Category Archives: News
Interactive Health Fest brings residents to Flinthills Mall
If you wanted information about just about anything health-related, the annual Interactive Health Fest was the place to visit. Flinthills Mall hosted the event again this year, and once again students...
Oct 4, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Olpe crash knocks out power to around 30 Evergy customers
A reported injury crash near Olpe led to a small power outage Saturday morning. Lyon County Deputy Calvert says the wreck happened shortly after 8:30 am in the 300 block of East Kansas Highway 99 in O...
Oct 3, 2026 KVOE News file photo
Walk to End Alzheimer's seen as celebration of recent advocacy, awareness efforts
Local community members gathered to support the continuous battle against Alzheimer's during the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's event in Emporia Saturday. The Walk to End Alzheimer's event is held to ...
Oct 3, 2026 Area residents turned out for Walk to End Alzheimer's event Saturday in Emporia.
Photo by: Grace Isch/KVOE News
Sperry convicted of drug distribution, trafficking contraband, aggravated child endangerment in Lyon County trial
One man initially charged with drug distribution, drug possession, trafficking contraband into the Lyon County Jail and aggravated child endangerment was convicted on all counts against him. Jeffrey J...
Oct 3, 2026 Kansas Courts graphic.
Another significant grant request approved for Lyon County Fire District 5
Lyon County Fire District 5 is celebrating another grant and, as a result, another expansion of its capabilities during firefighting efforts. District 5, or Hartford-Neosho Rapids, was selected for a ...
Oct 3, 2026 Lyon County District 5 photo.
Floodwaters recede after heavy rain Thursday, but remnants of flooding continue for parts of Lyon, Osage counties
Signs of flooding are disappearing in Lyon County after heavy rainfall Thursday. River-based flood warnings for the Neosho River near Emporia and the Marais des Cygnes River above Reading were cancele...
Oct 3, 2026 Floodwaters were apparent in parts of Lyon and Osage (pictured) counties after heavy rain Thursday. Osage County Emergency Management photo.
A jampacked affair once again, 53rd annual Mexican Supper fills Sacred Heart parish hall Friday evening
The only thing longer than the line inside the Sacred Heart Church Parish Hall was the line of vehicles around the block at the annual Sacred Heart Mexican supper Friday evening. The turnout shouldn't...
Oct 2, 2026 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Remains of Sergeants Jay and William Moreland arrive in Emporia ahead of next weekend's formal repatriation in Bushong
Brothers Jay and William Moreland have made the first of two final journeys before their final interment in a week. The first journey saw the brothers' remains escorted from Omaha, Nebraska, to Empori...
Oct 2, 2026 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
DATA CENTER: RDA interim president urges Emporians to vote against ballot questions
Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas Interim President and CEO Lyle Butler is urging Emporians to vote against 2 ballot questions designed to halt data centers and battery storage s...
Oct 2, 2026 Lyle Butler. Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas photo.
DATA CENTER: New lawsuit accuses Emporia of not properly handling Digital Infrastructure overlay process
There is now a new lawsuit filed in Lyon County District Court as the local saga continues about a possible data center. Amanda Mendoza, Kenneth Bruner, Ann Bruner and the separate Bruner trusts have ...
Oct 2, 2026 Wave.video graphic.
