Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Champions again: Olpe relishes second straight Class 1A state football title
After winning the Class 1A football title last year, the Olpe Eagles made it a goal to repeat as champions. The Eagles did just that, capping the season with a 35-6 win over previously-unbeaten Inman ...
Nov 27, 2021 Family members and friends of Olpe football players take pictures of team members after the Eagles returned home with their second straight Class 1A title Saturday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia businesses report heavy turnout at start of holiday shopping season; FBI announces webpage to help shoppers avoid Cyber Monday issues
Local businesses report a robust opening to the holiday shopping season. Retailers have been targeting the traditional Black Friday-Small Business Saturday shopping events for months, but in the case ...
Nov 27, 2021 Downtown Emporia (pictured) and other shopping corridors were busy Saturday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Chase County, Lebo hold special holiday shopping events
Special holiday shopping activities weren't limited to Emporia on Saturday. Chase County had its annual Country Christmas, and part of the activities included the second annual Holiday Tables and Tree...
Nov 27, 2021 Lebo's Jingle All the Way arts and crafts fair (pictured) highlighted the town's daylong holiday shopping event, while Chase County had activities Friday and Saturday with the Holiday Tables and Trees event continuing Sunday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Developer changes course, now letting companies announce incoming presence to Emporia travel plaza
Now that regulatory business, at least from the city of Emporia's perspective, has been handled, who's coming to the travel plaza near the west city limits? Representatives of Brown Stone 3 Developmen...
Nov 27, 2021 KVOE News photo.
KDOT seeking winter equipment operators, road maintenance personnel
For this time of year, the weather has been pretty delightful. The Kansas Department of Transportation, however, is needing help for when the weather gets frightful. For about a month, KDOT has been r...
Nov 27, 2021 KVOE News file photo
Kansas Corporation Commission tells Evergy to adjust Sustainability Transformation Plan
Evergy needs to increase its supporting documentation into certain aspects of its Sustainability Transformation Plan. The Kansas Corporation Commission wants Evergy to explain increased spending in it...
Nov 27, 2021 Kansas Corporation Commission logo.
Latest vehicle tag deadline is Tuesday for Lyon County drivers
The next vehicle tag deadline is coming soon Tuesday is the deadline for residents with last names beginning with the letters T, V or W to renew their tags without penalty. Treasurer Sharon Gaede is e...
Nov 27, 2021 Kansas Department of Revenue photo.
Wichita man hurt in wreck near Emporia
A Wichita man was hurt in a crash east of Emporia on Friday afternoon. Lyon County Deputy Brandon Early says the wreck happened shortly before 4 pm on Interstate 35 near mile marker 135, or at the Roa...
Nov 27, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Kansas Attorney General seeking US Supreme Court ruling on state policy on ag trespassers
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the US Supreme Court to review a lower federal court ruling which says a state law enhancing penalties against trespassers on animal facility property v...
Nov 26, 2021 Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Official photo.
CORONAVIRUS: New variant roils financial markets with delta variant continuing as area's only COVID strain
Word of what's being called a "highly-mutated" variant of the coronavirus was enough to roil financial markets early Friday. Dow futures were off by as much as 800 points before trading officially beg...
Nov 26, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
