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Emporian suffers minor injuries in Wednesday motorcycle crash
Details are pending after a motorcycle wreck in the Emporia city limits Wednesday night. Emporia Fire/EMS and Emporia Police responded to 12th and Beverly shortly before 10:45 pm. The motorcycle drive...
Mar 28, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
House evacuated after gas leak in west Emporia
Emporia Fire and Kansas Gas collaborated to handle a gas leak in west Emporia on Wednesday evening. The leak in the 1200 block of Sunnyslope was reported just before 7 pm. Emporia Fire Capt. Michael N...
Mar 28, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Spotter safety highlighted during annual NWS training session at Emporia State
The National Weather Service ended its area storm spotter training sessions with a stop in Emporia on Wednesday night. Meteorologist Sarah Teefey's presentation at Emporia State University involved di...
Mar 28, 2024 National Weather Service meteorologist Sarah Teefey begins her storm spotter training session at Emporia State University on Wednesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
LYON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT: Handful of charges dropped in one drug distribution case, plea reached in another
Several charges were dropped Wednesday in a drug distribution case working its way through Lyon County District Court. Judge Merlin Wheeler dropped the two drug distribution counts -- one each for mar...
Mar 28, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Trio of Lyon County fire departments converge on brush fire
Three Lyon County fire departments battled a grass fire that developed east of Emporia on Wednesday afternoon. Early indications are a controlled burn went out of control near Roads 190 and V, about s...
Mar 28, 2024 Google Maps image.
Emporia man charged after alleged pursuit
Formal charges have been filed against an Emporia man after an alleged law enforcement pursuit this week. Michael Paul Hise was arrested Monday night. Police Capt. Ray Mattas says an officer initially...
Mar 28, 2024 MIchael Hise. Lyon County Jail photo.
STATEHOUSE: House unanimously passes tax relief bill; veto likely for document on bill to end gender-affirming care
The Kansas House has unanimously passed a bill designed to give residents several forms of tax relief. The bill eliminates the bottom tax rate of 3.1 percent, creates a dual-rate structure, decreases ...
Mar 28, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Ninth annual Community Baby Shower sees record attendance Wednesday
The 2024 Lyon County Community Baby Shower was a record-setter before a single pamphlet was passed out Wednesday. According to organizers, more than 140 individuals registered for the informational ev...
Mar 27, 2024 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
USD 253 Board of Education approves bid letting for 'immediate maintenance needs' as part of regular meeting agenda Wednesday
Bid letting can now begin to address several immediate infrastructure needs for USD 253 Emporia following the USD 253 Board of Education's regular meeting Wednesday night. As part of the evening's age...
Mar 27, 2024 USD 253 Board of Education photo.
12th annual Pan Fried Taco Feed well attended to support Emporia State Athletic Training students
Tacos were sold throughout the day for a good cause Wednesday for the 12th annual Homemade Pan Fried Taco Feed at the Didde Catholic Campus Center. Proceeds from the event support the John "Doc" Baxte...
Mar 27, 2024 Photo by Dylan Sherwood/KVOE News
