Category Archives: News
Hilbish now executive director of Kansas State Rifle Association
An Emporia woman has taken the top leadership role with a statewide gun rights group. Megan Hilbish, long known for her involvement in shooting sports, is now the executive director of Kansas State Ri...
Dec 23, 2024 Megan Hilbish. Courtesy photo.
Nominations open for USD 253 'Heroic Classified Educators' Hopkins Awards
Nominations are being accepted for the Emporia Public Schools' Hopkins Award process. USD 253 Director of Communications and Marketing Lyndel Landgren says there are some notable changes from last yea...
Dec 23, 2024 USD 253 Emporia logo.
Americus musician passes away
Longtime musician Lee Muller passed away last week. Muller was 74 when he died Wednesday. Muller performer a range of styles, including Americana, bluegrass, country and nostalgia. His career led to p...
Dec 23, 2024 Lee Muller. Courtesy Roberts-Blue-Barnett.
Separate preliminary hearings scheduled in Emporia aggravated robbery case
Two defendants in an Emporia aggravated robbery case will continue the court process next month. First apperances were held Monday for 23-year-old Sheantel Thompson of Sedan and 24-year-old Malik Dors...
Dec 22, 2024 Malik Dorsey (left), Sheantel Thompson. Lyon County Jail photos.
Lyon County drug distribution case sees potential trial start dates announced
Jury trial settings are on the docket in a Lyon County drug distribution case. Following a pretrial hearing in front of Judge Lee Fowler on Friday, Nethanial Robinson was set for potential trial start...
Dec 22, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Trial approaching in Lyon County aggravated battery, aggravated kidnapping case
Trial is tentatively set to begin early next month in a Lyon County criminal case that originally started with a lead charge of attempted murder. Justin Colby Barrett had been charged with attempted f...
Dec 22, 2024 Kansas Courts graphic.
NRH's $96M budget reflects confidence in ongoing growth for patient traffic
Newman Regional Health Chief Executive Officer Cathy Pimple says the hospital expects increased patient traffic trends to continue next year -- which is why the 2025 budget is better than $7 million l...
Dec 22, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Four people hospitalized in Burlington after Woodson County wreck
Four people were taken to Coffey County Hospital in Burlington after a wreck in Woodson County on Saturday morning. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the wreck happened on US Highway 75 near 150th Road i...
Dec 22, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Little movement seen in local, area, state jobless percentages
How jobless rates fare from December to January remains to be seen, but jobless rates didn't move much between October and November. The Kansas Department of Labor says Emporia's jobless rate dropped ...
Dec 22, 2024 Kansas Department of Labor map.
Sertoma Club grants June Bug Foundation $2,000
Money from the Sertoma club will benefit a local organization helping cancer pqatients. The Emporia Sertoma Club says it recently received a 2024 Sertoma Club grant of $2,000. That money is being turn...
Dec 22, 2024 Courtesy photo.
