Category Archives: News
Emporia City Commission approves establishment of Homelessness Advisory Board during regular meeting Wednesday
Emporia City Commissioners have approved the establishment of a new advisory board focused on overseeing issues of homelessness within the Emporia community. Commissioners approved resolution 3700 dur...
Jul 19, 2023 Emporia City Commission
Pictured Left to Right:
Jamie Sauder, Susan Brinkman, Danny Giefer, Becky Smith and Erren Harter.
Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
USDA encouraging applicants to secure funding through Rural Energy for America Program
The United States Department of Agriculture is encouraging ag producers and small businesses to take advantage of available grant funding for energy renewal and efficiency projects. USDA Rural Develop...
Jul 19, 2023 US Department of Agriculture logo.
August hearing ahead for Alvarado after alleged fatal hit-and-run in downtown Emporia late last year
A pretrial and arraignment hearing is coming next month for a man accused of leaving the scene of a fatal crash late last year. Angel Alvarado will return to Lyon County District Court on Aug. 11 and ...
Jul 19, 2023 Angel Alvarado. Kansas Bureau of Investigation photo.
'It's an important chair I am about to sit in,' New voice of Emporia State Athletics Blake Cripps excited to step into new role next month
Local listeners were introduced to the next voice of Emporia State University Athletics Wednesday morning. Blake Cripps joined KVOE's Morning Show to discuss his career and what it means to be steppin...
Jul 19, 2023 Emporia's Radio Stations new operations manager and ESU play-by-play voice Blake Cripps. Photo courtesy of Emporia State University.
Third annual Bryan Douglas Memorial Softball Tournament coming Saturday
Teams are gearing up for the third annual Bryan Douglas Memorial Softball Tournament set to take place this weekend. The annual event is held in memory of Douglas, a chiropractor and longtime member o...
Jul 18, 2023 KVOE News File Photo
Lyon County Commissioners to consider 2024 budget as part of regular action meeting Thursday morning
Lyon County Commissioners may take action to approve the 2024 budget when they convene for their weekly action meeting Thursday. Consideration of the budget, and possible approval for publication, wil...
Jul 18, 2023 Lyon County Sheriff Jeff Cope (top left) discusses budget concerns with (clockwise from top) County Commissioners Rollie Martin and Ken Duft, County Counselor Molly Priest, County Commissioner Doug Peck and County Controller Dan Williams. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Sunderland Foundation grants $5 million to Emporia State's Nursing and Student Wellness building
Emporia State University has received another major boost to its developing Nursing and Student Wellness building project. The Sunderland Foundation, a Kansas City nonprofit foundation focusing on bri...
Jul 18, 2023 Artist rendering.
WEST EMPORIA WRECK: Attempted U-turn leads to crash; one person taken to Newman Regional Health
Lyon County deputies say an attempted U-turn led to an injury crash near Emporia's West US Highway 50 roundabout Tuesday afternoon. The crash was reported to Lyon County Emergency Communications short...
Jul 18, 2023 Photo by Chuck Samples/KVOE News
East Emporia trailer home heavily damaged by fire
An investigation continues after a trailer home in east Emporia was heavily damaged by fire Monday evening. Fire was reported at 611 East Second around 7:15 pm. The walls were left standing, but fire ...
Jul 18, 2023 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Eureka teenager killed in Missouri UTV crash
A teenager who recently moved from Missouri to Eureka was killed in a UTV crash over the weekend. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 15-year-old Kenlee Wallace was driving southbound on a gravel r...
Jul 18, 2023 Kenlee Wallace. Courtesy The Eureka herald.
