Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Rural telehealth services are getting expanded at Newman Regional Health, thanks to a significant grant from the Patterson Family Foundation. Newman Regional Health is starting Telehealth for Rural He...

The local political season heats up this week. On Monday, the Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters Emporia chapter had a traditional Candidate Forum involving the Emporia City C...

The USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education is traveling north on Kansas Highway 130 for its board meeting Wednesday. Instead of the normal meeting place in Hartford, board members will meet a...

Healthy rainfall totals have been duly noted across the KVOE listening area Monday into Tuesday. The KVOE studios are at 1.45 inches as of 6:30 am, while the Emporia Municipal Airport is at 1.66 inche...

Emporia Fire says two people were taken to hospitals after separate wrecks on the Kansas Turnpike in southwest Lyon County on Monday. The Kansas Highway Patrol crash log says the first crash happened ...

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is starting a listening tour on the state budget this week. And she currently plans to be in Emporia for the tour early next month. The People's Budget Tour begins Thursday...

As technology evolves, so do scams. The Lyon County Sheriff's Office says residents are getting calls from a "Deputy Williams." The Sheriff's Office isn't giving specifics about the scam calls, but it...

The Coffey County Sheriff's Office is reporting a scam involving families of incarcerated people. The Sheriff's Office says scammers will call a family member identifying themselves as from the county...

The USD 253 Emporia Board of Education has its regular meeting this week. Board members could approve a health insurance package as part of their business. The board has in front of it a partially-sel...

People interested in bringing new life to Emporia's Carnegie Library downtown can now tour the facility. Residents interested in a tour or just in learning more about the building can call Director of...