Author Archives: Chuck Samples

An Emporia man was killed when his car hit a horse on Kansas Highway 99 near the Lyon-Greenwood county line early Wednesday. Lyon County Undersheriff John Koelsch says the callto the 100 block of High...

A teenaged driver suffered apparently minor injuries after a wreck just east of Emporia on Tuesday. Lyon County Deputy Jim Baker says the crash happened on Road 175 near Road N shortly before 7:45 am....

If you listen to KVOE or go online to KVOE.com, you notice an increasing drumbeat of employers needing workers. Southeast KansasWorks Director Leanne Kehres, KVOE's Newsmaker guest Tuesday, says it ha...

The Emporia Granada Theatre is adjusting its schedule. Director Rebeca Herrera says the Ryan Daniel concert, originally coming this weekend, is now taking place next year. Herrera says the decision to...

An Emporia man accused of sexual misconduct with a teenager has a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Wyatt Bennett, 23, is charged with four counts of aggravated indecent liberties, two of indecent libert...

The Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit says the state's Department of Labor paid out nearly $3 billion in COVID-related unemployment benefits from January 2020 through this past February. It al...

Farmland and cropland values are shooting up across Kansas. Both categories jumped more than 10 percent year-to-year, according to the US Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics S...

Emporia Fire is back at Flinthills Mall for specialized training on Tuesday. Firefighters will conduct specialized training at the mall, following similar training in late June. Firefighters are pract...

Kansas Congressman Tracey Mann wants American troops to stay in Afghanistan for as long as it takes to get US citizens out of that country. Right now, troops have to leave by Tuesday -- and Mann says ...

The federal government is granting nearly $2 million to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for COVID-19 matters. US Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran issued a joint statement Monday...