Category Archives: News
Planning commissioners recommend approval of minor plat for new housing development and zoning change for series of properties Tuesday evening
A new housing addition has begun the early stages of development following action by the Emporia-Lyon County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Tuesday evening. As part of their monthly meeting age...
Jan 21, 2025 KVOE News Photo
New rec center development process still on hold following months worth of business closure announcements
With the ongoing series of business closures in recent weeks, the Emporia Rec Center Steering Committee will be continuing its pause on the development of a new recreation center for the foreseeable f...
Jan 21, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia City Commission accepts RDA plan for restructuring as part of trio of meetings Tuesday
The Emporia City Commission and Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas appear to be on the same page when it comes to the future of economic development locally. During their recent a...
Jan 21, 2025 Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking presents the RDA restructuring agreement to city commissioners during their regular action meeting Tuesday, January 21. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
USD 253 superintendent: District did its best to notify parents about bus delays Tuesday morning
Air temperatures near -10 and wind chills approaching -25 aren't conducive to mechanical systems, but that's what area school districts had to contend with Tuesday morning. Emporia Public Schools had ...
Jan 21, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Nearly 400 tons of salt, almost 840 man hours of labor part of Emporia's snow and ice removal efforts this month
The city of Emporia has released a statistics packet about its snow and ice removal efforts from Jan. 4-17. The city says it used almost 400 tons of salt at a cost of almost $41,000. It also had almos...
Jan 21, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia among Kansas locations with record lows Tuesday morning
Emporia set an unofficial record early Tuesday. Air temperatures dipped to -8 shortly after sunrise Tuesday and were below zero starting around midnight. The -8 broke the prior unofficial record of -3...
Jan 21, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Snowfall an apparent contributor to Turnpike crash near Flint Hills cattle pens exit
Tuesday's light snowfall apparently contributed to an injury crash southwest of Emporia. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 18-year-old Sabrina Mitchell of Shawnee was northbound on the Kansas Turnpike wh...
Jan 21, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Overland Park man killed in Melvern Lake boating accident
The Osage County Sheriff's Office says an Overland Park man died in a boating accident this past weekend. Sheriff Chris Wells says 28-year-old Justin T Steinman was duck hunting when the accident happ...
Jan 21, 2025 Osage County Sheriff's Office badge.
Trump promises era of success, signs flurry of executive orders
Promising an era of success for America, Donald Trump says he has broad support to take the country in a different direction than his predecessor, Joe Biden. Trump says it's "time to act with courage,...
Jan 21, 2025 Official photo.
Grinstead set to retire in July following six years as USD 284 Superintendent concluding 30 plus year career in education
USD 284 Chase County is searching for its next Superintendent. That's because current Superintendent Glenna Grinstead is set to retire at the end of the current academic year following more than 30 ye...
Jan 20, 2025 Glenna Grinstead. USD 284 Chase County Photo.
