Emporia set an unofficial record early Tuesday. Air temperatures dipped to -8 shortly after sunrise Tuesday and were below zero starting around midnight. The -8 broke the prior unofficial record of -3 dating back to 1984. Emporia wasn't the only Kansas location with new records due to the cold. Topeka dipped to -12, br...

The Emporia City Commission and Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas appear to be on the same page when it comes to the future of economic development locally. During their recent action meeting Tuesday morning, Emporia City Commissioners accepted an agreement with the RDA which will see the city's E...

Air temperatures near -10 and wind chills approaching -25 aren't conducive to mechanical systems, but that's what area school districts had to contend with Tuesday morning. Emporia Public Schools had some buses run late due to the conditions. Superintendent Allison Anderson-Harder spoke to that on KVOE's monthly Empori...

The city of Emporia has released a statistics packet about its snow and ice removal efforts from Jan. 4-17. The city says it used almost 400 tons of salt at a cost of almost $41,000. It also had almost 840 man hours worked at a cost of over $24,000. There were several challenges through the treatment and clearing effor...

Tuesday's light snowfall apparently contributed to an injury crash southwest of Emporia. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 18-year-old Sabrina Mitchell of Shawnee was northbound on the Kansas Turnpike when she crashed at mile marker 112.8, near the Flint Hills cattle pens exit and 15 miles southwest of Emporia, shortly be...

The Osage County Sheriff's Office says an Overland Park man died in a boating accident this past weekend. Sheriff Chris Wells says 28-year-old Justin T Steinman was duck hunting when the accident happened on Melvern Lake around 3:40 pm Saturday. Sheriff's Office Communications Director Bret Lewis says the incident deve...

Promising an era of success for America, Donald Trump says he has broad support to take the country in a different direction than his predecessor, Joe Biden. Trump says it's "time to act with courage, vigor and the vitality of history's greatest civilization." Trump issued almost 80 executive orders on a wide...

USD 284 Chase County is searching for its next Superintendent. That's because current Superintendent Glenna Grinstead is set to retire at the end of the current academic year following more than 30 years in education. Grinstead has led the district for the past six years following time as a teacher and principal at USD...

At the start of December, the local community was rocked by the pending closure announcements of Tyson Foods and Holiday Resort. Since that time, many other businesses, large and small, have announced closures of their own with the latest being Thermal Ceramics last week. This chain of events was one of the main talkin...

Emporia City Commissioners have three meetings in one Tuesday. Commissioners will first convene their regular action meeting with the top order of business being consideration and possible approval of the Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas' reorganization plan. The RDA developed a tentative agreeme...

Jury trial is now on the docket in a Lyon County identity theft and conspiracy case. Demetrius Odom, age 30 of Decader, Georgia, was set for potential trial start dates of Feb. 18, March 3 or March 31 as part of a pretrial hearing last week. A motion hearing is planned Feb. 7, with a trial status hearing set for Feb. 1...

Probation is the sentence after a plea agreement in a Lyon County attempted exploitation case. Adam Chestnut had pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of at least one child under the age of 18 back in November after he was originally facing 22 exploitation counts. The crime has a presumptive...

Residents are encouraged to attend Beacon for Hope Suicide Prevention's fourth annual Unmasking Suicide Masquerade Ball this upcoming Saturday. As has been the case throughout the event's brief history, a formal unmasking is a key component of the activities and will happen about midway through the event. Here's Beacon...

Emporia Main Street is asking residents to set aside 10 minutes of their time to fill out a survey designed to make downtown Emporia even more accessible and attractive. The survey asks a range of questions, including basic demographic information, how often people visit downtown Emporia, top three concerns facing down...

The coldest air of the season to date is coming Monday night -- and light snowfall is already here. After high temperatures in the teens and a chance of up to half an inch of snow Monday, skies will clear, pushing overnight lows to -7 or lower and wind chills to -10 to -20 areawide. Just over a dusting has already fall...