A plaque is ready to be installed as part of a local effort to honor Veterans Day founder Alvin King. Project spokesman Jesse Solis had an update on KVOE's Morning Show on Wednesday, crediting the work of Coffelt Sign Company . Locally, Emporia first celebrated Veterans Day in 1953. Thanks to work from a fellow Emporia...

Reports and requests are ahead for the Lyon County Commission as part of the board's weekly action meeting Thursday. Following the quarterly report from CareArc, commissioners will get two requests from County Engineer Wayne Scritchfield -- one to buy steel plate and a used tank car at over $33,000 from The Railroad Ya...

The Newman Regional Health Board of Trustees is meeting Wednesday. Board members will get standard reports on operations, finance and quality and compliance matters. Executive sessions are also ahead on peer review and legal consultations. The meeting is at 3 pm at the hospital.

Showers brought light rain to the KVOE listening area Tuesday, and that trend could continue Wednesday. The KVOE studios got 0.10 inches of rainfall Tuesday, while the Emporia Municipal Airport got 0.14 inches. Other totals: *Neosho Rapids: 0.10 inches Occasional showers and embedded storms are possible through late We...

Ahead of Friday's 35th Annual Meeting, Emporia Main Street got big news about funding for its Fabrication Lab. A New and Expanding Business $100,000 Accelerator grant to Emporia Main Street, courtesy of a partnership involving Main Street America and The Hartford, will help to expand the makerspace as demand continues ...

Former Madison High School standout Casey Helm is returning to the Sunflower State and joining the Kansas State Track and Field team. Helm was a four time Class 1A Discus champion and broke the state record with a throw of 214 feet, 1 inch. That remains the top mark in the state. Following graduation, he attended Prin...

With international football's grandest event -- the World Cup -- into the quarterfinal stage and with American football games still over a month away, there is another brand of football that has a noted ESU alum doing very well. Tonight, the Argos travel to Winnipeg to take on the Blue Bombers. Game time is 7:30 pm. Ph...

There will not be a girls basketball season at Hartford High this fall and winter. USD 252 board members reluctantly approved a 1-year pause in scheduling and operations as part of their meeting Wednesday night, according to Superintendent Ryan Muhlig. Hartford girls had a small roster for the 2025-26 campaign that was...

Emporia State cross country is gearing up for a five-race schedule in 2026. ESU will open the season for the ninth-straight year at Wichita State's JK Gold Classic where the E-State men will run the 6K course and the Lady Hornets will attack the 5K route. ESU then heads to Butler County CC for the Ollie Isom Invite o...

The Emporia State football team has been selected for three games in the MIAA's 2026 MIAA Football Game of the Week Package. It's the third year of the deal between the conference and 38 the Spot in Kansas City, owned by Scripps News. The package will include 13 MIAA games to TV audiences in the greater Kansas City a...