Author Archives: Chuck Samples
CORONAVIRUS: KDHE's travel quarantine location list shrinks
The latest travel quarantine list from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment removes two foreign countries. Martinique and Georgia were removed, meaning French Polynesia and Guadeloupe are t...
Sep 10, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
Special speed enforcement project beginning Friday on US-50 just west of Emporia
A special traffic enforcement effort begins Friday just west of Emporia. Lyon County deputies will be patrolling the US Highway 50 construction zone between Road E and Americus Road. Deputies will be ...
Sep 10, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Significant repaving project for downtown Emporia to begin Monday
The official start date for a significant paving project in downtown Emporia is Monday. The city's contractor will start a project that involves Commercial Street, also Kansas Highway 99, from the Bur...
Sep 10, 2021 KVOE News photo.
Ongoing fog seal project on Road 130 to continue Friday
Fog sealing continues on part of Road 130 in eastern Lyon County on Friday. Crews will start at Road 130 and S and move east to Road T outside Chicago Mound Cemetery before moving south on T to Road 1...
Sep 10, 2021 Courtesy graphic.
Transformer failure leads to fire at Evergy's Emporia Energy Center
A transformer failure led to a fire at Evergy's Emporia Energy Center early Friday. Reading Benefit firefighters were called to the peak usage facility on Road 200 near Road U around 1:45 am. Reading ...
Sep 10, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
CORONAVIRUS: Republican lawmakers vehemently opposed to President Biden's new vaccination plan
President Joe Biden says federal workers and contractors now have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 -- and businesses with 100 or more employees will need to have those workers fully vaccinated ...
Sep 10, 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic.
Repatriation plans announced for Emporia soldier, Silver Star recipient Glenn White
Plans have been announced for the repatriation of an Emporia soldier's remains after his identity was recently confirmed nearly eight decades after he was killed in action during World War II The rema...
Sep 09, 2021 Glenn White. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency photo.
USDA announces $20,000 renewable energy grant for Madison business
A Madison business is getting federal grant funding to bolster its renewable energy use. Kansas Maid, Inc., is receiving $20,000 from the US Department of Agriculture to help buy and install solar equ...
Sep 09, 2021 US Department of Agriculture logo.
CORONAVIRUS: #VaxToNormal campaign steams towards 'super grand prize' drawing Friday
The "super grand prize drawing" through the Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund's #VaxToNormal campaign is just about here. 3 pm Friday is the time for the drawing, and there are several prize p...
Sep 09, 2021 Greater Emporia Area Disaster Relief Fund graphic.
Numerous opportunities available to reflect on Sept. 11 terror attacks this weekend
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks that killed close to 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Area residents will have several...
Sep 09, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
