Category Archives: News
TYSON/HOLIDAY RESORT: FHTC waiving enrollment fees for displaced workers
Flint Hills Technical College is waiving enrollment fees for workers displaced by upcoming closures at both Holiday Resort and Tyson Foods. Given the circumstances, the move was a simple one to take, ...
Dec 12, 2024 Flint Hills Technical College website photo.
Counterfeit, shopping scam efforts increasing locally
The holidays are supposed to be a festive time, but they can also be frustrating for local businesses. The holidays are a time when counterfeiting activities ramp up, and Emporia Main Street Executive...
Dec 12, 2024 US Secret Service photo.
Night 1 of Seasonal Celebration fills White Auditorium
White Auditorium was full of people -- and the holiday spirit -- for the Emporia School District's 89th annual Seasonal Celebration. The final night of the Seasonal Celebration is Thursday night, with...
Dec 12, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CareArc encouraging DACA residents to reach out for assistance following federal judge ruling blocking rule allowing access to healthcare coverage
CareArc is reaffirming its commitment to serving the needs of all patients in the wake of a recent ruling at the federal level earlier this week. Monday, North Dakota Federal Judge Dan Traynor sided w...
Dec 11, 2024 KVOE News photo.
USD 253 Emporia estimating cost to fully repair ongoing structural issues at Mary Herbert Education Center could range in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars
The numbers aren't completely clear, but they're also "not good" for what it would cost to repair ongoing structural issues at the Mary Herbert Education Center. That's according to USD 253 Director o...
Dec 11, 2024 Mary Herbert Education Center. KVOE News file photo.
TYSON/HOLIDAY RESORT: Plans announced for benefits, jobs, resource events
Plans are now in place at the local level to help the workers being displaced by the Holiday Resort and Tyson Foods closures announced earlier this week. A Rapid Response and Kansas Department of Labo...
Dec 11, 2024 KVOE News graphic.
Four people hurt in Greenwood County wreck
Four people were hospitalized after a three-vehicle wreck in southern Greenwood County on Tuesday evening. The Kansas Highway Patrol began responding to the wreck at US Highway 400 and Kansas Highway ...
Dec 11, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Lyon County identity theft, conspiracy case moves to pretrial stage next month
Pretrial and arraignment is coming early next year for a Georgia man charged in Lyon County with conspiracy and other charges. Following a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Demetrius Lamont Odom will have ...
Dec 11, 2024 Demetrius Odom. Lyon County Jail photo.
600 block of Congress remains closed after two water main breaks, joint leak Tuesday
Part of an Emporia street was blocked Tuesday night due to a broken water main. The street won't reopen until later Wednesday. Underground Utilities crews were alerted about a break in the 600 block o...
Dec 11, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
RDA and Emporia Enterprises set to meet Friday and Monday
The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas and Emporia Enterprises will both convene with similar agendas this week and next. The RDA Board meeting will be first on the schedule with ...
Dec 10, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
