Category Archives: News
WEATHER UPDATE: Schedule adjustments already beginning for Monday with potential for refreezing and dangerously low temperatures expected
Several schedule adjustments have been announced to start the work week due to abundant snow accumulation and bitter cold expected to remain through at least midweek. One of the more notable changes w...
Jan 24, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
2026 KVOE Bowl Challenge winner Tom Kirchoff ecstatic over first challenge victory
Members of the Indiana University football team weren't the only ones with cause to celebrate at the end of the 2026 College Football National Championship this past Monday. Local resident Tom Kirchof...
Jan 23, 2026 Pictured left to right:
Bowl Challenge Winner Tom Kirchoff, Flint Hills Lanes Owner Mark Martin, Bowl Challenge Runner Up Karen Crouch and KVOE General Manager Ron Thomas. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Governor seeks to restore state budget's structural balance during final year in office
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly stopped by the KVOE studios to discuss the agenda for her final year in office this week. On KVOE's Newsmaker segment Friday, the governor highlighted upcoming conversation...
Jan 23, 2026 Kansas Governor Laura Kelly poses after an interview with KVOE's Morning Show team of Ron Thomas (right) and Chuck Samples. Grace Hoge/Office of the Kansas Governor.
Chase County Sheriff's Office gains over $360,000 in federal funds for upgrades
Chase County Sheriff Jacob Welsh says his office has received a major grant for several aspects of law enforcement and emergency operations. Welsh says the department has secured over $360,000 as part...
Jan 23, 2026 Chase County Sheriff's Office.
Bitter cold now in place with hefty snow likely to begin by Friday night; governor announces state of disaster emergency
Travel should be OK for most of the rest of Friday. As for Saturday and Sunday, that's another story. Meteorologists, emergency responders and law enforcement officials are urging people to avoid trav...
Jan 23, 2026 National Weather Service graphic.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony opens ESU Nursing + Student Wellness Center
Emporia State University had good reason to celebrate Thursday. After officially opening the brand-new 32,000-square-foot Nursing + Student Wellness Center to students at the start of the spring semes...
Jan 22, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
County commission denies annexation request related to A1 expansion; A1 owner accuses commissioners of intentionally taking steps to block business expansion
After a two-month pause, Lyon County Commissioners Thursday rendered a decision on a request from the City of Emporia to annex property into the city limits. The verdict: unanimous denial. The request...
Jan 22, 2026 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Lyon County jury sides with former professor in religious discrimination lawsuit against ESU
The jury hearing the religious discrimination lawsuit against Emporia State University has sided with the plaintiff. The jury says Dusti Howell's "religious exercise" was "substantially burdened" by E...
Jan 22, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
Olivarez fires defense attorney, delaying sentence in case involving pleas for indecent liberties, assault and kidnapping
Daniel Olivarez will return to Lyon County District Court in March to be sentenced on charges of aggravated indecent liberties, aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping. Sentencing was supposed to...
Jan 22, 2026 Daniel Olivarez.
Lyon County Jail photo.
Emporia Community Foundation, Rotary Club announce latest grant recipients
Several grants of note have been announced locally this week. The Emporia Community Foundation has announced over $27,000 in total grants for a variety of projects: *Emporia Child Care: $4,000 to repl...
Jan 22, 2026 House of Morrow photo.
