Category Archives: News
Haunted houses coming soon to Cottonwood Falls, Neosho Rapids
Halloween is fast approaching. If haunted houses are your thing, you have two good options near Emporia, including the 32nd haunted house at Neosho Rapids. Organizer Tom Riley says there is a definite...
Oct 18, 2024 Wave.video graphic.
Interactive Health Fest coming Saturday
Flinthills Mall will be busy for the annual Interactive Health Fest on Saturday. Organizer and Emporia State Health and Human Performance Professor Dr. Jennifer Thomas encourages the community to take...
Oct 18, 2024 Healthier Lyon County graphic.
Fire danger slides from extreme Thursday to very high Friday
The fire danger for Lyon and surrounding counties isn't extreme Friday, but it's still very high. High temperatures in the mid-70s will combine with southerly wind gusts as high as 35 mph and relative...
Oct 18, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
Vopat pleased as first half of offsite option surpasses 2024 Lyon County primary's advance vote total
It's early yet, but Lyon County's advance voter traffic is well ahead of the primary election pace. In fact, the turnout just from the first two days of the offsite voter option at the Fairgrounds And...
Oct 18, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Cyclist hurt in southeast Emporia wreck Thursday
One person was hurt after an SUV hit a bicycle in southeast Emporia on Thursday. The incident happened at Fourth and Exchange around 9:45 am, triggering a response by Emporia Police and Emporia Fire/E...
Oct 18, 2024 Emporia Fire and Emporia Police responded to Fourth and Exchange after an SUV hit a bicycle Thursday. Dylan Sherwood/KVOE News.
23rd annual Drive for Food collects 30,000 items for Emporia Salvation Army and Emporia High Spartan Stop Thursday
In addition to KVOE staff, the drive for food once again saw support from Thomas Transfer, Frontier Farm Credit, Emporia State University and Scout Troop 157. Additionally, several local busine...
Oct 17, 2024 Salvation Army Capt. Mylie Hadden smiles on as volunteers help to pack the Salvation Army pantry during the 23rd annual KVOE Drive for Food. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Details pending, but Stormont Vail announces agreement for lease extension at Newman Regional Health
During KVOE's Candidate Forum involving the Lyon County Commission Second District on Tuesday, Republican Doug Peck and Democrat Ron McCoy discussed the county's role in negotiations between Newman Re...
Oct 17, 2024 Stormont Vail Health logo.
CANDIDATE FORUM: Education, abortion among topics for Kansas Senate 17th District discussion
KVOE's Candidate Forum on Thursday morning highlighted the race for the Senate seat representing Lyon County. Republican Mike Argabright and Democrat Lillian Lingenfelter answered KVOE News and listen...
Oct 17, 2024 Lillian Lingenfelter (left), Mike Argabright. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia Fire handles grass fire Wednesday, porch fire Thursday
Emporia Fire had a busy Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning, battling a grass fire before sunset and a porch fire after midnight. Battalion Chief Eron Steinlage says a small grass fire develo...
Oct 17, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Latest traffic adjustments announced for 24th and Prairie waterline project
Slowly but surely, work continues to bring new water pipe to areas of northwest Emporia through the 24th and Prairie project. The latest traffic adjustments include: *Prairie Street closing to thru tr...
Oct 17, 2024 City of Emporia map.
