Category Archives: News
Fireworks in Emporia: Roughly 25-minute show planned at ESU, with music from Emporia Municipal Band before show starts
Emporia is celebrating the Fourth of July on the holiday. The annual fireworks show will take place from just north of the Emporia State main campus. Pyrotechnician Bernie Toso says it will be a packe...
Jul 03, 2024 Emporia State University map.
With PTSD concerns due to fireworks this week, CrossWinds schedules free movie while VA urges veterans to be prepared
Fireworks are a fabulous time for lots of us, but not all. Fireworks can trigger post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms for people, notably veterans or current military service personnel. KVOE's mont...
Jul 03, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
ESU football transfer on indefinite suspension after aggravated burglary arrest
The man accused of breaking into a family's apartment in north Emporia this past weekend is now on indefinite suspension from the Emporia State football team. Michael Hourel, age 19 and initially from...
Jul 03, 2024 Michael Hourel. Lyon County Jail photo.
Missouri residents arrested after pair of Tuesday chases beginning in Emporia
Formal charges are pending against the driver and passenger after two alleged chases starting in Emporia on Tuesday. Lyon County Sgt. Zach Shafer says 37-year-old Frederick Beecher Hogue was the drive...
Jul 03, 2024 KVOE News file photo
Full CCBCH certification in hand for CrossWinds
CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness has reached a major milestone with its continued work to provide mental health and substance abuse services areawide. CrossWinds has announced it full certification ...
Jul 03, 2024 Crosswinds Counseling and Wellness logo.
Overall, individual income taxes do well for Kansas in June
Kansas ended fiscal 2024 with mostly good numbers. Governor Laura Kelly says June tax collections were over $1 billion, above estimates by 2.4 percent and nearly 4 precent from a year ago. June was a ...
Jul 03, 2024 Kansas Great Seal.
WEATHER: Flood watch up for Greenwood County
Thunderstorms could bring heavy rain to parts of the KVOE listening area, and one area county has an official alert to that effect. Originally, Greenwood County was the only county in an alert, but no...
Jul 03, 2024 Mary Maris file photo.
Emporia City Commissioners pause decision on revenue-neutral rate until mid-month following study session Wednesday
Emporia City Commissioners will take a short pause to allow for information gathering before setting the city's revenue-neutral rate for the 2025 fiscal year. During their regular study session on Tue...
Jul 02, 2024 Emporia City Commission
Pictured Left to Right:
Jamie Sauder, Susan Brinkman, Danny Giefer, Becky Smith and Erren Harter.
Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
WEATHER: Alerts through July 3, 2024
Listed below are official weather alerts through the National Weather Service: *Severe thunderstorm watch: Coffey and Osage counties until midnight. *Flood watch: Lyon, Coffey, Morris, Osage and Wabau...
Jul 02, 2024 KVOE graphic.
Illinois man arrested after alleged pursuit originating in Chase County
Chase County Sheriff Jacob Welsh says an Illinois man was arrested after a pursuit started near the Lyon-Chase county line and ended in Franklin County on Sunday. Welsh says the incident developed aro...
Jul 02, 2024 Azim Ray. Chase County Jail photo.
