Category Archives: News
Rec Commission Steering Committee may choose project partners after interviews Thursday
The Emporia Recreation Commission's New Rec Center Steering Committee has two big steps immediately ahead. On Thursday, committee members will have formal interviews with the finalists for architectur...
Jun 12, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
WEATHER: Heat advisories in place for majority of the KVOE listening area beginning Thursday afternoon
Forecasted temperatures have led to heat advisories for nearly the entire area. Lyon, Coffey, Osage, Morris and Wabaunsee counties are under an advisory from 1 pm to 8 pm Thursday. Chase County is in ...
Jun 12, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
Free parking coming soon to ESU
A lengthy conversation is translating to action for Emporia State as the university has moved to end parking fees across campus. Chief Operating Officer Cory Falldine says some variation of the parkin...
Jun 12, 2024 Parking meters on Emporia State's campus, such as this one outside Welch Stadium, have been disappearing this week as ESU moves to free parking this summer. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
WEATHER: Flooding ends for Cottonwood River at Emporia
Flooding is officially over in Lyon County. The Cottonwood River at Emporia went below the 20-foot flood stage shortly before 7 am Wednesday. The river had crested at 23.11 feet early Tuesday after go...
Jun 12, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
No puzzle here, Jigsaw Jam a clear hit with local residents Tuesday night; Organizers looking forward to bigger, more challenging events in the future
The latest community event put on by Emporia Main Street in cooperation with the Lyon County History Center and Trox Gallery and Gifts did its best to puzzle a jam-packed room of puzzle solvers Tuesda...
Jun 11, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
UPDATE: Tire blowout causes injury wreck on Kansas Turnpike in Chase County
A Topeka man suffered apparently minor injuries and was hospitalized in Emporia following a wreck on the Kansas Turnpike southwest of town. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 59-year-old David Parnell was...
Jun 11, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
US Senator Roger Marshall says new Republican Farm Bill framework 'Puts 'Farm' back in the Farm Bill'
Kansas US Senator Roger Marshall is extremely pleased with the recently announced Republican Farm Bill Framework. In a news release from the Senator's office Tuesday, Marshall called the framework "an...
Jun 11, 2024 US Senator Roger Marshall. Official photo.
Gas prices in Emporia area drop below $3
Gas prices have dropped below $3 across the Emporia area recently. According to AAA Kansas Public & Government Affairs Manager Shawn Steward, it's unusual for this time of the year to see prices d...
Jun 11, 2024 Gas prices across Emporia have dropped to under $3 per gallon this week. Photo by Dylan Sherwood/KVOE News
UPDATE: Water main repairs complete following damage late Tuesday morning
Repairs have been completed on a water main damaged by ongoing construction work late Tuesday morning. Emporia Underground Utility Crews were called to the Interstate 35 bridge replacement constructio...
Jun 11, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
City Engineer asks for patience with northwest Emporia waterline, bridge replacement projects fully underway
Orange cone season is in full bloom in Emporia. Drivers have several construction zones now underway, including two major projects in northwest Emporia: the 24th and Prairie waterline replacement proj...
Jun 11, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
