Category Archives: News
Campus tour and meetings with university leadership conclude KBOR visit to Emporia State University
It's now been over a year since the Kansas Board of Regents approved Emporia State University's Framework for Workforce Management which served as the catalyst for a number of changes on the universit...
Nov 16, 2023 Photo by Matt Keith/ Kansas Board of Regents.
EMPORIA WATER MAINS: Breaks outside Emporia Middle School, Glendo repaired
A pair of water main breaks that developed in west Emporia on Thursday have been repaired. Underground Utilities crews were dispatched to Overlander Road outside Glendo before 2 pm. They then went to ...
Nov 16, 2023 KVOE News photo.
'It really feels like coming home:' Edwards excited to return to SOS as director; United Way planning for interim director, national search for next leader
Mickey Edwards says her decision to return to SOS "really feels like coming home" after leading the United Way of the Flint Hills four years. Cooper says the plan for an interim director is being deve...
Nov 16, 2023 Mickey Edwards. SOS photo.
New bridge shop, maintenance shop nearly built for Lyon County Highway Department
Work is nearing the end on two additions to the Lyon County Highway Department campus. Assistant County Engineer Jim Brull had a brief update for Lyon County commissioners during their action session ...
Nov 16, 2023 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Kansas Free for Arts employee arrested on suspicion of felony criminal damage to nonprofit
Emporia Police officers have arrested one person for allegedly causing criminal damage to a downtown business -- and it happens to be an employee. Police Capt. Ray Mattas says officers took a report o...
Nov 16, 2023 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia High School Theatre Department set to perform Into The Woods this weekend
A mixture of fairy tales will be seen in one show this weekend at Emporia High School. The Emporia High Theatre Department is set to perform Into The Woods starting Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the EHS...
Nov 16, 2023 Into the Woods Cast and Crew members (from left to right): Arabella Turner, Ava Karcher, Cas Samples and Daniel Mendoza. Photo by Chuck Samples/KVOE News
WEATHER: USD 253 says student, staff safety, other factors play into closure/delay decisions
Few decisions by school administrators generate more angst than winter weather-related delays or closures, and USD 253 Emporia has announced the factors it tracks whenever closings or delays are possi...
Nov 16, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
WEATHER: Little change in US Drought Monitor weekly update
The lack of rainfall over the past week didn't affect most of the US Drought Monitor's weekly map for the KVOE listening area. Thursday's update indicates a shrinking of the abnormally dry area. Last ...
Nov 16, 2023 US Drought Monitor map.
Osage County deputies: Arrests lead to drugs, stolen firearm
Osage County deputies made a pair of arrests this week. On Monday, a deputy did a traffic stop on Interstate 35 near the Waverly exit after an alleged traffic infraction. Sheriff Chris Wells says the ...
Nov 16, 2023 Dominick Washington, Paige Schrader. Osage County Jail photos.
KVOE-National Teachers Hall of Fame Radio Auction to begin just after 6 pm Thursday
Everything is ready to go for the KVOE-National Teachers Hall of Fame Radio Auction. Festivities begin just after 6 pm at the Emporia State Federal Credit Union's Industrial Road branch. It's the 32nd...
Nov 16, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
