Author Archives: Chuck Samples
CORONAVIRUS: Flint Hills Community Health Center announces booster shot clinic Nov. 4
Availability of COVID-19 booster shots is expanding. Flint Hills Community Health Center is now offering boosters of Moderna along with boosters of Pfizer. Residents need to set appointments by callin...
Oct 26, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
Greenwood County deputies make arrests connected to burglaries in Hamilton, Quincy, Virgil areas
Greenwood County deputies have arrested two people after reports of burglaries across the north half of the county. Deputies say they executed a search warrant at a currently unspecified address in Ha...
Oct 26, 2021 Greenwood County Sheriff's Office logo. KVOE News file photo.
Emporia Police investigating after reported hit-and-run wreck sends adult, child to Newman Regional Health
Emporia Police are looking for a vehicle allegedly involved in a hit-and-run incident in northwest Emporia shortly after school let out. The wreck was reported in the 2300 block of Industrial at aroun...
Oct 25, 2021 Emporia Police investigate a reported hit-and-run injury crash near Walmart on Monday as Emporia Fire tends to two people who were later taken to Newman Regional Health for treatment. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County Public Health worried about slow increase in vaccination percentages
The pace of COVID-19 vaccinations hasn't been robust for months, and the current percentages of unvaccinated residents per county has several public health officials concerned about what may develop. ...
Oct 25, 2021 Kansas Department of health and Environment graphic.
Deadline looms for residents seeking mail ballots
The 2021 general election is now just about a week away. Two voter processes continue at this time, the in-office advance vote and mail ballots. Lyon County Clerk Tammy Vopat says time is now running ...
Oct 25, 2021 Lyon County Election Office graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Minor increase in new Lyon County cases, dip in active cases reported
A modest increase in Lyon County's COVID-19 caseload and a reduction in active cases highlight Monday's report from Lyon County Public Health. Lyon County announced 15 new cases over the weekend. Acti...
Oct 25, 2021 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
Lyon County roads open up after Saturday's rain
Part of Lyon County's gravel road network has reopened to traffic after heavy rainfall to start this past weekend. The Lyon County Highway Department has opened: *Road J between 100 and 110; between 1...
Oct 25, 2021 KVOE News file photo
CORONAVIRUS: ESU employees do not need to be fully vaccinated to meet federal mandate
Employees at several Kansas universities will need to vaccinate against COVID-19, based on federal contract connections. Emporia State University is not on that list. The University of Kansas, Kansas ...
Oct 25, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
USD 253 board plans construction tour Tuesday, regular board meeting Wednesday
This is a busy week for the Emporia Board of Education, and it leads to a busy close to the calendar year. The USD 253 board will have a construction tour between 11 am and 1 pm Tuesday as the nearly ...
Oct 25, 2021 USD 253 Image
Lenexa man killed, Emporian among three hurt in wreck near Burlington early Sunday
The Kansas Highway Patrol says one man was killed and three people suffered potentially serious injuries after a wreck involving a pickup and SUV near Burlington early Sunday. The crash happened short...
Oct 24, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
