As Southwick House continues fundraising for a new transitional housing facility, the longstanding home of its predecessor has a special event this weekend to update the different processes involved. The Regal Plumb, long known as Plumb Place, has a special Founder's Day Open House from 2-5 pm Sunday. Residents can tou...

Emporia Main Street is in auction mode for this weekend. The annual Public Improvement Auction takes place Saturday evening. Main Street Director Casey Woods says it is always a good time for a variety of reasons. Doors open at 5 pm at the Emporia State University Memorial Union Webb Hall. Dinner is served at 6 pm, wit...

Emporia's Eastside Community Group wants to see you at the Emporia Senior Center on Sunday. Reason being: the second-annual Taste of Soul Food gathering and fundraiser. On KVOE's On-Air Chat this week, group spokesman Arthur Lorick said the menu is full. The meal will be from 11 am to 4 pm -- or until the food sells ou...

One person was hurt after a crash near Emporia's William Allen White Elementary on Thursday. Emporia Fire/EMS and Emporia Police responded to 10th and Cottonwood just before 9 am, finding two small SUVs had collided. A westbound SUV apparently failed to yield at the intersection before the crash, and there are indicati...

A very high fire danger exists areawide the rest of Thursday. Winds have shifted from the southwest to the west-northwest and are expected to increase to between 20-30 mph through the afternoon. Relative humidity levels, above 60 percent at times through the morning, are supposed to drop to around 30 percent into the e...

Playoff basketball gets underway next week in Boys 1A. KSHSAA released the Sub-State brackets on Wednesday. In 1A Division 1, Olpe earned the top seed in the Clifton-Clyde HS Sub-State. The 19-2 Eagles await the winner of West Franklin and Centralia. Olpe will host the winner on February 28. Burlingame received the te...

Emporia High basketball dropped both games in Topeka with Washburn Rural on Tuesday. In the boy's game, Emporia fell in overtime 46-44. Harry Trelc propelled the Spartans' attack with eight first quarter points as EHS led 15-12. WR won the second and took a 24-21 lead at halftime. Emporia was held scoreless until the ...

The Chase County Bulldogs and the Madison Bulldogs split a thrilling doubleheader Tuesday night, with Chase County rallying late to win the girls contest and Madison pulling away in the boys game. In the girl's matchup, Madison controlled much of the night early on. The Bulldogs led 7-6 at the end of the first quarter ...

The latest Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association Rankings were released on Tuesday, February 17. Emporia girls dropped to ninth in the 5A team rankings. 5A Girls: Chloe Steele 100 5th Kensley Medrano 120 1st Alexa Castillo 170 3rd 5A Boys: Jose Vargas 285 4th 321A Girls: Lahna Passmore 115 3rd Chase County KayLynn Nicho...

The 2025-2026 campaign has come to a close sooner than anyone in Hartford anticipated. On Monday, Hartford High School and Neosho Rapids Schools announced on Facebook that the Hartford girls' basketball season has officially ended. The Jaguars entered the winter with just five players on the roster, leaving little marg...