Category Archives: News
Westcott attempted murder trial enters second week in Lyon County District Court
The jury trial for Emporian Travis Westcott is entering its second week. Westcott is facing over 20 counts in Lyon County District Court, ranging from attempted murder to aggravated kidnapping, aggrav...
Oct 21, 2024 Travis Westcott. Lyon County Jail photo.
Greenwood County deputies arrest two men in separate aggravated endangerment cases
Details are pending in one of two aggravated child endangerment cases developing in Greenwood County. Deputies say they arrested Kelton Buettner on suspicion of aggravated endangerment, driving under ...
Oct 21, 2024 Greenwood County Sheriff's Office logo. KVOE News file photo.
Abundant Harvest adjusts food giveaway, meal pick-up times; Rescue Mission and Shiloh Home seek winter clothing
Abundant Harvest has adjusted its food giveaway and meal pick-up times. Food giveaways will be at 8:30 am weekdays and 5:30 pm Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Spokesman Josh Graves, a gues...
Oct 21, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Area jobless numbers dip; state percentage holds steady
Steady as she goes for the state's unemployment rate, according to Kansas Department of Labor economist Emilie Doerksen. Emporia's jobless rate went from 3.8 percent in August to 3.2 percent in Septem...
Oct 21, 2024 Kansas Department of Labor map.
Osage City business receives federal funding for solar energy system
An Osage County business is getting a federal grant for renewable energy. The US Department of Agriculture says Controlled Environmental Warehousing LLC of Osage City will get almost $132,000 to buy a...
Oct 21, 2024 US Department of Agriculture logo.
Lyon County Attorney prepares for retirement: 'I liked fundamental fairness'
Come January, Marc Goodman will end a lengthy career in law -- and as Lyon County's chief prosecutor. Barring a massive write-in effort, Goodman's longtime lead assistant, Amy Aranda, will be elected ...
Oct 20, 2024 Marc Goodman. KVOE News file photo.
ESU's CyROC donates computers to Emporia Senior Center
Thanks to a new partnership, the Emporia Senior Center has a pair of new computers to help residents learn the basics about computer operations and the hazards of cyber crime. The computers come to th...
Oct 20, 2024 Residents using the Emporia Senior Center now can do basic computer functions as part of a donation through Emporia State University's Cybersecurity Research + Outreach Center. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Controlled burn leads to tree fire near Olpe
Plans for a trash burn near Olpe changed quickly after the fire went out of control Sunday. Olpe and Lyon County District 4, Emporia's rural fire unit, responded to 847 Road M -- about four miles nort...
Oct 20, 2024 Google Maps image.
Hearings Friday for Emporia State professors initially fired during Framework for Workforce Management early stages
Hearings are coming in Lyon County District Court this week for several Emporia State University professors initially terminated as part of the university's reinvestment process two years ago. Michael...
Oct 20, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Rec Commission board to discuss facility needs study, separation agreement for McEvoy at Monday meeting
This is a time of change for the Emporia Recreation Commission, and two different tracks of change will be discussed at the commission's monthly board meeting Monday. The most well-publicized change, ...
Oct 20, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
