Author Archives: Chuck Samples

The Kansas Turnpike Authority continues its latest round of bridge-raising process, which affects a number of spans across the KVOE listening area. Communications Specialist Amanda Miller says bridges...

After several weeks of being in a blue-green algae watch, Melvern's Outlet Swim Pond is back into an algae warning. Whenever a warning is issued, lake water should not be consumed -- even if there is ...

Less than a week after a Johnson County judge said a new state law that lets residents sue cities and counties for using COVID-19 protocols is unconstitutional and could lead to "legal anarchy," Kansa...

The Kansas City Royals hope to extend their current winning streak to three games when they start a three-game series at home against Detroit on Friday night. The Royals, who had lost two of three aga...

(ESPN) Cleveland is changing its name from the Indians to the Guardians, announcing the new moniker in a tweet Friday. In December, the team said it was changing its name for the first time since 1915...

Emporian Caleb Schmid was eliminated in the 111th Kansas Amateur Match Play Golf Tournament on Thursday. Schmid took on New Zealand's Harry Hillier in the first match of lower-bracket play. Hillier wo...

The NFL has added an additional COVID-19 vaccination incentive for players, threatening forfeits and the loss of game checks if an outbreak among unvaccinated players causes an unresolvable disruption...

(ABC News) Thursday was eventful at the Tokyo Olympics, and the opening ceremony still hasn't taken place. Speaking of the opening ceremonies, the event's director was fired over a joke he made about ...

(Sports Illustrated/KVOE) On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union announced a federal court has issued an injunction against West Virginia's law banning transgender students from participatin...

(ESPN) Free-agent linebacker Mychal Kendricks was sentenced Thursday to one day in jail, three years of probation and 300 hours of community service as a result of his 2018 guilty plea to insider trad...