Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Construction continues on Emporia's latest hotel. Work has been largely inside the space at 3010 Eaglecrest for several months, although signage highlighting the Diamond Convention Center was recently...

One of several defendants in a Lyon County human smuggling and identity theft case has a new attorney as her case goes forward. At her latest hearing Friday, Martha Lopez-Alvarado's request for a new ...

CareArc's Board of Directors has a lot of standard business ahead as part of its monthly meeting Tuesday. As part of their regular meeting, board members will get monthly reports from Chief Medical Of...

The USD 253 Emporia Board of Education meets Wednesday. Math is one of the main topics for the agenda as the board looks at an action plan update for Emporia High students. There will also be an execu...

A cool and occasionally damp week has started with cool and wet conditions. A fast-moving line of showers and storms dumped 0.30 inches of rainfall on the KVOE studios between 3:30 and 4:30 am Monday....

On Thursday, Lyon County commissioners approved a pilot program designed to help the Emergency Communications Department handle non-emergency calls. Commissioners approved a $16,000 payment to Hyper a...

Samples have been collected as Lyon County Rural Water District 3 works toward getting part of its coverage area out from under a boil water advisory. Spokesman Bob Miller says the southern standpipe ...

Emporia's Latino heritage has a lot of public celebrations every year, and two were held Saturday. The Lorenzo Delgado Sports Complex at Santa Fe Park was the site of the fifth annual Latin Legends So...

Algae alerts continue for three local and two area lakes. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has had King Lake outside Emporia State's Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center under a...

When IdeaTek said it planned to start work immediately after announcing its expansion into Emporia, it wasn't kidding. IdeaTek announced a $14 million expansion into Emporia on Aug. 7. At the time, it...