Category Archives: News
HOLIDAY RESORT CLOSURE: Petition seeks receivership through KDADS
As Holiday Resort continues plans to end its local operations this week, there is now an online petition asking the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to halt the closure. The petitio...
Dec 03, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Special prosecutor in Marcotte case declines to file charges
No charges are coming in the case of Brad Marcotte. Special Prosecutor Jack Hobbs says there is insufficient evidence to get convictions after Marcotte was arrested by Lyndon Police on suspicion of ch...
Dec 03, 2024 Brad Marcotte. USD 421 photo.
Emporia City Commission poised to act on proposed utility rate increases
Utility rate increases were already part of the Emporia City Commission's planned discussion as part of the board's regular action session Wednesday, but Monday's announcement of Tyson ending all loca...
Dec 03, 2024 Pictured left to right: Emporia City Commissioners Jamie Sauder, Erren Harter, Susan Brinkman, Becky Smith and Tyler Curtis. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Highway Patrol: DUI arrests down, seatbelt citations and warnings both up for Thanksgiving enforcement period
DUI arrests were down, but speed citations and warnings were up in the Kansas Highway Patrol's Thanksgiving holiday activity report. Troopers made 13 DUI arrests between Nov. 27-Dec. 1, below the 18 a...
Dec 03, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Monthly tax receipts lower than projections, mostly higher than November 2023
State tax receipts were below expectations but largely above November 2023 numbers. The state had $675.5 million in total tax receipts last month, below estimates by $25.4 million or 3.6 percent but u...
Dec 03, 2024 Kansas Great Seal.
IRS warns of holiday, tax season scams
With a lot of holiday shopping now being done online, the Internal Revenue Service is warning customers they are also being shopped in an entirely different way. The IRS and its Security Summit partne...
Dec 03, 2024 Internal Revenue Service logo.
Water main repair underway on part of East Ninth
Water service may be disrupted on part of East Ninth for at least part of Monday evening. Emporia Communications Manager Christine Torrens says Ninth is closed from East to Topeka to repair a water ma...
Dec 02, 2024 KVOE News photo.
Preliminary hearing coming in mid-December for Emporia man facing felony child abuse charges
An Emporia man will return to court later this month following his first appearance on felony child abuse charges Monday. Jade Michael Mason, age 35, appeared in Lyon County District Court Monday wher...
Dec 02, 2024 Jade Mason. Lyon County Jail photo.
Kansas Fire Marshal special agents sorting through evidence after house fire in Olpe
Early investigative work has not determined a cause of the house fire at 730 Kansas Highway 99 in Olpe on Saturday. Fire at the home of Suzan Stroup-Reed was first reported around 6:30 pm Saturday, tr...
Dec 02, 2024 Saturday night's fire at 730 Kansas Highway 99 in Olpe destroyed the house. Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Match Day check presentation Tuesday at Flinthills Mall
The Emporia Community Foundation, 35 benefiting groups and the raft of matching pool donors are all set to celebrate the latest Match Day effort Tuesday. Community Foundation Chief Executive Officer L...
Dec 02, 2024 Emporia Community Foundation graphic.
