Category Archives: News
Grand Depart for Flint Hills Ultra Gravel Tour debut is Saturday
Before the well-established Unbound Gravel series of races next week, a brand-new -- and completely different -- gravel cycling experience launches from south Emporia this weekend. The Flint Hills Ult...
May 25, 2023 Flint Hills Ultra Gravel Tour photo.
UNBOUND GRAVEL: Emporia State to host 15 percent of field for lodging next week
Final preparations are fully underway on the Emporia State campus to host a good chunk of the Unbound Gravel field for lodging and at least some meals. On KVOE's ESU Buzz on Thursday, Residential Life...
May 25, 2023 Schallenkamp Hall will be one of several buildings on the Emporia State campus to be used for housing Unbound Gravel participants next week. KVOE News photo.
Travelers expected to hit road and air this Memorial Day weekend
Travelers are expected to be hitting the road and the air this Memorial Day weekend. Nearly 385,000 travelers are expected to travel according to AAA Kansas Public and Government Affairs Manager Shawn...
May 25, 2023 AAA Kansas Logo
AVILA MURDER: Plea hearings scheduled for Granado, Pecina
Plea hearings are ahead for two defendants in the 2017 murder of Emporian Jesus Avila. Andrew Granado and Jovan Pecina will now have hearings Aug. 21 after status hearings Wednesday in Lyon County Dis...
May 25, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
KCC approves power transmission line from Wolf Creek to southwest Missouri
An electric transmission line project connecting the Wolf Creek nuclear generating station to a substation in western Missouri has approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission. On Wednesday, the KC...
May 25, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
Osage City gets $470,000 block grant for sewer main, manhole rehab work
Osage City is receiving over $400,000 in block grant funding for an infrastructure project. Kansas Lieutenant Governor and Commerce Department Secretary David Toland says Osage City will get $470,000 ...
May 25, 2023 City of Osage City photo.
Morris County receiving $365,000 in federal funds for road signage work
Morris County will have improved signage on county roads as part of funding through the Kansas High-Risk Roads Program. Morris County receives $365,000 for upgraded signs involving almost 100 miles of...
May 25, 2023 Morris County logo.
Spencer files for Emporia City Commission seat
The Emporia City Commission has its first newcomer on the ballot for the upcoming election. Will Spencer, the owner of Nature's Paradise, is now on the ballot alongside incumbents Erren Harter, Jamie ...
May 25, 2023 Kansas Secretary of State graphic.
WEATHER: Rain reports range from modest to impressive after Wednesday storms
There was isolated severe weather activity and some heavy rainfall in the KVOE listening area Wednesday. Storms began moving into the area before 4 pm, causing a severe thunderstorm warning for Lyon C...
May 25, 2023 Hail the size of quarters and smaller falls near 29th and Timmerman on Wednesday. Teresa Ann Trump.
With patch-and-repair project done, Prairie Street reopens south of Emporia
Part of Prairie Street south of Emporia has reopened after a short-term road project. Lyon County contractor NF Construction worked Tuesday and Wednesday on a patch and repair project from South Avenu...
May 25, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
