Category Archives: News
Annual Beef Producers Seminar kicks off 2023 Beef Fest activities Friday
The 2023 Flint Hills Beef Fest is now underway. Activities began Friday morning with the Live Stocker Show which transitioned to the annual Beef Producers Seminar inside of the Bowyer Community Buildi...
Aug 18, 2023 Kansas Livestock Association President Shawn Tiffany. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Representatives of Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Committee discuss controversial House Bill 2350 with local residents as part of informational session Friday evening
While immigration policy is something members of the Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Committee believe needs to be addressed, the new human smuggling law approved by Kansas lawmakers earli...
Aug 18, 2023 Kansas Hispanic and Latino American Affairs Commission Chair Monica Vargas-Huerats speaks to local residents as part of informational session on HB 2350. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
You Drink. You Drive. You Lose. Campaign beginning Saturday locally
Local law enforcement is reminding local drivers that if you drink and drive, you'll lose every time. The annual You Drink. You Drive. You Lose traffic enforcement campaign will begin Saturday and con...
Aug 18, 2023 Kansas Department of Transportation graphic.
Highland Street project nearly finished
There are just a few things left to do before improvements to Highland Street are finished -- just in time for classes beginning Monday at Emporia State University. Emporia City Engineer Jim Ubert tel...
Aug 18, 2023 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CrossWinds announces $500,000 challenge grant from Mabee Foundation
CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness says a new challenge grant opportunity will go a long way towards finishing out its over $5 million fundraising effort, "Breaking Stigma, Breaking Ground." CrossWind...
Aug 18, 2023 Crosswinds Counseling and Wellness logo.
Funeral services Saturday for one-time Citizens National Bank president Joseph Stout, 78
Services are taking place this weekend for Strong City native and local bank executive Joseph Stout. Visitation will be from 5:30-7 pm Friday at Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home in Cottonwood Fall...
Aug 18, 2023 Joseph Stout. Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home photo.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony announced Tuesday for Evergy's new service center near Emporia
After over a year's worth of construction, Evergy is just about ready to open the doors of its new service center outside Emporia. The utility has announced a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 am Tuesday ...
Aug 18, 2023 Evergy photo.
Former National Teachers Hall of Fame director Phil Bennett passes away in Illinois boating accident
A former director of the National Teachers Hall of Fame and dean of the Emporia State University Teachers College has died. Phil Bennett was boating with family at East Fork Lake just north of Olney, ...
Aug 18, 2023 National Teachers Hall of Fame logo.
Jury trial moved to mid-October in Lyon County attempted murder case
Jury trial has been reset in a Lyon County attempted murder case. Following a decision to approve additional prosecution witnesses and a reduction in bond as requested by defense, trial in Logan Caste...
Aug 18, 2023 Logan Casteel. Lyon County Jail photo.
Plea hearing set in Emporia aggravated burglary case
Jury trial is still tenatively on the schedule in an Emporia aggravated burglary case, but a plea hearing has been added to the docket in Lyon County District Court. Officially, David Lee Brown has ju...
Aug 18, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
