In less than a week, the Emporia City Commission will consider placing a quarter-cent sales tax question on the November general election ballot. The reason for that question, new and updated recreation facilities, was the focus of a pair of community open houses held in Emporia Wednesday and Thursday. During the event...

Newman Regional Health had two different roles for a special announcement by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly on Thursday. The hospital's conference room was the site of the governor's official unveiling of funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program -- specifically, money for the Community Health Workers and Ac...

Shortly after one petition was verified seeking to ban battery energy storage systems in the city of Emporia, another has also been validated for a neighboring community. According to Lyon County Clerk Amie Jones, both the petition impacting the city of Emporia and a separate, yet related petition seeking to ban high-i...

With the ongoing heatwave locally, residents are continuously being reminded to take necessary precautions to limit their exposure to the elements as much as possible for the time being. Unfortunately, certain precautions are not universal, meaning there are those who cannot alter or limit their time outdoors like othe...

Power outages affecting much of the KVOE listening area by mid-morning have been resolved. Much of the eastern half of the KVOE listening area, including Emporia State University and eastern Emporia in general, were impacted by an outage that covered areas from Hiawatha to south of Hartford after it developed shortly a...

A young Lebo football team looks to build on an impressive 2025 season. The Wolves are coming off a 6-4 campaign and return a wealth of talent, giving them plenty of optimism entering the fall. Despite starting just two upperclassmen last season, Head Coach Brian Hadley leaned heavily on a talented group of underclassm...

The 2025 Lady Hornet volleyball team accomplished a lot. A 21-7 record, 12-4 in the MIAA, the first season sweep of Nebraska-Kearney since 1977, a #23 final rankings in the AVCA poll, four Top 25 wins, it was the most wins for ESU volleyball since 2012. Yet, despite finishing the season with the No. 21 RPI in the cou...

The Emporia State soccer team kicked off its training camp Monday morning on the brand new Blackcreek Diesel Field inside Welch Stadium for the first of two workouts on the day. The Lady Hornets finished 9-6-5 last season and upset a Top 25 Washburn team in Topeka to make the MIAA Tournament semifinals for the fourth ...

Hartford football is looking to take another step forward this fall as the Jaguars continue building under second-year head coach Dalen Kistner. After finishing 1-8 in Kistner's first season at the helm, Hartford is aiming for its first winning campaign since 2020. The 2019 Hartford graduate says the focus remains on e...

Emporia State transfer kicker Brandon McCary has been named to the preseason award watch list for the Fred Mitchell Award. The award is given to the best place kicker among any collegiate level of football. McCary transferred to ESU from Minot State a year ago. He was 10-for-13 with the Beavers and had a 5-for-5 per...