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 closed until a timber culvert about a quarter-mile north of 50 can be repaired. There is currently no timetable for this p...

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 over the last several months. Both Superintendent Dr. David McGehee and Board of Education President Art Gutierrez stated s...

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 with KVOE News following the commission's latest study session, where it received the following budget requests:...

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. Spokesman Garrett Nordstrom says the filing involving Gary Pinkston through federal court in the Northern District of Georgi...

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 death in early 2008 following the shooting death of Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels during a drug raid in 2005. Cheev...

The University of Kansas baseball team is hoping a break in the corner will help after taking two big knockout blows in the Lawrence Super Regional this weekend. Oklahoma decked the Jayhawks 8-1 in game one of the best-of-three series at Hoglund Ballpark by outhitting the hosts 11-4. Oklahoma held an 8-1 lead in the ...

The Centennial League announced All-League soccer honors on Monday. Emporia High placed three across the top two teams. Emersyn Johnson and Reagan Herrman earned placement on the First Team. Viveca Fuller received recognition on the Second Team. Honorable Mentions went to Madison Evans and Emma Swindle. The Black and R...

KVOE announced its Emporia Main Street Emporia High and Area Athletes and Coaches of the Year for the 2025-26 season during Saturday Morning Sports Talk. Emporia High Athletes of the Year honors went to senior standouts Rylan Crowell and Allie Weiss, while longtime diving coach Barb Clark was named Emporia High Coach o...

A second half penalty shot was the difference maker as Emporia FC toppled the top team in the League for Clubs Mid-American Conference Thursday night. Emporia FC defeated the previously unbeaten Omaha Evolution 1-0 in what was a back-and-forth match for the Black Lions, who were looking to bounce back after a loss in t...

Emporia State soccer coach Jane Grimley-Gunn has added Josue Rivas to her coaching staff as she begins her third season with the Lady Hornets. Rivas joins the Black & Gold after coaching at Sporting Nebraska where he coached multiple teams in their girls academy. He previously spent five years on the staff at Cre...