oct. 17
The 12th Annual Hope-A-Palooza fundraiser for SOS is coming up on Oct. 17. Entertainment this year is a little bit different than years past. SOS welcomes magician and comedian Ran'D Shine, an enterta...
Sep 24, 2025
Evergy signs MOU with Kansas Department of Commerce, TerraPower on new nuclear facility
Evergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kansas Department of Commerce and nuclear company TerraPower to explore new reactor and energy storage technology. The MOU is the latest step i...
Sep 24, 2025 Evergy logo.
Governor Kelly not calling special session to redraw state's Congressional boundaries
With Republicans in the Kansas Statehouse and those running for governor calling more consistently for a special session to redraw Congressional boundary lines, perhaps as soon as next year, Kansas Go...
Sep 24, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Spring 2026 still target for start of Southwick House construction
Construction may not be that far off, relatively speaking, for Southwick House. Director Susan Brinkman has said she expects construction to begin early next year. She's still holding to that general ...
Sep 24, 2025 Southwick House Logo
Medicare town hall, Wave of Light community events ahead for Newman Regional Health
Newman Regional Health's community calendar has two events of note next month. First up is a Medicare Town Hall, which is Oct. 8. Executive Director of Strategy and Business Partnerships Steven Bazan ...
Sep 24, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
EPA Brownfield grant helping Eureka cleanup ventures
Eureka stands to benefit from a significant federal grant. The Environmental Protection Agency has announced its latest Brownfields Grants, including a $2 million grant to the Kansas Department of Hea...
Sep 24, 2025 Environmental Protection Agency logo.
Kansas Attorney General sues Snapchat
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has sued the social media company Snapchat. Kobach's lawsuit says Snap, the creator of the Snapchat social media platform, has "engaged in deceptive and unconsciona...
Sep 24, 2025 Seal of the Office of Kansas Attorney General.
