Category Archives: News
Mill-and-overlay ahead for K-68 southeast of Lyndon
Highway construction begins next week on a state highway south of Lyndon. The Kansas Department of Transportation begins a mill-and-overlay project on Kansas Highway 68 on Monday. The project will str...
Jun 11, 2026 Kansas Department of Transportation map.
Lyon County Highway Department closes Road N between 50-60
The Lyon County Highway Department has closed a road segment in southeast Lyon County. Road N is now closed between Roads 50 and 60. The Highway Department says the minimum maintenance road will be cl...
Jun 11, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
USD 253 Emporia leadership express enthusiasm in response to petition triggered review of Logan Avenue closure ahead of monthly board meeting Wednesday
USD 253 Emporia leadership is looking at the recently validated petition against the closure of Logan Avenue Elementary School as a positive development in what has been a long and arduous process ove...
Jun 10, 2026 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Lyon County Commission Chairman says 'hard work' getting set to begin as annual appropriation request process nears its end
Lyon County Commissioners are near the end of their budget appropriation request process and once that concludes, "the hard work begins." Commission Chair Ken Duft noted as much during an interview wi...
Jun 10, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
DATA CENTER: Nordstrom says Chapter 11 process for Hawaii development does not dictate feasibility for Digital Campus, while lawmakers say SB 98 sets prudent guardrails for developments
A spokesman for the Flint Hills Digital Campus data center project says a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding involving the project's developer does not affect the data center's financial prospects. Spok...
Jun 10, 2026 Wave.video graphic.
Cheever, Flack, Kahler all awaiting governor's decisions on clemency requests
Convicted murderers Scott Cheever, Kyle Flack and James Kahler are all now waiting for Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's decisions on whether to grant them executive clemency. Cheever was sentenced to dea...
Jun 10, 2026 Kansas Great Seal.
Despite tornado warning for parts of Lyon County, severe weather reports virtually nonexistent Wednesday; additional severe storms possible Thursday, Saturday
A night that brought several tornado warnings to area counties, including a brief warning for Emporia, didn't have any significant lingering impacts Thursday morning. Wednesday night saw a pair of sup...
Jun 10, 2026 Light from cloud-to-cloud lightning illuminates the sky south of Newman Regional Health after thunderstorm activity late Wednesday night. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Budget requests continue for Lyon County Commission
Lyon County commissioners jump back into budgetary matters with their meetings this week. A study meeting Wednesday morning will see annual budget requests presented by, in order of presentation, Kans...
Jun 10, 2026 Wave.video graphic.
Rogler deepens family connection to Pioneer Bluffs as facility's new executive director
Pioneer Bluffs has a new executive director. John Rogler brings a range of experience and a unique link to the Pioneer Bluffs property, with his ancestors homesteading on the property back in 1859. Ro...
Jun 10, 2026 John Rogler was recently named as Pioneer Bluffs' executive director. Pioneer Bluffs photo.
Metro Planning Commission sets foundation for next five months of review and discussion on medical zoning policies during regular meeting Tuesday
The Emporia Planning Commission has laid the foundation for what will be a five-month series of discussions on an old topic that has been renewed and expanded. During their regular monthly meeting Tue...
Jun 09, 2026 Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
