Category Archives: News
Play beginning for Dynamic Discs Open
Play is getting underway soon for the Dynamic Discs Open. First-round action begins at Champions Landing on Friday for top-tier players, while A-Tier players get rolling Thursday. Courses are at Champ...
May 02, 2024 Dynamic Discs Open men's champion Ricky Wysocki (white shirt and hat) pauses from signing autographs shortly after winning the 2022 Dynamic Discs Open. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Removal of Quaker Park from city surplus property list and awarding of contracts for Southeast Transmission line project both approved during Emporia City Commission meeting Wednesday
Quaker Park is no longer for sale. Emporia City Commissioners made it official during their regular action meeting Wednesday morning by unanimously approving a resolution to rescind its previous actio...
May 01, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Child sex investigation involving Osage, Anderson, Franklin county authorities going to federal court
Osage County authorities are working with counterparts at the local and federal levels on what they say is a child sex investigation. Osage County Sheriff Chris Wells says the investigation involves p...
May 01, 2024 Kansas Bureau of Investigation graphic.
Driver dies after wreck on ESU campus
Emporia Police officers say the driver of a car that crashed on the Emporia State University campus Wednesday has died. Officers from both Emporia Police and ESU Police and Safety responded to 12th an...
May 01, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Fourth annual Emporia State University Special Athletes Track and Field Day set for Friday
Nearly 300 special athletes will be competing on Friday at Welch Stadium. The Emporia State University Special Athletes Track and Field Day will begin with the parade of athletes at 9:30 a.m. with eve...
May 01, 2024 Photo by Dylan Sherwood/KVOE News
Federal government plans to reclassify marijuana as less serious drug
In an historic shift, the Drug Enforcement Administration supports recommending the reclassification of marijuana as a less dangerous drug, moving it from a Schedule 1 classification, alongside drugs ...
May 01, 2024 Kansas Bureau of Investigation photo.
Strong City man arrested after alleged foot pursuit
Chase County deputies have arrested a Strong City man after an alleged foot pursuit this week. The Sheriff's Office says the incident developed around 11:45 pm Monday as deputies tried to contact Tren...
May 01, 2024 Trenton Collins. Chase County Jail photo.
Meals on Wheels letter to Chase County seniors determined as scam effort
Senior citizens in Chase County may have received a letter asking them to sign a petition on a Meals on Wheels program. Officials say that solicitation is a scam. The letter is ostensibly from Meals o...
May 01, 2024 Courtesy Chase County Sheriff's Office.
WEATHER: USDA encourages residents to apply for Rural Development funding to either offset storm repair costs or to build shelters
With tornadoes and other forms of severe weather affecting Kansas, especially the last two weeks, the US Department of Agriculture's Kansas Rural Development office is asking residents from rural comm...
May 01, 2024 US Department of Agriculture logo.
STATEHOUSE: Republicans pass new tax relief plan for governor's review
There may well be tax relief coming for Kansas residents before lawmakers end their official work this year. Members of both the House and Senate overwhelmingly passed House Bill 37 on Tuesday, settin...
May 01, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
