Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Emporia Public Works reviewing future water line project options, readying for work near Newman Regional Health
Emporia's Public Works Department is getting close to finalizing some long-range planning on the city's underground water line network. Director Dean Grant says staffers are reviewing the results of a...
Jul 19, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
CORONAVIRUS: Modest increases in variant traffic reported as vaccination rates remain short of public health goals
Recent information provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows a modest increase in the number of COVID-19 variant cases. Lyon County now has 27, including nine of the highly-pub...
Jul 18, 2021 Kansas Department of Health and Environment graphic.
Concert, silent auction raise funds to offset medical bills for Ashley Rodak
Bourbon Cowboy opened its doors to a special fundraiser Sunday afternoon. Over $2,500 was generated from the concert, silent auction and 50-50 raffle. Rodak is awaiting word on the success of a recent...
Jul 18, 2021 Brickhorse performs a special benefit show at Bourbon Cowboy to help offset medical costs for Ashley Rodak, a Hartford woman battling leukemia. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia City Commission, Emporia Main Street see tremendous upside to approval of upper-story residential development through RHID adjustments
Recent action by the state of Kansas opens the doors -- literally -- to a residential development avenue long sought by Emporia Main Street. Administrators with Main Street have been working on upper ...
Jul 18, 2021 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Preliminary hearings scheduled for trio arrested on drug charges last week
Preliminary hearings are now on the court docket for three people -- two from Emporia and one from Topeka -- who were arrested last week on suspicion of drug activity. All three suspects -- Sheldon Da...
Jul 18, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Lyon County judge, Morris County Attorney file for open spots on Eighth District bench
Over a dozen people have filed to fill two district judge vacancies in the Eighth Judicial District, including several with set connections to the KVOE listening area. Fifth Judicial District Magistra...
Jul 18, 2021 Kansas Courts graphic.
Emporia Rec Commission prepares to close books on fiscal 2021, pass budget for publication purposes
Budgetary matters will be front and center for the Emporia Recreation Commission's meeting Monday evening. The board actually has two meetings planned, with one exclusively close the financial books o...
Jul 18, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
Comedy night draws laughs, raises funds for SOS Strong campaign
SOS Strong is fast approaching the finish, and one of the bigger community events for the campaign took place Saturday at the Lyon County History Center. "Come Laugh With Us for SOS" brought several c...
Jul 18, 2021 Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Federal judge rules DACA illegal
(ABC News/KVOE) A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program was unlawful in a significant blow to the Obama-era approach that shielded young...
Jul 16, 2021 US Citizenship and Immigration Services logo.
Formal charges lodged in alleged drug bust Tuesday in Emporia
Three people are now facing charges after a local traffic stop turned up drugs, according to Emporia Police. Lyon County Attorney Marc Goodman says 35-year-old Sheldon Davis of Emporia is charged with...
Jul 16, 2021 KVOE News file photo.
