Category Archives: News
Safe Kids Emporia and Rasmussen University team up for car seat safety check lane Tuesday
As car seats are always evolving, so too are the methods for properly installing them in your vehicle. With that in mind, local drivers had the opportunity to double-check and ensure their young passe...
May 28, 2024 Pictured left to right:
Rasmussen Nursing Students Tammy Wyatt, Jaeyton Steffan and Amanpreet Kaur and Emporia Police Detective Jaffar Agha. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Lyon County Commission to receive first 2025 budget requests Thursday
Budget requests will begin for Lyon County Commissioners Thursday morning when they convene for their regular action meeting. Commissioners will hear the first round of many appropriation requests for...
May 28, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
SCAM ALERT: City of Emporia alerting residents of door-to-door utility rate scammer
The City of Emporia is alerting residents to a potential scammer who has been going door-to-door in recent days. According to a release on the city's official Facebook page, there have been reports of...
May 28, 2024 City of Emporia graphic.
Special Olympic Torch to arrive in Emporia Wednesday as part of Law Enforcement Torch Run
The Special Olympics Games are set to be held in Wichita this weekend and athletes will get an opportunity to march in Emporia with the torch. The Law Enforcement Torch Run will leave Emporia on Thurs...
May 28, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
UNBOUND GRAVEL: Equivalent of Emporia's population could be downtown for activities
It is Unbound Gravel week. And judging from the interest, this will be an Unbound week like none other in the event's history. On KVOE's Newsmaker segment Tuesday, Marketing Manager Kristi Mohn confir...
May 28, 2024 The 2024 Unbound Gravel event is poised to have record attendance across the board this week. KVOE News file photo.
2024 candidate deadline less than a week away
In less than a week, the ballots for the 2024 election cycle will be finalized. The filing and withdrawal deadline is at noon Monday. Typically, the deadline is June 1 but that falls on a Saturday. To...
May 28, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Industrial park infrastructure improvements continue as Emporia gears up for start of 24th and Prairie, Street Rehab projects
As the city of Emporia gears up for two major infrastructure projects and the next big step in another, work is taking place to enhance a pair of the city's industrial parks. Work is well underway for...
May 28, 2024 Courtesy graphic.
Farm Bill clears US House Ag Committee, but likely won't get widespread Congressional support as revision process continues
Updates to the Farm Bill have moved through the US House Agriculture Committee, but the package as currently written has little chance of replacing the current Farm Bill. The 10-year, $1.5 trillion bi...
May 28, 2024 Kansas State Research and Extension photo.
Summer EBT program beginning through KDCF
As school districts across Kansas, including USD 253 Emporia, begin summer meal programs, the Kansas Department for Children and Families has launched a separate program helping eligible families offs...
May 28, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Groundbreaking set for next week as Cottonwood Falls Housing Authority begins replacing units destroyed by fatal 2022 fire
Nearly two years ago, fire destroyed several units and killed one person at the Low Housing Development in Cottonwood Falls. Next week, a project officially begins to replace the destroyed space. Comp...
May 28, 2024 Fire in July 2022 destroyed four living units and killed 74-year-old Sharon Tatman. The building will be replaced beginning with a formal groundbreaking ceremony next week. KVOE News file photo.
