Category Archives: News
Emporia State celebrating MLK legacy with activities next week
Emporia State University is preparing to honor the life and legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr with activities next week. The federal holiday is Monday, and ESU has activities later in the week, start...
Jan 16, 2025 Emporia State University graphics.
Emporia receives $450,000 grant for home rehab work
The city of Emporia is receiving grant funding as part of an affordable housing program through FHLBank Topeka and its local member financial institution, ESB Financial. The city says it has been awar...
Jan 16, 2025 KVOE News photo.
One of two defendants in Emporia aggravated robbery case has case dismissed
One of two defendants in an Emporia aggravated robbery case will return to court in March. The other had his case dismissed. Sheantel Thompson, age 23 of Sedan, saw her preliminary hearing delayed to ...
Jan 16, 2025 Malik Dorsey (left), Sheantel Thompson. Lyon County Jail photos.
Court date ahead in Lyon County drug distribution case
A pretrial hearing is coming next month in a Lyon County drug distribution case. David Lee Pohl had a preliminary hearing Wednesday and will return to court Feb. 13. Pohl is charged with distributing ...
Jan 16, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Recent snowfall fails to change Drought Monitor map
One might think eight-plus inches of snowfall and half-an-inch or more of ice earlier this month would have had some positive impact on the US Drought Monitor. That is not the case. There was virtuall...
Jan 16, 2025 US Drought Monitor map.
Governor uses State of State as progress report for rest of century
With a bigger Republican supermajority in the Statehouse than she has ever faced, Democrat Governor Laura Kelly pledged a bipartisan approach on several issues as part of her State of the State Addres...
Jan 15, 2025 Kansas Governor Laura Kelly delivers the 2025 State of the State Address with Kansas House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins listening behind her. WIBW-TV screenshot.
Thermal Ceramics confirms upcoming closure
Local management isn't mentioning an official date, but it is confirming the closure of Emporia's Thermal Ceramics plant. The Emporia plant has had the Thermal Ceramics brand since the 1980s, but it i...
Jan 15, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
USD 421 Lyndon Interim Superintendent Paul Dorathy not planning to lead district for long-term but has several matters of import ahead during tenure
In November, USD 421 Lyndon Interim Superintendent Paul Dorathy was retired and he plans to return to retirement once his time with the district concludes. Much of Dorathy's nearly four-decade career ...
Jan 15, 2025 Paul Dorathy. USD 421 Lyndon graphic.
Tammy Baird to retire as USD 386 Madison Virgil superintendent at conclusion of current school year
USD 386 Madison Virgil is seeking a new superintendent following the end of the current academic year. Tammy Baird, who has served as the district's superintendent since 2023, recently announced she w...
Jan 15, 2025 Tammy Baird. Courtesy photo.
Emporia High biology teacher Huggard receives Presidential Award
It took several years, but Erica Huggard has received a national honor for her work in the classroom. A biology teacher at Emporia High, Huggard was recently bestowed the Presidential Award for Excell...
Jan 15, 2025 Erica Huggard. USD 253 Emporia photo.
