Author Archives: Chuck Samples
CORONAVIRUS: Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund working to recognize healthcare staff, frontline workers
The Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund is concentrating its work on recognizing the work of healthcare staff and frontline workers. Plans are in place for ice cream socials next week to honor e...
Oct 28, 2021
Schedule for upcoming highway resurfacing work delayed a day
Several area highways will get resurfaced as part of an extensive project through the Kansas Department of Transportation beginning next week, but that process has been delayed a day. On Wednesday, No...
Oct 28, 2021 Courtesy graphic.
USDA approves $500,000 grant for better access to mental health resources for people in ag-related jobs
Kansas Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran are announcing a $500,000 grant to the Kansas Department of Agriculture to help people in ag-related jobs to have better access to mental health resource...
Oct 28, 2021 US Department of Agriculture logo.
Lyon County deputies, Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office continue investigation into destructive Hartford house fire
Lyon County deputies are investigating Thursday's initial fire at an abandoned house in north Hartford -- with some help from the Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office. That fire at 200 West Maple was re...
Oct 28, 2021 Fire destroyed a house at 200 West Maple in Hartford on Thursday morning and then rekindled Thursday evening. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health reports 21 new cases
Lyon County Public Health reported 21 new coronavirus cases in its mid-week report. Active cases increased slightly from 70 Monday to 71 Wednesday. Included in that total are 18 breakthrough cases inv...
Oct 27, 2021 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
Newman Regional Health board approves purchase of $2.7 million robotic surgery package
Here soon, Newman Regional Health will start a new era of medical care. The hospital's Board of Trustees unanimously approved the purchase of a da Vinci robotic surgery system with a cost of $2.7 mill...
Oct 27, 2021 KVOE News File Photo
CORONAVIRUS: Flint Hills Community Health Center schedules second vaccine booster clinic as first event fills
COVID-19 vaccine boosters are apparently quite popular. On Tuesday, Flint Hills Community Health Center announced a vaccine booster clinic for Nov. 4 at the Bowyer Building. That clinic is already ful...
Oct 27, 2021 Food and Drug Administration graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund announces survey on child vaccinations
As COVID-19 vaccinations for children move towards reality, the Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund is working with Newman Regional Health and Lyon County Public Health to gauge interest in that...
Oct 27, 2021 Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund logo.
Formal charges filed after Monday's alleged fuel theft, chase incident in and near Emporia
The Oklahoma man accused of trying to steal fuel from a state vehicle before leading both a vehicle and foot chase in and around Emporia earlier this week has been formally charged in connection with ...
Oct 27, 2021 Jerry R. Brown.
Lyon County Jail photo.
Visit Emporia's repurposed newspaper stand wins People's Choice at Kansas Tourism Conference
It's good to be the People's Choice, and Visit Emporia earned that honor at the recently-completed Kansas Tourism Conference. Visit Emporia Director LeLan Dains says the agency claimed first place in ...
Oct 27, 2021 Visit Emporia won two awards at the Kansas Tourism Conference for its repurposed newspaper stand project. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
