Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Relief efforts in full swing to help Admire family who lost home, possessions, pets in fire last week
Relief efforts are underway to help the family who lost their home and all their possessions in a north Lyon County fire last week. Fire severely damaged the home of Rosa Gunter and her two children a...
Jun 29, 2025 GoFundMe.com photo.
Bontrager Celebration of Life to take place at Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church
The Celebration of Life for Darrell and Terry Bontrager next month will take place at Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church in Emporia. The service will be held at 1 pm July 26 after the Bontragers were kille...
Jun 29, 2025 Terry and Darrell Bontrager. Mealtrain.com photo.
Thick travel expected for July 4 holiday period
This should be a busy week for travel. AAA expects over 72 million Americans traveling at least 50 miles for their Fourth of July activities this year -- and, yes, that would be a record mark for the ...
Jun 29, 2025 AAA graphic.
Defendant in Lyon County human smuggling, illegal dentistry case arrested after alleged pursuit
A man charged in connection with a human trafficking and illegal dentistry case in Lyon County is now in jail for another set of potential charges. Edwar Joharly Benavides Salgado, age 24 of Emporia, ...
Jun 29, 2025 Edwar Benavides-Salgado. Lyon County Jail photo.
Emporian sentenced to over 10 years in prison following fatal Johnson County wreck last year
An Emporia man will spend over a decade in prison following a fatal wreck in Johnson County over a year ago. Following the crash in May 2024, Jason Eli Brumley had pleaded guilty to one count of invol...
Jun 29, 2025 Jason Brumley. Kansas Department of Corrections.
Emporia Community Foundation announces Sadie Jones grant recipients
Several local nonprofit agencies are benefiting from the most recent donations through the Emporia Community Foundation's Sadie Jones Fund. The Community Foundation announced four grant recipients Fri...
Jun 29, 2025 The Baby Closet of Emporia was one of four recent recipients of Sadie Jones Fund grants. Emporia Community Foundation photo.
Hrabik convicted of attempted capital murder in Rice County case
A Lyon County jury says Adam Jay Hrabik is guilty of trying to kill a police officer over four years ago. The jury convicted Hrabik on single counts of attempted capital murder and aggravated assault,...
Jun 27, 2025 Adam Hrabik. Lyon County Jail photo.
Fireworks sales and discharge period begins
The tents are now open. Emporia's annual fireworks sales and discharge period started at 10 am and now goes through 10 pm July 5. Emporia Fire Marshal Stephen Beemer is urging people to take extra car...
Jun 27, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Concrete Street Repair Project begins next week
Concrete work is starting soon as part of a city of Emporia project. The city's annual Concrete Street Repair Project is designed to remove or rehab what the city calls deteriorated concrete. This wil...
Jun 27, 2025 City of Emporia logo.
USD 253 saying goodbye to longtime administrators, teachers, staffers
USD 253 Emporia is in a summer of change, especially at the top. Just at Mary Herbert Education Center, nearly 90 years of experience is packing up and heading out with the retirements of Superintende...
Jun 27, 2025 KVOE's June Showcase interview highlighted several longtime employees nearing retirement. From left: Jared Giffin, Kristin Oberle, Allison Anderson-Harder, Evelyn Cunningham, Judy Stanley, Jana Marstall and John Martin. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
