Category Archives: News
Tea-Rex among this week's events at Emporia Public Library
Under normal circumstances, tea parties don't mix well with dinosaurs. However, the Emporia Public Library is fusing both for its latest children's event. Tea-Rex begins at 4:30 pm Tuesday, and Librar...
Nov 11, 2024 Emporia Public Library graphic.
Line at Fire Station 2 demonstrates support for childhood leukemia patient James Nunley
Emporia firefighters spent a few hours Sunday raising funds for a child of one of their own. Firefighters used a meal consisting of a pulled pork sandwich, beans, chips and a dessert to generate funds...
Nov 10, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Quilts of Gratitude, Municipal Band concert help to highlight weekend before Veterans Day
Reverence and gratitude were evident at the Lyon County Fairgrounds during the All Veterans Tribute Quilts of Gratitude ceremony Saturday. Among the veterans receiving custom-made quilts was Emporia n...
Nov 10, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Missing Eureka teenager found, but Emporia teen still missing
A Eureka teenager was found shortly after he was reported as missing. Kansas Missing and Unsolved says 12-year-old Bryan Craig was reported missing Nov. 6 after he was spotted in the 1100 block of Wes...
Nov 10, 2024 Benjamin Bowman. Kansas Missing and Unsolved graphic.
Pedestrian hurt in downtown Emporia crash
A driver was cited after a pedestrian was hurt in a crash in downtown Emporia on Sunday morning. Emporia Police and Emporia Fire/EMS were dispatched to Sixth and Merchant around 7:15 am after a car hi...
Nov 10, 2024 Emporia Fire/EMS and Emporia Police worked an injury crash Sunday morning after a car hit a pedestrian in downtown Emporia. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Semi driver from Mexico hurt in crash near Turnpike's Emporia service exit
A semi driver from Mexico was hurt in a crash on the Kansas Turnpike near the Emporia service exit Saturday night. The crash happened shortly after 9:30 pm at Turnpike mile marker 131.3, near the serv...
Nov 10, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
21st annual Emporia Freedom Fest sees another record turnout Saturday
For 21 years now the annual Freedom Fest in downtown Emporia has been a key piece of Emporia's All Veterans Tribute schedule and the tradition continued this weekend with yet another record-setting ye...
Nov 09, 2024 Participants in the Norwegian Ruck March line up at the starting line at the 21st annual Emporia Freedom Fest. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Change in treatment chemical among adjustments that ended Emporia's boil water advisory; city offering free tests for affected Lyon County RWDs
Emporia Public Works Director Dean Grant says there was a lot of work behind the scenes to get the city's boil water advisory lifted by Saturday night. Early work had to do with repairs after two pipe...
Nov 09, 2024 Kansas Department of Health and Environment graphic.
UPDATE: Emporia Arts Council assuming ownership and operations of Emporia Granada Theatre
The Emporia Arts Council will be taking over ownership and operation of the Emporia Granada Theatre. In a news release from the Emporia Granada Theatre Alliance on Saturday, it was confirmed that the ...
Nov 09, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
List of auction items for National Teachers Hall of Fame Auction continues to grow
The list of auction items to benefit the National Teachers Hall of Fame is still growing. The 33rd annual fundraising auction is set for 6:05 p.m. on Thursday November 21. The live auction will be hel...
Nov 09, 2024
