Category Archives: News
KDHE announces KanCare insurance partners
Two of the three insurance companies serving as managed care partners for the state's KanCare Medicaid program have selected to continue their work. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment ann...
May 15, 2024 KanCare logo.
Governor Kelly signs SOUL Family permanency option for foster children aging out of state system
Kansas now has a fourth permanency pathway for foster children aging out of the system. Governor Laura Kelly has signed House Bill 2536 to officially set up the Support, Opportunity, Unity and Legal o...
May 15, 2024 Office of the Kansas Governor photo.
Kansas Attorney General files Title IX lawsuit against Biden administration
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is suing Biden administration over a Title IX wording change. The change is from the word "sex" to "gender identity," which Kobach says is against federal law and o...
May 15, 2024 Kris Kobach. KVOE News file photo.
WEATHER: Severe storms possible Wednesday night
After a sunny, dry day Tuesday, storms are back in the picture for Wednesday and severe storms can't be ruled out Wednesday night. Officially, there is a slight chance of non-severe storms for the day...
May 15, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
Flint Hills Technical College graduation set for Saturday inside of White Auditorium
Commencement activities for higher learning continue this weekend. Flint Hills Technical College will culminate its academic year with its graduation ceremony Saturday inside of William L. White Audit...
May 14, 2024 KVOE News File Photo
Emporia Main Street and Unbound Gravel updates to highlight Lyon County Commission action agenda Thursday morning
Emporia Main Street will have a regular update for Lyon County Commissioners when they convene for their weekly action meeting Thursday morning. Main Street Director Casey Woods will present the updat...
May 14, 2024 KVOE News photo.
'One person you can really depend on:' Reeble receives Rotary Club Paul Harris Fellow Recognition for contributions to Rotary and Emporia community
"Service above self," the motto of the Emporia Rotary Club and words embodied by Emporian and local philanthropist Jane Reeble. Reeble is best known as the director and founder of the Jane and Bernard...
May 14, 2024 Pictured left to right:
Rotarian Shirley Antes, Rotary Club Paul Harris Fellow Jane Reeble, Emporia Rotary Club President Elect Jacque Wellnitz and Rotarian Jim Kessler. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
2024 Match Day participants named
Thirty-five organizations will participate in the Emporia Community Foundation's 11th annual Match Day. The non-profit organizations were revealed in a special on-air presentation on KVOE on Tuesday. ...
May 14, 2024 Emporia Community Foundation board member Kay Lauer (far left) visits with (from left) Community Foundation Finance Officer Loni Heinen, Tam Schnak co-founder Natalie Schnakenberg and Community Foundation CEO Linda Kehres-Schmidt at the end of Tuesday's Match Day participant announcement on KVOE. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
30th annual Flatland Cruisers Car Show set for Saturday
Downtown Emporia will be lined up with cars on Saturday. The 30th annual Emporia Flatland Cruisers Car Show is set for Saturday in the 800 block of Commercial from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pre-registration is...
May 14, 2024 Trey Sommers finishes parking his 1926 Model T at the 2023 Flatland Cruisers Car Show. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia man pleads no contest to aggravated battery after initial charge of rape in Douglas County case
Sentencing is ahead for an Emporia man originally accused of rape in Douglas County almost 18 months ago. On Monday, Romeo D Martinez accepted a no-contest plea agreement on one count of aggravated ba...
May 14, 2024 Romeo Martinez. Kansas Bureau of Investigation photo.
