Category Archives: News
Kansas families with school-aged children could qualify for one-time benefit payment
Kansas families who have school-aged children could soon get a special payment as part of a federal program. The Supplemental Pandemic Electronic Benefit, or P-EBT, is a result of the COVID-19 pandemi...
Jan 13, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Water main break repaired Friday night
Underground Utilites crews had to repair a water main Friday night. Crews were dispatched to Sunset Lake Drive around 7 pm. The break was repaired around midnight. Wind chills were as low as -6 to -10...
Jan 13, 2024 KVOE News photo.
WEATHER: 'Brief warmup' expected by midweek with second round of artic air set to arrive ahead of coming weekend
Biting cold will be sticking around for the first half of the work week before we get a short break in the bitter temperatures. Subzero temperatures and windchills have been the norm locally since the...
Jan 13, 2024 Scott Briggs.
911 Academy and recruitment efforts among 2023 highlights for Lyon County Emergency Communications Center
No doubt we all feel like time flies by in a flash and that sentiment is truly felt by individuals in the world of emergency communications. While providing a recap of operations for 2023 on KVOE's Mo...
Jan 12, 2024 Lyon County Emergency Communications graphic.
Olivarez charged with aggravated kidnapping as part of 11-count legal complaint
The court process begins Tuesday afternoon for an Emporia man accused of kidnapping and other violent activity earlier this week. Daniel Olivarez now faces 11 total counts in Lyon County District Cour...
Jan 12, 2024 Daniel Olivarez.
Lyon County Jail photo.
National Teachers Hall of Fame announces acting CEO as search continues for permanent leader
Change is in the offing -- again -- for the National Teachers Hall of Fame. Ralph Draper has officially submitted his resignation, doing so last month. Draper was named as the Hall of Fame's leader in...
Jan 12, 2024 National Teachers Hall of Fame logo.
Groundbreaking ahead Tuesday for Coffey County law enforcement center
The dirt may be tough to move Tuesday -- in fact, jackhammers may be more effective than shovels -- but Coffey County officials have scheduled a public groundbreaking for the county's new law enforcem...
Jan 12, 2024 Coffey County Sheriff's Office graphic.
WEATHER: Roads repeatedly drifting shut
Numbing cold has been expected for over a week, and it's here for a while. A combination of wind chill watches and warnings are up for the KVOE listening area from 6 pm Friday through noon Tuesday. Af...
Jan 12, 2024 County roads and highways near Emporia have seen a lot of drifting Friday morning. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Mertens named next executive director for United Way of the Flint Hills
Longtime Healthier Lyon County Grant Manager Daphne Mertens will have a new title next month, executive director. Thursday, the United Way of the Flint Hills announced it had selected Mertens to take ...
Jan 11, 2024 Daphne Mertens. United Way of the Flint Hills photo.
Final total pending, but ESU says Together, Forward fundraising campaign will pass $75 million stretch goal
Following Emporia State's hugely-successful Now & Forever fundraising campaign that ended in 2017, the university has gone at least one step beyond that. Totals won't be released until the Founders Da...
Jan 11, 2024 ESU Foundation Director of Donor Relations and Foundation President/CEO Shane Shivley discussed the Together, Forward campaign on KVOE's ESU Buzz on Thursday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
