Category Archives: News
Low flu cases locally does not slow down traffic at annual CareArc drive-thru flu shot clinic Friday
Though the number of confirmed flu cases has been virtually non-existent locally in recent weeks, the annual CareArc drive-thru flu shot clinic was plenty busy Friday. As always, the clinic provided i...
Oct 4, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Sacred Heart School 51st annual Mexican supper welcomes all Friday
Visitors to Sacred Heart Catholic School Friday evening could see fellowship at its finest. The 51st annual Mexican Supper fundraiser saw right around 4,000 tacos prepared and sold throughout the even...
Oct 4, 2024 Hungry residents wait their turn to pick up their fresh made Mexican dinner courtesy of Sacred Heart School's 51st annual Mexican Supper Fundraiser. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Tollbooth canopy removed at Kansas Turnpike's Emporia gate
The Kansas Turnpike Authority's cashless tolling process continues locally. Demolition crews have taken down the longstanding canopy at the Emporia tollgate, doing so late last month, according to spo...
Oct 4, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Fire destroys car driving through KTA Emporia gate
A fire destroyed a car moving through the Kansas Turnpike Emporia tollgate Friday afternoon. Emporia Fire responded around 3 pm, and Battalion Chief Ryan Conley tells KVOE News a small car was fully e...
Oct 4, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
ESU HOMECOMING: Brockman touts servant leadership during Hayes Leadership Lecture
The speaker at Emporia State University's Hayes Leadership Lecture says his time on campus helped to get him ready for the real world in several ways. Dennis Brockman, Class of 1987, says he got valua...
Oct 4, 2024 ESU alum Dennis Brockman gave the university's Hayes Leadership Lecture on Thursday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Medicare information events filling local calendar
As Newman Regional Health gets ready for its Medicare Town Hall opportunities Monday, there is more information about the federal insurance plan coming soon as well. Newman Regional Health has town ha...
Oct 4, 2024 Medicare logo.
Dry conditions expected for at least a week; low-level drought expands slightly
Short-term heat has graced the KVOE listening area recently and will do so again soon. Thursday's 92-degree high was close to the existing record of 96 degrees set back in 2006. After a high in the lo...
Oct 4, 2024 US Drought Monitor map.
Kansas Corporation Commission announces Kansas Gas rate increase settlement increase
Kansas Gas ratepayers will need to budget for slightly higher payments after a settlement announced by the Kansas Corporation Commission on Thursday. The KCC approved a $35 million increase in rates a...
Oct 4, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CCLIP work begins in downtown Emporia while pavement, storm sewer repairs await near 29th Terrace and Westlake
Early work is now underway for Emporia's annual CCLIP street project, and another planned project is beginning soon in far northwest Emporia. Communications Manager Christine Torrens says the city's c...
Oct 4, 2024 Prior pavement has been removed on Commercial Street between the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks and Kansas Avenue as part of CCLIP. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Letters of support, executive sessions main items of business for Lyon County Commissioners during weekly action meeting Thursday
Lyon County Commissioners have lent their support to a pair of local agencies. During their regular action meeting Thursday morning, commissioners approved signing a pair of letters of support the fir...
Oct 3, 2024 Lyon County commissioners (from left) Rollie Martin, Ken Duft, Doug Peck. KVOE News file photo.
