Category Archives: News
City debuts Ask Emporia community engagement platform
The city of Emporia has been working to enhance its community engagement for some time, and it has new platform that is now available. Ask Emporia is designed to offer direct answers to resident quest...
Feb 24, 2025 City of Emporia logo.
Hamilton, Hartford, Harveyville, LeRoy gain significant state grants for water projects
Water matters are at the forefront for Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Legislature recently, and the Kansas Water Office has approved significant grant funding for a quartet of area communi...
Feb 23, 2025 KVOE News photo.
Dody glad to be 'coming home' as Chase County superintendent
Aron Dody begins his new duties as Chase County's superintendent of schools July 1, and the Chase County High School graduate says he wants to end his education career in that position. Spinden says t...
Feb 23, 2025 Aron Dody. File photo.
Butler notes Emporia's advantages, challenges as he begins role as RDA interim CEO
The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas is into a pair of transitional periods. One has to do with the person in the main leadership role. With Jim Witt exiting as interim CEO afte...
Feb 23, 2025 Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas logo.
Emporia State's Bonner and Bonner Lecture coming Thursday
This year's Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture at Emporia State University will feature two speakers with one message. AJ Locashio and Sarah Phelps will discuss the advocate lifestyle, as well as the...
Feb 23, 2025 (From left) AJ Locashio, Sarah Phelps. Courtesy photos.
'The community should be proud:' Public Works director pleased after Emporia tap water wins Berkeley Springs international contest
Emporia Public Works Director Dean Grant says the city's second gold medal in the Berkeley Springs water competition is something all city residents should be proud of. Experts judge the Municipal Wat...
Feb 23, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Cooking up culture: Eastside Community Group puts on new Taste of Soul Food fundraiser Saturday in honor of Black History Month
Members of the Emporia Eastside Community Group served up a delicious new fundraiser Saturday. The Taste of Soul Food event, held at the Lee Beran Recreation Center, saw group members cook and serve a...
Feb 22, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Back to your roots: Southwick House latest fundraiser held inside former Plumb Place home during Founders Day celebration Saturday
This weekend, a celebration of the Regal Plumb, also known as Plumb Place, doubled as a fundraising effort for the agency carrying on the legacy built over a century inside the historic home. The Rega...
Feb 22, 2025 Southwick House Executive Director Susan Brinkman and Regal Plumb owner Chris Stanley pose together during the Regal Plumb Founders Day fundraiser supporting Southwick's transitional housing capital campaign. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
2025 Emporia Main Street Public Improvement Auction raises nearly $32,000 Friday night
Another year, and another successful Public Improvement Auction for Emporia Main Street. This year's event was held inside of the Emporia State University Memorial Union's Webb Hall and managed to bri...
Feb 21, 2025 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
'A great fit:' Incoming USD 386 Madison-Virgil Superintendent Dallas Woolf expresses excitement and outlines goals and objectives for new appointment
Though he is a new face to USD 386 Madison-Virgil, recently named incoming Superintendent Dallas Woolf says he is already very familiar with the district. Currently, the principal of USD 407 Ru...
Feb 21, 2025 Dallas Woolf. Courtesy USD 386 Madison-Virgil.
