It's no April Fools, Greg Jordan's time as Director of the Lyon County History Center is now at an end. Jordan's official final day at the helm of the center was Wednesday, marking the end of a 30-year career with the center, the last three of which have been spent in the director's role. Looking back on his career, Jo...

Emporia Fire battled a house fire in downtown Emporia early Wednesday morning. Fire was reported at 809 Market by a neighbor around 1 am. Fire Capt. Greg Davis confirmed an earlier report from Police Sgt. Dominick Vortherms, saying there was fire and smoke coming from the roof when fire crews arrived. Nobody was home a...

Lyon County commissioners could handle a pair of zoning requests as part of their action session Thursday. Commissioners will consider Tillman Infrastructure's request for Agriculture Conditional Use zoning for a communications tower in the 1700 block of US Highway 56. Commissioners will also look at a minor plat for t...

A special fundraiser for the National Teachers Hall of Fame's Memorial to Fallen Educators ends Friday, and it's close to the financial goal. The Hall of Fame says it has raised almost $23,500 through the 12 for 12 venture with a goal of $25,000. The deadline is the close of business Friday. The memorial currently hono...

Plans for upgrades to the DeBauge Soccer Complex, discussed at length over the past year, are nearing the end of the development phase. That was according to a recent update from Emporia Rec Director Amanda Gutierrez on KVOE's Talk of Emporia Tuesday. She tells KVOE News, BG Consultants is currently working on the desi...

Baseball: SLC 16 Eureka 0 SLC 23 Eureka 8 Anderson Co 21 Osage City 0 Anderson Co 15 Osage City 0 Mission Valley 25 Northern Heights 0 Mission Valley 25 Northern Heights 3 Softball: MdCV 8 Horton 4 Horton 18 MdCV 11 West Franklin 19 Burlingame 0 West Franklin 16 Burlingame 0 SLC 13 Eureka 1 SLC 20 Eureka 0 Osage City 1...

Emporia soccer fell in their first matchup at the Titan Classic in Wichita on Monday to Derby, 4-3 in a shootout. Eighty minutes wasn't enough to decide a winner as neither team found the back of the net in regulation. The Black and Red started strong in penalty kicks as Emersyn Johnson, Madison Evans, and Rylie Mitche...

Thirteen area athletes received All-State honors from KSHSAA. Ballots are sent to every coach in the state where they are asked to nominate players from their own team as well as players from other teams for consideration for All-State and All-Class honors. Boys: 5A Third Team: Rylan Crowell, Emporia 1AD1 First Team: ...

On Monday, the first spring Area and Emporia Athletes of the Week were announced. Adriana Weeden of Olpe earned the Area Athlete of the Week. In the circle, she struck out 14 hitters. In the batter's box, she went 7-9 with six RBI's and runs scored. Emersyn Johnson won the Emporia Athlete of the Week. She helped lea...

The Emporia Hot Flashes granny basketball team went 2-0 in Lawerence on Sunday. They picked up a 66-39 victory over the Kansas Tornadoes in game one. Emporia swept the day by beating the Basket Cases 69-29 in game two. The Flashes are 9-1 on the season. They return to action Sunday, April 12 at the Emporia Recreati...