Category Archives: News
Happy Holidaze lighting ceremony coming Tuesday night
Emporia residents are invited to the David Traylor Zoo Tuesday for two exciting activities. The annual Happy Holidaze lighting ceremony will take place once the sun goes down Tuesday evening. Zoo Dire...
Nov 25, 2024 David Traylor Zoo/Emporia Police Department Benefit Association graphic.
Renovations continue at William Allen White Elementary as Building for Future work nears finish line
The final renovation project through USD 253 Emporia's Building for the Future bond campaign has recently reached a notable milestone. Superintendent Allison Anderson-Harder: Renovations and new const...
Nov 24, 2024 Crews were busy Sunday as renovations continue at William Allen White Elementary. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Prairie between 15th and 18th reopening to both lanes of traffic this week -- with two exceptions
Progress continues for the 24th and Prairie waterline replacement project. The latest sign of that progress is reopening Prairie between 15th to 18th for both lanes of traffic beginning next week. Tra...
Nov 24, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Trial to begin next month for Emporia man charged with child sex crimes in Sedgwick County
Jury trial is set to begin next week for an Emporia man charged with child rape in Sedgwick County. Trial for John Robert Burton is set to start Dec 2 in Wichita and follows a motion hearing earlier t...
Nov 24, 2024 John Robert Burton. Sedgwick County Jail photo.
December status conference set in Emporia child sex abuse case
A status conference is next in the case of an Emporia man accused of child rape in Lyon County District Court. Erik Alvarez will return to court Dec. 19 after a motion hearing earlier this month was c...
Nov 24, 2024 Erik Alvarez. Lyon County Jail photo.
Man charged in Coffey County with violations of state's offender registry act
One man has been charged with three counts of aggravated violations of the state's offender registration act in Coffey County. Robert Lee Stuart Brady was arrested Nov. 15 and subsequently charged aft...
Nov 24, 2024 Robert Lee Stuart Brady. Kansas Department of Corrections photo.
Probation in Chase County case originally starting with drug distribution, firearms charges
A Florida man is spending the next year under probation as part of a case that began with charges of drug distribution and ended with a plea for paraphernalia possession. Seth Kindt of Inglis, Florida...
Nov 24, 2024 Seth Kindt. Chase County Jail photo.
Small grass fire handled southwest of Emporia
Emporia fire crews handled a small grass fire that developed southwest of town early Saturday evening. Fire crews were dispatched to Kansas Turnpike mile marker 122, five miles southwest of Emporia, a...
Nov 24, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Resurfacing work done on Road K-5 near Olpe
Work to resurface part of a road near Olpe is done. The Lyon County Highway Department says resurfacing is done on Road K-5 between Kansas Highway 99 and Road 70. Work to mill and overlay that county ...
Nov 24, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Harvest Home Festival raises funds to support trio of charities Saturday
What began as a fundraiser for Messiah Lutheran Church nearly three decades ago has become a multi-beneficial fundraiser for the community with the latest edition taking place Saturday morning. Messia...
Nov 23, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
