Author Archives: Chuck Samples

State tax revenues are ahead of projections again. August tax collections were $692.3 million, up 4 percent from a year ago and almost 4 percent above estimates. Individual income tax collections beat...

Longtime Lyon County public servant Bob Davis has died. Davis was born four miles west of Olpe in 1938, graduated from Emporia High School and served in numerous roles, including farming, ranching, ow...

Two Lyon County roads remain closed after heavy rainfall earlier this week. Road H is barricaded between Roads 160 and 165, while 160 is closed between G and J is also closed. Closures were minimal af...

A Hesston man apparently escaped serious injuries after a crash in eastern Lyon County on Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 61-year-old Stephen David Handley was southbound on Interstate 35 and...

A schedule adjustment has been announced for an Emporia weekend activity. Community Events *Beacon for Hope Suicide Prevention's Hope with Horsepower car show moves from Soden's Grove to Flinthills Ma...

Details are pending after an arrest early Thursday in an attempted arson case. Emporia Police officers arrested 40-year-old David Anderson of Emporia on suspicion of attempted aggravated arson, drug a...

Searchers continue looking for a Herington man with Emporia connections. James Cole, age 24, apparently started using the Flint Hills Nature Trail at Herington and walked east. An initial report says ...

Lyon County commissioners made a slight adjustment to the county's open burning procedures as part of their action meeting Thursday. Commissioners approved adjustments as requested by County Counsel M...

After a brief weather delay, work is starting Thursday on repairing part of Road G near Emporia. The Lyon County Highway Department had planned to work on a creek crossing Wednesday, but wet condition...

An Emporia man who is a defendant in a federal drug distribution case will be sentenced next month in a Lyon County drug possession case. Troy Wagaman accepted a plea agreement to one count of possess...