Category Archives: News
100th Art Walk ahead for Emporia First Friday
There is a big milestone ahead for Emporia First Friday. The organization -- and the event -- celebrates its 100th monthly festival on Friday. Along with the now-standard partnerships between local an...
Mar 06, 2025 Emporia First Friday graphic.
KDOT approves bids for upcoming area road and bridge projects
Several area road and bridge projects have final contract approvals from the Kansas Department of Transportation. Coffey County has two projects moving forward. Kansas Highway 58 will have a nearly 14...
Mar 06, 2025 Kansas Department of Transportation logo.
Women for Kansas Emporia chapter schedules current events forum with Kansas Reflector staff
The recently-formed Emporia chapter of Women for Kansas will have a current events forum next week. The featured guests for Tuesday's forum are Kansas Reflector Editor-in-Chief Sherman Smith, a former...
Mar 06, 2025 Women for Kansas logo.
Very high fire danger sets up near Emporia on Thursday
It's not taking long for the weather forecast to leave winter behind -- at least for now. After a combination of light snowfall and high wind Tuesday night into Wednesday, high temperatures will at le...
Mar 06, 2025 National Weather Service graphic.
Evergy clears all area power outages after high winds earlier this week
Evergy has cleared all its area outages that developed during high-wind conditions earlier this week. Outages started developing well before sunrise Tuesday, with numbers swinging from just a few cust...
Mar 06, 2025 Evergy logo.
Comradery and kitchen upgrades are the expected benefits of new American Legion pancake breakfast coming Saturday
Members of the American Legion Post 5 will be getting in the kitchen to support an upgrade to the kitchen this weekend. The legion will host a pancake feed starting at 7 am at its main building, 2921 ...
Mar 05, 2025 American Legion Graphic.
EMPORIA CITY COMMISSION: Brinkman announces she will not seek third term in office; Positive developments reported in terms of alternate employment opportunities for displaced Tyson workers
Come November, there will be at least one new face on the Emporia City Commission as a longtime member of the board announced Wednesday that they will not seek another term in office. Commissioner Sus...
Mar 05, 2025 Emporia City Commissioner Susan Brinkman has officially announced she will not seek a third term in office following 14 years of public service as a member of both the Emporia City Commission and USD 253 Board of Education. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Emporia Spanish Speakers announces new office location as partnership deepens with Southeast KansasWORKS
For months, Emporia Spanish Speakers founder and CEO LeLan Dains has mentioned the need for the organization to have a brick-and-mortar space. That has now happened. On KVOE's Talk of Emporia on Tuesd...
Mar 05, 2025 Emporia Spanish Speakers logo
Collaboration with ESU, Peterson Planetarium leads to grant for Emporia Main Street
Emporia Main Street has a new grant partner -- and a brand-new grant. The Simons Foundation is partnering with Main Street America to offer funding through the Science Discovery on Main Street grant p...
Mar 05, 2025 The Simons Foundation graphic.
Emporia Fire: Burned-out fan motor leads to concerns about possible structure fire
Reports of a possible structure fire in north Emporia turned out not to be the case Wednesday. Fireighters from Emporia, Americus and Olpe responded to 1701 Hammond shortly before 8 am after concerns ...
Mar 05, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
