Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Altrusa and Allstate are partnering up on a special fundraiser Saturday. The Emporia Golf Course is the site of a scramble-style golf tournament. Club members decided to move away from the group's ann...

Olpe Downhome will have two days full of activities this upcoming weekend, and organizers can't wait. Spokesman Vince Kinsey says organizers are ready for the town festival after it had to be canceled...

An Emporia man was involved in an injury crash in northwest Kansas late Thursday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 26-year-old Chance Stout was driving a pickup southwest on US Highway 383 near th...

Severe weather risks can't be ruled out for Friday night or much of Saturday, but they appear to be on the low end of the scale. The Storm Prediction Center has the area in a marginal risk of severe w...

A pretrial hearing is coming Friday afternoon in the case of an Emporia man who allegedly killed another Emporian in a traffic crash back in March. Devawn Mitchell has a pretrial hearing at 2 pm. He m...

So far, so good on Emporia's Water Treatment Plant burnout process. On KVOE's Newsmaker segment Thursday, Public Works Director Dean Grant said the process so far has done a good job of moving the chl...

Lyon County's Volunteer Patrol is back in action. Shelved during the peak of COVID-19 over the past year, Volunteer Patrol is making its return as part of Olpe's Downhome Celebration this weekend. Lyo...

The calendar -- and Friday's weather conditions -- indicate we are in the middle of summer. However, the Kansas Corporation Commission has issued its first order addressing energy costs related to the...

It was a festive atmosphere at the David Traylor Zoo Thursday, where a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the grand opening of the zoo's Jones Testamentary Trust Entrance and Memorial. Zo...

The American Civil Liberties Union is considering legal action against USD 251 North Lyon County for its response to a situation involving a lesbian student early this year. The ACLU says USD 251 like...