Category Archives: News
Lawmakers note speed of 2025 session as Turnaround deadline passes
The second half of the legislative session is now underway. The annual Turnaround deadline passed last week, meaning bills that haven't advanced in either chamber don't go to the other chamber for fur...
Feb 25, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
United Way of Flint Hills building connections to resources as KVOE Live Morning Drive Auction approaches
Fundraising continues for the United Way of the Flint Hills. So does the United Way's work to both augment its support for people in need and to connect people with resources. Executive Director Daphn...
Feb 25, 2025 United Way of the Flint Hills logo.
Series of focus groups begin Tuesday as USD 253 Emporia continues data collection for superintendent search process
USD 253 Emporia will be narrowing the focus of its Superintendent Search over the next few days. Following the announcement of USD 253 Superintendent Dr. Allison Anderson Harder's pending retirement t...
Feb 24, 2025 USD 253 Emporia logo.
Following the news of their sudden passing, friends and colleagues of Jim and Josh Hoy remember their work and legacy across the local area and state of Kansas
Funeral arrangements are currently pending for Jim and Josh Hoy, a father and son ranching duo best known for their involvement with the preservation of prairie history, following their sudden passing...
Feb 24, 2025 Jim and Josh Hoy. Photo courtesy of Pioneer Bluffs.
USD 253 board to get update on superintendent search
Superintendent and property matters will be part of the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education agenda this week. Board members will get a report from the Kansas Association of School Boards about focus gr...
Feb 24, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Formal charges pending after short foot chase in Madison
Greenwood County deputies say a short foot chase in Madison led to the arrests of two people late last week. The Sheriff's Office says a deputy tried to serve an arrest warrant in Madison, but one per...
Feb 24, 2025 Greenwood County Sheriff's Office logo. KVOE News file photo.
City debuts Ask Emporia community engagement platform
The city of Emporia has been working to enhance its community engagement for some time, and it has new platform that is now available. Ask Emporia is designed to offer direct answers to resident quest...
Feb 24, 2025 City of Emporia logo.
Hamilton, Hartford, Harveyville, LeRoy gain significant state grants for water projects
Water matters are at the forefront for Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Legislature recently, and the Kansas Water Office has approved significant grant funding for a quartet of area communi...
Feb 23, 2025 KVOE News photo.
Dody glad to be 'coming home' as Chase County superintendent
Aron Dody begins his new duties as Chase County's superintendent of schools July 1, and the Chase County High School graduate says he wants to end his education career in that position. Spinden says t...
Feb 23, 2025 Aron Dody. File photo.
Butler notes Emporia's advantages, challenges as he begins role as RDA interim CEO
The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas is into a pair of transitional periods. One has to do with the person in the main leadership role. With Jim Witt exiting as interim CEO afte...
Feb 23, 2025 Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas logo.
