Category Archives: News
Numerous items ahead for Emporia Recreation Commission on Monday
The Emporia Recreation Commission Board has a lot on its agenda Monday. Besides updates on ERC sports and the Kansas State High School Activities Association's recently-held state volleyball tournamen...
Nov 16, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
ESU PAROC, Osage County Conservation District get Kansas Water Office grants
A project through Emporia State University's Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center is getting state funding. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says the PAROC's Water Ambassadors program is receiving ...
Nov 16, 2024 Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center. KVOE News file photo.
Amend Family Concert Series Fall Concert set for Sunday
The Amend Family Concert Series Fall Concert is set for Sunday. The concert will feature the Mid-America Woodwind Quintet. Emporia State music professor Dawn McConkie says the concert will feature a v...
Nov 16, 2024 Emporia State University photo.
Emporia City Commissioners focus attention on potential rate increase during study session Friday morning
Emporia City Commissioners are currently weighing their options for a potential utility rate increase. During their recent study meeting Friday morning, Commissioners were presented with several optio...
Nov 15, 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.
Unemployment rises statewide and locally between September and October according to Kansas Department of Labor
State unemployment was on the rise between September and October according to the latest update from the Kansas Department of Labor. According to the latest report from KDOL, the unemployment rate ros...
Nov 15, 2024 Kansas Department of Labor Logo.
Lyon County Commission approves minutes of 2024 general election vote canvas during regular meeting Thursday
The results of the 2024 general election are now final in Lyon County. Lyon County Commissioners approved the results of the election vote canvas during their regular action meeting Thursday morning. ...
Nov 15, 2024 KVOE News photo.
Open enrollment period underway for applying for Medicare
Open enrollment for applying for health insurance is underway. As part of KVOE's most recent Medicare Minute, certified SHICK or Senior Health Insurance Counselor for Kansas, counselor Karen Mayse say...
Nov 15, 2024 Medicare logo.
Emporia State University announces new deans for ESU Teachers College and School of Science and Mathematics
Emporia State University announced two significant appointments over the past week. Wednesday, Dr. Sara Schwerdtfeger was named the new dean of the ESU Teachers College. Schwerdtfeger, an ESU alum, br...
Nov 14, 2024 Pictured left to right:
Dean of the ESU Teachers College Dr. Sarah Schwerdtfeger and Dean of the School of Science and Mathematics Dr. Tim Burnett. Photos courtesy of Emporia State University.
Man convicted of agg battery and burglary charges from 2022 Lyon County case now back in court for probation violations and separate domestic battery case
A man convicted of aggravated battery and burglary related to a 2022 Lyon County Case is now back in court for two separate matters. Shedrick Williams appeared in Lyon County District Court Wednesday ...
Nov 14, 2024 Shedrick Williams. Lyon County Jail photo.
Extradition process dismissed for man wanted in Missouri on child abuse charges
Extradition proceedings for a Hartford man facing charges in Missouri have been dismissed in Lyon County. 27-year-old Devon Kinzle appeared before Judge Douglas Jones for the hearing Wednesday at whic...
Nov 14, 2024 Devon Kinzle. Lyon County Jail photo.
