Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Most of the KVOE listening area has had its first freeze of the season. Early Sunday saw temperatures dropping below freezing, with some temperatures going well below 32 degrees between midnight and s...

Emporia did up Halloween right Friday. Thousands of people walked along Commercial Street early Friday afternoon for the rescheduled Emporia Main Street trick-or-treating activities. That was followed...

Daniel Olivarez was set to have trial start next week on numerous charges, including aggravated kidnapping, aggravated residential burglary, aggravated indecent liberties and aggravated witness intimi...

A federal judge in Rhode Island has temporarily ordered the Trump administration to continue funding benefits for SNAP, the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. After an hour-lo...

The 2025 election cycle is coming to an end next week. Tuesday is Election Day, and turnout is picking up -- but it's still slow. Lyon County Clerk and Election Officer Amie Jones says over 450 people...

Winter illnesses continue on the upswing locally. Newman Regional Health Infection Control Nurse Jamie Granado says there have been confirmed cases of influenza A. Granado says illness traffic is abou...

Jury trial dates have been tentatively set in a Lyon County arson case. Jesus Hinostroza Jr was set for trial to possibly begin as soon as Dec. 15, with other start dates listed as Dec. 22 and Jan. 26...

One of the key components of KVOE's annual Drive for Food is the restocking of Emporia High's Spartan Stop. USD 253 Student Support Specialist Heather Wagner was "elated" to see the donations come in ...

Indications are now pointing to two separate but connected crashes in north Lyon County early Friday. Three vehicles were involved, with the situation reported just before 6 am near the junction of US...

Newman Regional Health's payment policy for Kansas Open Records requests was affirmed by the Kansas Attorney General's Office after concerns about fairness and need originating from Tyler Curtis. Init...