Category Archives: News
WARMING SHELTERS through Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024
Due to poor weather conditions, several warming shelters are available for residents in need. Warming shelters-Emporia *Emporia Police Department lobby, 518 Mechanic. Pets welcome if owners keep them ...
Jan 19, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
RDA Board accepts resignation of Chuck Scott, appoints Jim Witt as interim president Thursday
The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas has a new interim leader following a special meeting of the RDA Board Thursday afternoon. During the meeting, RDA Board Chair Kaila Maxfield...
Jan 18, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
WEATHER: Quick return to deep freeze coming soon
Area residents finally got to enjoy some near-normal temperatures Wednesday after a period of numbing cold beginning late last week. Temperatures climbed to 37 degrees Wednesday, following a period wh...
Jan 18, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
Newman Regional Health, CrossWinds CEOs endorse Medicaid expansion
The Emporia City Commission's decision Wednesday to request Medicaid expansion statewide isn't happening in a vacuum. Before the City Commission vote, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly unveiled a list of ov...
Jan 18, 2024 Medicaid logo.
'What's your dream?" Martin Luther King Jr events at ESU focus on personal dreams -- and potential changes on campus
Martin Luther King Jr had a dream. What's yours? That was the theme of events at Emporia State University on Wednesday. Interim Director of Diversity Student Operations Percy Holt had a tabling event ...
Jan 18, 2024 ESU Interim Director of Diversity Student Programs Percy Holt (left) and graduate student Magda Escalante begin a tabling event commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr, on Wednesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Kansas Turnpike Authority announces rate changes for cashless tolling
Cashless tolling comes later this year to the Kansas Turnpike. When it does, there will be a significant change in tolling. Currently, tolling involves a set fee for travel between different exits or ...
Jan 18, 2024 Kansas Turnpike Authority graphic.
No Labels approved as political party in Kansas
The 2024 election ballot won't be limited to Democrats, Republicans, independents and Libertarians. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab says No Labels Kansas has met all legal requirements to be of...
Jan 18, 2024 No Labels logo.
Safe Routes to School planning grant awarded to Emporia
The city of Emporia has received state funding to help plan for infrastructure improvements near city schools. Communications Manager Christine Torrens says the city got a Safe Routes to School planni...
Jan 18, 2024 City of Emporia logo.
WEATHER: Drought continues unchanged
The latest update from the US Drought Monitor demonstrates stable drought conditions after several rounds of light, dry snowfall over the past 10 days. Drought remains cleared for northeast Lyon Count...
Jan 18, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
Burlington, New Strawn, Coffey County RWD 2 -- meaning some Lyon County residents -- now under mandatory water conservation until further notice
Some Coffey and Lyon county residents are told they have to conserve water until further notice. Burlington put out an urgent social media message just before 9 am Thursday, followed soon after by New...
Jan 18, 2024 KVOE News photo.
