Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Residents in southwest Lyon County remain in a boil water advisory until further notice as the source point of the alert remains hidden. Lyon County Rural Water District 3 and the Kansas Department of...

Lyon County Judge Jeff Larson has set a pretrial hearing date as a fraud case continues against a former manager of Emporia's Four Seasons Apartments. Apartment management filed a lawsuit against form...

One of the two defendants in a street racing injury crash incident earlier this month is starting early court processes at the Lyon County Courthouse. Patricio Morales, age 31, had his first appearanc...

Sentencing is coming next month for the lead defendant in a Lyon County case involving an alleged law enforcement pursuit that hurt a Lyon County deputy in late May. Kaitlynn Mundell accepted a plea a...

With payment scams continuing to swirl -- and continuing to target both the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Turnpike -- the Turnpike Authority has launched a new secure phone paymen...

Part of Kansas Highway 268 in Osage County is getting resurfaced over the next two months. The Kansas Department of Transportation says K-268 will have a 10-mile resurfacing project involving milling ...

Next week, Randee Lee Jones begins legal processes in Lyon County District Court after she was charged with embezzling funds from an Emporia business. The 46-year-old Jones has her first official appe...

Come one, come all to Pioneer Bluffs for a special volunteer work day event Saturday morning. Operations Manager Becky Hinkson joined KVOE's Morning Show on Thursday to preview the activities, startin...

Red Rocks State Historic Site is welcoming the community to its latest 20th anniversary event. Organizer and spokesman Roger Heineken says there will be a special Lawn Fest at Red Rocks, 927 Exchange,...

The United Way of the Flint Hills officially begins the public portion of its annual fundraising campaign later Thursday. On KVOE's On-Air Chat on Wednesday, Executive Director Daphne Mertens said the...