The Lyon County Courthouse held a swearing-in ceremony for the county's new treasurer Monday morning. Former deputy treasurer Sherra Kuestersteffen stepped in to fill the rest of the two-years left in the term left vacant by Sharon Gaede, who held the position for over a decade before retiring Friday. Though stepping i...

A Missouri woman was hospitalized following an accident in Chase County this past weekend. The accident occurred at Kansas Turnpike mile marker 100 southbound at 10 am. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2003 Jeep Liberty, driven by 57 year-old Barbara Morgan of Kansas City, Missouri was traveling southbound in ...

Emporia Main Street's annual Holiday Soldier Care Package Drive is about to begin. Jessica Buchholz of Main Street, a recent guest of KVOE's Talk of Emporia, noted the drive, as always, will kick off in full force Saturday at Emporia's annual Freedom Fest at the All Veterans Memorial. For more information, to nominate ...

A portion of Merchant Street will be closed for up to two days for equipment removal from Broadview Towers. The tower will have telecommunications equipment removed by a crane starting Wednesday, leading to the closure at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Merchant Street to approximately 100 feet to the north. Sixth...

With the chances for severe storms still thoroughly in place through the evening hours, a tornado watch has now been issued for a county within the KVOE listening area. The watch affects Chase County until 10 pm. The greatest chance for storm development is still between 3 pm and 5 pm with damaging winds between 60 to ...

Three area runners earned top-30 finishes Saturday at the Class 3-2-1A State Cross Country Meet at Wamego Country Club. ​In the Class 2A boys race, Olpe's Haiden Ziglar paced local competitors with a 19th-place finish. ​On the girls side, Northern Heights' Josie Tiffany claimed 20th place in the Class 1A race, whil...

The #11 Northwest Missouri football team scored 35 unanswered points on the way to a 52-14 blowout of #8 Emporia State on Halloween at Bearcat Stadium in Maryville, Mo. on Saturday. Each team came up empty early as Northwest Missouri kicked a field goal to take the early lead. Later in the first, an Ethan Schultze fu...

The Emporia High cross country teams closed out their season Saturday at the Class 5A state championship meet at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, highlighted by three top-20 individual medalists. The Emporia girls earned a 10th-place team finish, led by top-20 performances from Emma Beatty and Madison Evans. Beatty captured ...

The Marais des Cygnes Valley High School volleyball team concluded an impressive postseason run with a fourth-place finish at the Class 1A Division II State Tournament at White Auditorium in Emporia on Saturday. The Lady Trojans' championship hopes were cut short in the semifinals by eventual state champion Hanover, wh...

The Emporia High football season came to a close Friday night as the Spartans fell to Hutchinson 35-0 in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs at Welch Stadium. The shutout marked the first time this season Emporia had been held scoreless. Hutchinson wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, putting together a...