Category Archives: News
New Zoom room, digital experience librarian and more in the works for Emporia Public Library following announcement of state grant award
The Emporia Public Library hopes to break ground on a new resource later this year. Library Director Pauline Stacchini recently announced the pending construction of a Zoom room in the library on Mond...
Jun 10, 2024 KVOE News photo.
T-Shirt fundraiser underway for Emporia resident battling breast cancer
A t-shirt fundraiser is ongoing benefiting an Emporia native battling breast cancer. Jennifer Stewart is currently battling stage two breast cancer. It's Stewart's second battle after she had stage ze...
Jun 10, 2024 Graphic courtesy of Jane Linhart
Performers announced, changes ahead for Halfway 2 Everywhere
With three months to go before the Halfway 2 Everywhere Music and Arts Festival officially takes the stage in downtown Emporia, the musician lineup has been announced. Nearly 20 musicians and groups w...
Jun 10, 2024 Halfway 2 Everywhere logo.
Road 75 closed between K-99 and Road L until further notice
Lyon County has a road closure that is not listed as related to the current flooding situation. The Highway Department has closed Road 75 between Kansas Highway 99 and Road L. The reasons for the repa...
Jun 10, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Driver taken to safety after water rescue; north Lyon County wreck leads to hospital trip for driver
Local emergency crews handled two different incidents that developed almost simultaneously in different parts of Lyon County on Monday morning. Both incidents happened around 7:30 am, with a water res...
Jun 10, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia woman listed as fugitive in Ohio drug manufacture case
Extradition processes will continue later this month for a woman arrested in Emporia and accused of being a fugitive from justice. Sarah Elizabeth Bell, age 39 of Emporia, is accused of leaving Greene...
Jun 10, 2024 Sarah Bell. Lyon County Jail photo.
Sought for allegedly absconding in Sherman County, woman now in Morris County court process on drug distribution charges
A preliminary hearing is coming later this month in a Morris County drug distribution case. Elsie Mae Rall will return to court in Council Grove on June 24. Rall was arrested May 18 after a suspicious...
Jun 10, 2024 Morris County Sheriff's Office photo.
Iola man arrested in connection to alleged thefts in Coffey County, other nearby counties
Formal charges are pending in a Coffey County theft case. Sheriff Tom Johnson says there had been a string of thefts involving Coffey County and nearby areas. The suspect, Joseph Leftwich, was found i...
Jun 10, 2024 Coffey County Sheriff's Office image.
Emporia Enterprises, RDA boards to have separate meetings this week
Regular meetings are ahead for both Emporia Enterprises and the Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas this week. The Emporia Enterprises meeting is first on the calendar set to be he...
Jun 10, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
WEATHER: Flood impacts to local roadways lessening Monday; Barricades still in place for some roads pending all clear from Lyon County Highway Department
The list of road closures in Lyon County is shrinking considerably. The Lyon County Highway Department announced the following road openings Monday afternoon: Road 140 from road J to 99 hwy Road 150 f...
Jun 10, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
