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A house fire just south of Emporia early Thursday evening happened earlier than first planned, according to Emporia Fire. The fire developed near an old house at 1477 Road J after landowners destroyed...

Emporia Fire was among three agencies called to handle a structure fire early Friday, but they didn't have a fire to handle. Crews from Emporia, Americus and Olpe were dispatched to the 2000 block of ...

KVOE's Morning Show duo of Ron Thomas and Chuck Samples visited Olpe for the city's annual Christmas light judging category. Winners were: *First place: Steve Markowitz *Second place: Bradford Gallati...

USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education members approved the latest Olpe Fitness Park project report as part of its monthly meeting Wednesday evening. Board members approved the report as part...

Qualifying households are being encouraged to take advantage of discounted internet services through Emporia's ValuNet Fiber. Earlier this week, Sparklight, the parent company for ValuNet, announced i...

Emporia's Underground Utilities Department is handling a water main break. The report was made shortly before noon involving the 2800 block of Rio Vista. Communications Manager Christine Torrens says ...

For months, the Emporia Area Chamber Foundation has been working to buy the former Maynard Early Childhood Center for the purpose of converting it into a 24-7 daycare facility. On KVOE's On-Air Chat t...

Country music star Jamie O'Neal says she can't wait to perform at the Emporia Granada Theatre, and that concert date is fast approaching. O'Neal is bringing her Spirit & Joy Christmas show to the Gran...

Low-end drought continues for the KVOE listening area. As it was last week, all area counties are in abnormally dry to moderate drought after the US Drought Monitor issued its weekly update Thursday m...

CareArc's Board of Directors has a mix of old and new business for its monthly meeting next week. Old business includes conversations on the 2020-2024 strategic plan. New business includes monthly rep...