Category Archives: News
Budget, contracts, repair work and more highlight monthly Emporia Recreation Commission meeting Monday
The Emporia Recreation Commission had a lengthy meeting Monday evening. The meeting began with a pair of executive sessions, the first of which dealt with discussions on a contract for Rec Director To...
Jun 17, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Sale and discharge period for fireworks in Emporia begins next Thursday
Emporia's sales and discharge period for fireworks begins next week. The sale and discharge period officially begins next Thursday and continues through Friday, July 5. Emporia Police Captain Ray Matt...
Jun 17, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia City Commissioners convening for regular action and study meetings Tuesday morning
Emporia City Commissioners could take final action on a pair of major zoning requests as part of their upcoming action and study meetings Tuesday. Commissioners will consider approving a conditional u...
Jun 17, 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.
Q&A With Trey: Emporia City Manager encourages residents to engage in dialogue and self reflection with Juneteenth and Emporia Pride activities coming this week
The month of June is a month ripe for reflection both of self and the past and that is exactly what Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking is inviting residents to do, especially over the next week. Cockin...
Jun 17, 2024 Q&A With Trey is a recurring segment with Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking on KVOE's Talk of Emporia every third Monday. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
New Italian restaurant set to open at former Shanghai location
Emporia may well have a second Italian brick-and-mortar restaurant soon. Palermo's is taking over the former Shanghai Chinese Restaurant location at 2002 West Sixth -- with plans to open by month's en...
Jun 17, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
State tax credits coming to Hetlinger, Greenwood Preservation Society
Nonprofits in Emporia and Greenwood County are getting tax credits through the Kansas Department of Commerce: The Commerce Department announced its latest round of Community Service Progarm tax credit...
Jun 17, 2024 Kansas Department of Commerce map.
Two Emporia small businesses set for grand openings this week; Olpe Chicken House to be featured nationally
This is a big week for a pair of local small businesses. Wednesday marks the official grand opening of the El Rio Bravo supermarket at 1324 Industrial Road. The event begins at 10 am. El Rio Bravo wil...
Jun 17, 2024 KVOE News photos.
Residents encouraged to navigate new-look lyoncounty.org information website
When building a website, it's important to have a clear vision before you actually start the work. That was the thought process behind the new-look lyoncounty.org, which rolled out a few weeks ago. Co...
Jun 17, 2024 Lyoncounty.org screenshot.
Osage City man awaiting federal hearing in child sex abuse materials case
A man at the center of a multi-agency child sex investigation earlier this year is in the federal court system and is awaiting his next hearing. Nicholas James Engelbert faces eight counts of sex expl...
Jun 17, 2024 Kansas Courts graphic.
Greenwood County deputies arrest person on suspicion of possessing, distributing child sex abuse materials
Formal charges are pending at the federal level after an arrest in Greenwood County earlier this month. Greenwood County deputies say they arrested Terry Trower, age and hometown unlisted, on a grand ...
Jun 17, 2024 Kansas Bureau of Investigation graphic.
