Category Archives: News
Emporia Spanish Speakers receiving Chamber's Community Impact Award
The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce has finished its announcements for annual awards. Chamber President and CEO Jeanine McKenna has announced Emporia Spanish Speakers as the recipient of the Communit...
Jan 23, 2024 Emporia Spanish Speakers logo.
WEATHER: Advisories up across listening area with more dense fog expected Tuesday night into Wednesday morning
More rainfall and dense fog are possible Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. As such, the National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory for Lyon and all surrounding counties from 6 pm Tue...
Jan 23, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia Recreation Commission approves future rec center steering committee MOU with amendment to financial obligations Monday
The Emporia Recreation Commission has approved a memorandum of understanding for the formation of a future recreation center steering committee, with one notable amendment. While reviewing the documen...
Jan 22, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Emporia's Martin Luther King Jr Celebration focused on remaining 'committed to the change'
To "remain committed to the change" was the theme for Sunday night's rescheduled Martin Luther King Jr Celebration, held at First United Methodist Church and organized by the Eastside Community Group....
Jan 22, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
WEATHER: Winter weather advisories return areawide Monday night with more freezing precipitation expected into Tuesday morning
After a day's worth of rough travel conditions and schedule adjustments due to wintry precipitation, a repeat performance may be coming, across the listening area Monday night into midday Tuesday. Win...
Jan 22, 2024 Typically bustling with traffic, downtown Emporia was much quieter Monday morning as a result of icy travel conditions early in the day. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Reading boil water order lifted shortly after it was announced
Less than an hour after Reading announced a boil water order for its residents, the statement has been lifted. Reading Benefit Fire Chief Scott Wilkerson told KVOE News about the boil order after a wa...
Jan 21, 2024 Google Maps image.
No adjustments to production reported after sprinkler line break at Hostess plant
No production adjustments have been announced after a sprinkler line broke at Emporia's Hostess plant Sunday afternoon. Emporia Fire was called out to respond shortly after 2 pm, finding some water ne...
Jan 21, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Participants for Presidential Preference Primary announced; DeSantis drops out
While the primary election is coming in August and the general election is in November, the Presidential Preference Primary is coming much sooner to Kansas. Eight candidates, four Democrats and four R...
Jan 21, 2024 US National Archives photo.
Chase County water watches all lifted
While water issues have been in place since Thursday for portions of Lyon and Coffey counties, longer-standing water issues for Chase County are, at least from a government standpoint, at an end. A wa...
Jan 21, 2024 Public Wholesale Water Supply District 26 screenshot.
Mandatory water restrictions continue for Burlington, New Strawn, Coffey County RWD 2
Mandatory water conservation continues for significant portions of Lyon and Coffey counties. The towns of Burlington and New Strawn, along with Coffey County Rural Water District 2 -- covering much of...
Jan 21, 2024 KVOE News photo.
