Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Flint Hills Technical College celebrated local and area childcare providers with its second annual Childcare Summit recently. Program Director and Early Childhood Education Instructor Nancy Robinson s...

Showers and storms caused several issues but not much in the way of confirmed severe weather Sunday evening. A broken line of storms dropped heavy rain across parts of Lyon County -- over an inch of r...

Commencement exercises are taking place Sunday for Emporia High graduates. Saying each class is unique, Principal Dathan Fischer says this is a senior class that leads by example. Nearly 320 students ...

A borderline moderate earthquake near Herington was felt near Emporia on Thursday. The magnitude 3.6 quake developed shortly after 3:30 pm about 3 miles north-northwest of Herington. The US Geological...

Several people have indicated interest for Kansas governor, but the first official filing came this week. Doug Billings, a conservative Republican, says he is focusing his campaign on government effic...

An enhanced severe weather risk remains in place for the entire KVOE listening area to close out the upcoming weekend and with more storms possible to start the upcoming work week. The National Weathe...

The deadline has come and gone. The exemption has not been issued. As a result, certain areas around Council Grove Reservoir are now closed or with extremely limited access until further notice. In a ...

Emporia State's work towards affordability and post-education success has been duly noted and officially recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council ...

Delayed several times, jury trial is tentatively set next week for an Emporia man accused in Sedgwick County of child rape. John Robert Burton is tentatively set for trial to begin Monday in Wichita. ...

Earlier this week, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly updated the state's drought alert map, elevating Lyon, Chase and Greenwood counties from drought watch to drought warning. There were no changes to the U...