Category Archives: News

Coffey County commissioners will not allow construction of solar energy facilities until 2027. Commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to approve a three-year prohibition of so-called commercial solar convers...

Newman Regional Health is starting a sports medicine program -- and doing so this week. Certified Athletic Trainer Justin Clark is now part of the Newman Medical Partners Orthopedics and Sports Medici...

With Match Day interviews beginning this week on KVOE's Talk of Emporia, the Emporia Community Foundation is encouraging area groups to consider another method of generating funds for projects. The an...

Tax collections last month beat expectations and August 2023 numbers for the state of Kansas. Governor Laura Kelly says August 2024 receipts were $665.6 million, above projections by 3.5 percent and a...

The Emporia Municipal Airport will be a busy place to close out this week. The Kansas Department of Transportation's Fly Kansas Air Tour is coming to the airport between noon and 4 pm Friday. Assistan...

A Lyon County mistreatment, theft and forgery case will have a pretrial and arraignment hearing next month. Guillermina Rojas-Benitez had a preliminary hearing Wednesday and will return to Lyon County...

An Emporia woman accused of drug distribution and child endangerment will have her preliminary hearing later this month. Anissa Gardner-Lagg has a prelim Sept. 16. She had her first official appearanc...

Sentencing in a Lyon County drug distribution case is getting delayed. Sentencing for Azim Williams was originally set to take place Tuesday but that was replaced by a status hearing Sept. 23. A new s...

Emporia city commissioners have finalized the 2025 budget. During the action session Wednesday, commissioners approved a budget with $67 million in expenditures and a half-mill increase to address a p...

The Emporia State University campus will host a celebration of Latino Veterans Saturday evening. The annual Latino Awards Adelante will be taking place Saturday beginning with a parade down Commercial...