Category Archives: News
4 River General Manager encourages reduced energy use during peak hours with triple-digit heat coming midweek
After a brief reprieve from triple-digit heat the past several days, temperatures are set to ramp back up Wednesday. The current forecast is calling for a peak high of 101 by Wednesday afternoon. This...
Jul 10, 2023 4 Rivers Electric Cooperative logo.
Water main leak reported in central Emporia
Emporia Underground Utilities crews are responding to a reported water main leak in central Emporia Monday. The leak was reported just before 1:20 pm Monday afternoon at the intersection of 9th Avenue...
Jul 10, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
Judge puts pause on plan to let transgender residents change driver's licenses to match identities
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's plan to allow transgender residents to change their driver's licenses to match their gender identities is now on hold. District Judge Teresa Watson has issued a judicial ...
Jul 10, 2023 Kansas Courts graphic.
Preliminary hearings ahead in Lyon County for separate attempted murder, aggravated battery cases
A preliminary hearing is planned Tuesday in a Lyon County attempted murder case. Travis Wade Westcott faces 15 counts total after alleged activity in October 2022 and again this past May. The lead cou...
Jul 10, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
Trial dates set for Lyon County rape suspect
Potential trial dates are now set in a Lyon County rape case. The official trial setting could be set as part of a status hearing Aug. 16 in the criminal case against Timothy Ray Davis. Two-day trials...
Jul 10, 2023 Timothy Ray Davis. Lyon County Jail photo.
Emporia City Commission continues budget planning
The maximum number has been set, and Emporia city commissioners are hoping to lower the tax levy for citizens below what's currently listed. City Manger Trey Cocking says the plan is to start with a l...
Jul 10, 2023 City of Emporia logo.
Best-selling Welsh author set for Emporia visit
Residents with Welsh heritage -- and those who just lvoe a good historical story -- are encouraged to attend an appearance from best-selling author Sarah Woodbury in Emporia this week. Woodbury, write...
Jul 10, 2023 Courtesy graphic.
Nazi 'infiltration' the featured topic for Sundays at the Site
When it comes to the time between World Wars I and II, much of American history taught in high school has focused on Nazis in Germany. However, history professor Chris Lovett says there were Nazis in ...
Jul 10, 2023 History professor Chris Lovett (standing) begins his presentation on the Nazi presence in America between World Wars I and II for the Sundays at the Site series at Red Rocks State Historic Site. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
KBI crime report indicates lower major crimes between 2021 and 2022
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has released its annual crime report, saying total crimes, violent crimes and property index crimes for 2022 were all below the prior year. Total index crimes were d...
Jul 10, 2023 Kansas Bureau of Investigation graphic.
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks begins 5-year review of endangered, threatened, needing conservation species
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has started a review of the state's species listed as endangered, threatened or in need of conservation. The state's endangered list includes 11 invertebrat...
Jul 9, 2023 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks graphic.
