The annual KVOE Drive for Food is coming Thursday and the need for donations remains great, according to Salvation Army Captain Mylie Hadden on KVOE's Newsmaker segment Tuesday morning. KVOE is still taking addresses for pickup Thursday. To participate and donate food, call 620-342-1400, email kvoe@kvoe.com, or text yo...

KVOE will host an on-air fundraiser Tuesday, Oct. 27, for one of the many local organizations making a difference in the community. Camp Hope, an inclusive summer camp for children with autism, is a program executive director Jessica Knuth said is dedicated to providing students with special needs a place to learn, gro...

Once again, students at Emporia Middle School went the extra mile, quite literally, in support of several local charitable causes Monday. The 13th annual EMS Walk-a-Thon saw sixth grade students band together to make their way around the track during the morning hours, raising funds for five local charities and two mem...

Phone services have been restored at Newman Regional Health. Phone lines for the hospital were down for a period of time Monday with KVOE News first being alerted to the outage just before 3 pm. As of 7 pm service had been restored. The cause of the outage has not been revealed. 4:00 pm Monday: Newman Regional Health ...

The 13th annual Emporia Community Foundation Match Day is still a little less than a month away, but residents don't have to wait til then to start giving. Nearly all forms of giving, including cash, checks, stocks, bonds and more, began being accepted at midnight Monday and will continue up until the main event itself...

Emporia State junior middle blocker Ryann Hamilton picked up her first career MIAA Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week award on Monday after helping the Lady Hornets pick up a pair of wins at their MIAA Mid-Season Tournament last week. Hamilton had 11 total blocks to help ESU sweep Northwest Missouri in a true roa...

Playing behind the best defensive player in the league isn't easy, especially when you're coming off an injury and have plenty of talent yourself. Redshirt sophomore linebacker Jake Tucker was competing for a starting linebacker spot last fall when he suffered a preseason stress fracture in his foot that sidelined him...

The Emporia High volleyball team learned its postseason path on Monday, securing the No. 9 seed in the Class 5A West standings after wrapping up a strong 20-15 regular season. ​The Lady Spartans will travel to Great Bend on Saturday to compete for a spot in the Class 5A state tournament. Emporia opens sub-state actio...

The Emporia State football team held steady at No. 8 in this week's AFCA Top 25 DII Football Coaches Poll. Unlike Division I, there wasn't much chance to move around with everyone in the top ten winning or idle last week. Ferris State is still receiving all 30 first-place votes and is followed by Harding, Kutztown, C...

The Emporia and Area Athletes of the Week were announced Monday morning. Taylen Koch is the EHS Athlete of the Week. The freshman claimed 4th at the 5A golf regional last week in Topeka. Haiden Ziglar of Olpe is the Area Athlete of the Week. Ziglar raced to first place last week at the Lyon County League Cross Country ...