Category Archives: News
Hill convicted of rape, sodomy in Lyon County case
Jason Lee Hill has been pleading his innocence in a Lyon County rape and aggravated criminal sodomy case dating back to fall 2024. The jury did not see the case the same way. After three days of testi...
Jul 30, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
ESU names alum as new Memorial Union director
Next week, Justin Rahe becomes Emporia State University's director of the Memorial Union. Rahe begins Monday -- 10 years after he graduated from ESU Rahe's last 7 years have been spent with Emporia St...
Jul 30, 2026 Justin Rahe. Emporia State University photo.
Renamed, reconfigured Halfway to Halfway music festival set for Oct 2-3 in downtown Emporia
The Halfway to Everywhere Music and Arts Festival is, in several ways, going halfway this fall. And there are reasons for that. The event is getting rebranded, at least for this year, as Halfway to Ha...
Jul 30, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Demolition work making way for new 'modernized' Emporia KTA service area set to begin in August
Demolition work at Emporia's KTA service station is set to begin very soon. According to KTA Director of Engineering Glen Scott, the KTA decommissioned the current restaurant at the service area earli...
Jul 30, 2026 Emporia Service Station renderings courtesy of Kansas Turnpike Authority.
Hartford City Council approves contractor for City Hall demolition
The Hartford City Council is moving ahead with demolition plans for City Hall. Following a special meeting last week, the City Council approved the low bid from Leiser Excavating at nearly $67,000 for...
Jul 30, 2026 Hartford City Hall, a structure built in the 1880s, before it was demolished earlier this month after wind-related damage July 4. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
2026 Lyon County Fair launches Thursday evening
The nearly month of fun for everyone begins Thursday. The Lyon County Fair begins Thursday with the Friends of 4-H Picnic at 6:30 pm at the Fairgrounds Anderson Building, launching an event schedule t...
Jul 30, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
Advance voting picking up steam in Lyon County
Advance voting continues across Kansas. Lyon County Election Officer Amie Jones says 100 people voted in advance at the County Courthouse on Wednesday, the highest daily total so far this election cyc...
Jul 30, 2026 Courtesy graphic.
Marginal severe weather risk for wind late Thursday night
Seasonally hot and very sticky conditions continue across the KVOE listening area Thursday into Friday. Chances of showers and storms continue through the early afternoon hours, meaning our daytime hi...
Jul 30, 2026 National Weather Service graphic.
Osage County woman hurt in rollover wreck
A rollover crash hurt a Burlingame woman Wednesday. The wreck at West 125th and Auburn Road happened just before 3:15 pm, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Troopers say an SUV driven by 56-year-...
Jul 30, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
QuikTrip's Emporia convenience store now open
After over 18 months of onsite work and years of planning, QuikTrip has opened in Emporia. The facility at 3535 Crossing Boulevard, just southwest of the Flint Hills Technical College main campus, ope...
Jul 30, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
