Emporia City Commissioners will have a study-heavy meeting slate when they convene Wednesday. Ahead of their study meeting, commissioners will have one action agenda item to consider, that being a potential bid award of more than $55,300 to Bruce Davis Construction for improvements to the David Traylor Zoo's Bison Exhi...

The slight risk for severe weather activity Monday evening did not pan out; however, the KVOE listening area did get a good dousing of rainfall into Tuesday morning. At the KVOE studios, we received an inch of rainfall. Other totals: *1100 Block of Constitution - 1 inch *South and Sylvan - 0.90 inches *3.5 miles west o...

The Lyon County Courthouse is still buzzing with election traffic, and election officer Amie Jones had some midday numbers to share with KVOE. As of noon today, Jones said turnout was at 30% overall for in-person voters, and 14% for election day alone. As she and her team head into the latter half of the day, Jones rem...

As Emporia gears up for Veterans Day on Nov. 11, organizations across town are getting ready for the holiday's slate of activities. From the annual downtown parade at 9:30 a.m. to the Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. , local veteran Clay Childs said there's a lot to look forward to this year as the community celebrates...

The Hartford City Council is meeting Wednesday evening to discuss the next steps in its rebuild of Hartford City Hall. According to Mayor Kenny Hamman, excavation work is nearly complete after demolition of the former City Hall ended last month, and Hamman noted that additional work developed shortly after the building...

The Emporia State men's & women's disc golf teams are heading back to nationals after winning the Great Lakes Regional on Sunday in Goshen, Ind. The No. 2 ranked men's team in the country comprising T. J. Reel, Carter Ahrens, Colin Bryant, and Gracen Lomelino finished -11 as a team and posted a six stroke victory....

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...