Author Archives: Chuck Samples
More storms possible Tuesday
After some unexpected storm activity Monday, more storms are possible Tuesday. Showers and storms began developing across the KVOE listening area after 3 am Tuesday. Rainfall totals are pending. This ...
Aug 19, 2025 WeatherTAP.com radar image.
Cedarbrook Meadows development back in front of Planning Commission; BZA also to meet Tuesday
The Lyon County Board of Zoning Appeals and Emporia Metropolitan Area Planning Commission will have back-to-back meetings Tuesday evening. The BZA currently has one item on its agenda as it considers ...
Aug 18, 2025 PEC rendering.
Formal charges filed in Emporia embezzlement case
Court dates are pending, but they are coming after an Emporia woman was arrested last week for allegedly embezzling money from an Emporia business. Lyon County Attorney Amy Aranda says 46-year-old Ran...
Aug 18, 2025 Randee Jones. Lyon County Jail photo.
Split USD 252 board vote leads to $600,000 district donation reset as Olpe Fitness Park project moves ahead
Plans are moving ahead for Olpe Fitness Park following a contentious time at the USD 252 Southern Lyon County school board meeting last week. Board members voted 4-3 for the district to give the proje...
Aug 18, 2025 Olpe Fitness Park Committee graphic.
AAA Kansas urging drivers to be careful as classes begin areawide
Back-to-school activities are definitely in full swing this week, and AAA Kansas is doing its best to remind everybody of different safety points to consider as people get back into the school schedul...
Aug 18, 2025 AAA graphic.
Schedule filling as Beacon for Hope begins expanding across southeast Kansas
Beacon for Hope Suicide Prevention's expansion efforts are now fully underway. On KVOE's Morning Show earlier this summer, Director Melissa Owen announced plans to expand services across southeast Kan...
Aug 18, 2025 Beacon for Hope Suicide Prevention logo.
Organizers reflect on emotional appearance from Wall That Heals: 'This has actually made a difference'
After a year's worth of planning and just under a week's worth of activities, The Wall That Heals is officially on the way to its next location. The wall arrived with a huge entourage Tuesday and was ...
Aug 17, 2025
EPD investigating after alleged attempted robbery
Emporia Police officers are asking for the public's help as they work to identify and find two attempted robbery suspects. Investigations Capt. Lisa Hayes says a male victim reported an attempted robb...
Aug 17, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia jobless rate spikes at 6.5 percent, Lyon County now at 6 percent in latest KDOL report
July was not a good month for jobless numbers in Emporia or Lyon County. Emporia's jobless rate climbed from 5.8 percent in June -- already the highest in the state as tracked by the Kansas Department...
Aug 17, 2025 Kansas Department of Labor graphic.
Jalpa-Sena pleads to sex battery counts in Lyon County rape case
A Lyon County rape case will go to sentencing next month after a plea agreement on lesser charges. On Friday, Luis Adrian Jalpa-Sena pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Rema...
Aug 17, 2025 Luis Jalpa-Sena. Lyon County Jail photo.
