Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Both Flint Hills Community Health Center and Newman Regional Health have third-round and booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines now available. Newman Regional Health has the Pfizer option Tuesdays from 12...

Sponsored by: The general election is Nov. 2. Listed below are the upcoming races for the general election along with Candidate Forum schedules, voter registration information, mail-in ballot processe...

Saturday's auction of Plumb Place contents generated around $16,000 for an agency to help women in crisis situations. The United Way of the Flint Hills has been the lead agency for the Plumb Place Ste...

The US Postal Service is implementing new service standards for First-Class Mail. That means the prospect of longer delivery times for letters, small packages, bills and tax documents. Last month, the...

The man hurt in a head-on crash outside Bushong last week has died. Steve Pio, age 73 of Allen, was northbound on Road G when his pickup went left of center Sept. 28 and went head-on into a pickup dri...

Now that CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness has secured a better than $2 million grant for expanding services, Chief Executive Officer Amanda Cunningham says her agency will be busy getting ready for ...

The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas' Board of Directors has its monthly meeting Friday. Board members will get an update on the search for a new president with current leader K...

Fire destroyed an SUV traveling on the Kansas Turnpike late Sunday night. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Tony Fuller says fire developed in the SUV as it was approaching mile marker 120, or seven miles ...

Some parts of the KVOE listening area enjoyed moderate rainfall Saturday. *KVOE studios: 0.40 inches *Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.74 inches Other area totals are pending. September was extremely dry ...

For over two decades, Terry Barham taught choral music at Emporia State University to such a level that he was inducted into the Kansas Music Educators Association Hall of Fame after he retired. On Sa...