Category Archives: News
Council Grove Police arrest Topeka man on felony identity theft warrant
Formal charges are pending in Morris County after an arrest for alleged identity theft activity. Council Grove Police Chief Shawn Wangerin says Devry Knight was arrested Tuesday after a traffic stop i...
Dec 06, 2024 Council Grove Police Department photo.
ESU nursing students receive NRH Foundation scholarships
A quartet of Emporia State University students are getting scholarship through the Newman Regional Health Foundation. Emma Davis, Shelby Fox, Vanessa Peraza-Martinez and Emma Tyson all receive a $3,00...
Dec 06, 2024 Newman Regional Health photo.
Emporia Community Foundation announces Trusler Foundation grant recipients
The Trusler Foundation has announced its latest round of grant recipients: *Abundant Harvest gets almost $12,000 to expand its free hot meal program *Chase County Care and Compassion, also known as C4...
Dec 06, 2024 Emporia Community Foundation logo.
TYSON/HOLIDAY RESORT: Closure announcements prompt Steering Committee to pause process towards new public rec center
There won't be a vote on a sales tax question to fund a new public recreation center in Emporia in March, but there will a public vote at some later time. Emporia Recreation Commission Rec Center Stee...
Dec 05, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Prelim set in Lieurance double-murder case in Colorado
A preliminary hearing is coming later this month for Phillip Lieurance, the Emporia man accused of killing two Emporia women in Colorado last year. During a hearing Thursday in Kiowa County, Colorado,...
Dec 05, 2024 Phillip Lieurance. Kansas Department of Corrections photo.
Holiday Resort closure temporarily paused
Holiday Resort will not be closing its doors at the end of the week as originally expected, however, the closure is still coming. According to a news release from the city of Emporia and approved by t...
Dec 05, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
2024 KVOE Mitten Tree Drive surpasses prior year's total with more than 700 items collected
Another year and another successful KVOE Mitten Tree drive. This year's drive, benefiting SOS, the Salvation Army of Emporia and Emporia Spartan Stop, generated more than 700 items for all three agenc...
Dec 05, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Lyon County Commissioners state Emporia City Commission's annexation of property from November a factor, but not the deciding factor in county's decision to encumber $250,000 for QuikTrip project Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners plan to honor their word on an allocation to a major economic development project in far west Emporia, however, they will not do so immediately. During their regular action s...
Dec 05, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Two fires reported in Lyon County on Thursday
Details are pending after a pair of reported fires in Lyon County on Thursday. Fire was reported in a trailer home in the 1000 block of Road 135, between Emporia and Olpe, around 11 am. The fire respo...
Dec 05, 2024 Office of Kansas State Fire Marshal graphic.
Check-in meeting ahead Thursday for Rec Commission public recreation center project
The Emporia Recreation Commission is meeting Thursday afternoon. This is the latest check-in meeting before the final public engagement session next week. The meeting starts at 3 pm at Mary Herbert Ed...
Dec 05, 2024 Emporia Recreation Commission graphic.
