Category Archives: News
WEATHER: Flood watch in place for entire listening area Thursday
A flood watch is now in effect for the entire KVOE listening area, with the prospect of severe storms and heavy rainfall in the forecast in the latter half of the week. The watch covers Lyon and all s...
Jun 24, 2026 National Weather Service graphic.
Three people hurt in Chase County crash
Three Wichita residents were hurt in a crash in southeast Chase County early Wednesday. Emporia Fire/EMS and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers responded to the Kansas Turnpike at mile marker 113.9 southb...
Jun 24, 2026 Kansas Highway Patrol badge.
DATA CENTER: Planning Commission tables DIO, zoning change decisions to June 30 after over-6-hour meeting Tuesday
It was a late night in White Auditorium for both residents of Emporia and the Emporia Metropolitan Area Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals and another may be ahead next week after commiss...
Jun 24, 2026 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
UPDATE: Missing children found safe
A pair of missing children have been located safely. The police department announced Tuesday evening they had been searching for five-year-old Spencer Reynolds and six-year-old Prudence Reynolds since...
Jun 23, 2026 Prudence and Spencer Reynolds. Photo courtesy of Emporia Police Department.
DATA CENTER: Tour of Pryor, Oklahoma campus points out potential benefits, challenges for Emporia
With significant decisions ahead on the proposed Flint Hills Digital Campus data center in the coming weeks, Emporia city leaders have been on several tours of the fifth-largest data center in the Uni...
Jun 23, 2026 Large buildings are commonplace at the MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor, Oklahoma, the home of the nation's fifth-largest data center. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
2026 Glass Blown Open begins Friday
Play is beginning soon for the 2026 Glass Blown Open. The GBO will officially get underway on Friday, with check-in taking place Thursday. GBO Tournament Director Jackie Morris joined KVOE's Morning S...
Jun 23, 2026 Glass Blown Open Image.
Jobless rates up areawide, down for Kansas
The state's unemployment rate went down slightly for the state between May and June. That wasn't the case for Emporia or Lyon County. Statewide, the jobless rate went from 3.9 percent to 3.8 percent. ...
Jun 23, 2026 Kansas Department of Labor graphic.
Kansas Insurance Department grants over $200,000 to Lyon County fire departments
Firefighters in Lyon and surrounding counties are benefiting from the Kansas Department of Insurance's annual distribution to local Firefighter Relief Associations. The Insurance Department is distrib...
Jun 23, 2026 Office of Kansas State Fire Marshal graphic.
Marginal severe weather risk ahead through Thursday
Thunderstorm chances return to the KVOE listening area later Tuesday, along with a low-end risk of severe weather. Decent chances of storms begin by late afternoon and continue through the overnight h...
Jun 23, 2026 National Weather Service graphic.
Improper use of portable generator listed as cause of house fire in central Emporia
Fire and smoke caused heavy damage to a home in central Emporia starting late Monday night. Emporia Fire Capt. Greg Davis says the fire at 826 Rural was reported shortly before midnight. Improper use ...
Jun 23, 2026 Firefighters spray water into a house at 826 Rural during a firefighting effort late Monday night into early Tuesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
