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Fire and EMS crowned 2024 Battle of the Badges champions; 199 units collected over course of three day blood drive
Total collections for the 2024 Battle of the Badges Blood Drive exceeded goal by an impressive margin this year. The three-day total came in at 199 useable units of blood, 13 units above the original ...
Aug 2, 2024 Emporia Fire Marshall Reason Bradford and Battalion Chief Ryan Conley revel in Fire and EMS' victory in the 2024 Battle of the Badges Blood Drive voting. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
UPDATE: Power restored, traffic signal back in service following outage near Seventh and Merchant
A power outage which developed late Friday morning has been resolved. The outage near Seventh and Merchant affected less than 20 customers including a nearby business and also took a traffic signal at...
Aug 2, 2024 Evergy outage map.
Evening classes to be offered at Flint Hills Technical College beginning this fall
Beginning this fall, Flint Hills Technical College will be offering classes in the evening. FHTC has challenged its faculty to make evening classes so students have another option besides morning and ...
Aug 2, 2024 Flint Hills Technical College website photo.
Lyon County Highway Department announces several chip seal work zones for next week
Road construction projects in Lyon County aren't limited to the Emporia city limits. The Lyon County Highway Department has several chip seal work zones planned for Monday morning into early afternoon...
Aug 2, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Culvert work to close K-31 near Harveyville at times next week
The Harveyville area will see some highway road work next week. The Kansas Department of Transportation will replace pipes under Kansas Highway 31. Work begins Tuesday, as K-31 will be closed south of...
Aug 2, 2024 Kansas Department of Transportation map.
Celebration ahead for 15th annual Denim and Diamonds
The Denim and Diamonds signature event takes place Friday evening at Emporia State's Memorial Union. Chief Executive Officer Cathy Pimple says the hospital staff is ready for a celebration. The event ...
Aug 2, 2024 Newman Regional Health's 15th annual Denim and Diamonds will take over the ESU Memorial Union Webb Hall on Friday evening. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Behind-the-scenes work continues on Emporia CCLIP, Quik Trip projects
With all the construction projects underway now in Emporia, it may be hard to look ahead -- but there is a major city-state project beginning this fall. The annual City Connecting Link Improvement, or...
Aug 2, 2024 Commercial Street north of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks will be repaved this fall as part of the state's annual City Connecting Link Improvement Program. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
2024 Lyon County Fair begins
The 2024 Lyon County Fair is revving up. Activities began Thursday with the Friends of 4H Dinner, featuring the annual Friends of the Agents presentation. This year's award goes to Miller Time Photogr...
Aug 2, 2024 Lyon County Fair logo.
July tax collections miss expectations, July 2023 figures
Tax collections for the first month of fiscal 2025 were close to overall projections. Kansas had total collections of $660.3 million, one percent below estimates and three percent below July 2023. Ind...
Aug 2, 2024 Kansas Great Seal.
UPDATE: Underground utility crews handle quartet of water main breaks Friday into early Saturday including three along 12th Avenue
A quartet of water main breaks kept underground utilities crews busy, mainly on 12th Avenue, through the late morning hours Friday into early Saturday. Three breaks were reported along 12th between 11...
Aug 2, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
