Category Archives: News
2025 Wreaths Across America local effort ends with rescheduled wreath retirement effort
A small amount of volunteers had a big task Saturday: Locate all the nearly 2,400 wreaths at veteran gravesites inside Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery and get them ready for transport elsewhere. Wrea...
Feb 07, 2026 Volunteers of all ages helped to pick up wreaths laid at Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery to conclude the 2025 Wreaths Across America effort. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
KCPD has active investigation underway to find missing former Emporian Monique Brooks
A former Emporia woman has been missing for nearly a week, according to the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department. KCPD says Monique "Twin" Brooks was reported missing Monday and there is an active...
Feb 07, 2026 Monique Brooks. Social media photo.
Zoo, PAROC collaborate on Kansas Day activities Saturday
The David Traylor Zoo and Emporia State's Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center welcomed residents to the Zoo Education Center to celebrate Kansas Day. The event was designed to introduce peopl...
Feb 07, 2026 Residents attending the rescheduled Kansas Day activities at the David Traylor Zoo had a lot of information about native animals and plants as part of the event. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Rodriguez charged with exploitation
An Emporia man recently arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation has now been charged. Nicholas Aaron Rodriguez faces two counts of sexually exploiting a child who was no older than 16 years old a...
Feb 07, 2026 Nicholas Rodriguez. Lyon County Jail photo.
Governor signs first bills of 2026 session; bill in Senate designed to more than double current minimum wage
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed the first bills for the 2026 legislative session. The governor has signed House Bill 2347, which amends certain laws and adds others for crimes of theft, crimina...
Feb 07, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
Flu traffic steady in Lyon County
Flu traffic is generally flat over the last month. Lyon County Health Officer Dr Ladun Oyenuga says there is flu traffic across demographics at this time. Of concern with this flu variant is a stubbor...
Feb 07, 2026 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo.
Topeka man sentenced in Lyon County after 2024 standoff, in federal court for gun possession
A Topeka man initially charged in Lyon County after an alleged shooting and standoff incident in Emporia nearly two years ago has been sentenced to lesser charges after a plea agreement reached last m...
Feb 07, 2026 Wave.video graphic.
United Way gains Frontier Farm Credit grant for Blessing Boxes; Healthier Lyon County developing youth program through Pathways grant
Frontier Farm Credit is granting the United Way of the Flint Hills money for its Blessing Box program Frontier Farm Credit has set aside $2,000 from its Working Here Fund. The money will let the Unite...
Feb 07, 2026 United Way of the Flint Hills photo.
Chamber holds 128th Annual Meeting
The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce held its Annual Meeting on Friday in the middle of a lengthy transition period. The site, White Auditorium, and the theme, "Shift Happens," were reflective of chan...
Feb 07, 2026 The Wall That Heals Committee was recognized by the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce with the Community Impact Award at the Chamber's Annual Meeting. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia woman arrested after pursuit, wreck Friday
An Emporia woman was arrested after an incident that started with a chase and ended with a crash in west Emporia on Friday. The Emporia Police Department says an officer began a traffic stop of a car ...
Feb 06, 2026 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
