Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Health officials closely watching spread of measles
Measles hasn't affected the KVOE listening area, but health officials continue to watch its spread. On KVOE's Morning Show on Thursday, Lyon County Health Officer Dr Ladun Oyenuga said measles is cont...
May 15, 2025 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo.
Busy weekend ahead for graduations
It's a busy weekend for high school seniors across the KVOE listening area. Several districts have already held their commencement events, but the majority of districts have their graduations Saturday...
May 15, 2025 Wave.video graphic
Lyon County kidnapping, indecent liberties, burglary case moving towards trial
Jury trial is still tentatively set for this summer in a Lyon County criminal case involving charges of kidnapping, indecent liberties, aggravated burglary and other offenses. A motion hearing Wednesd...
May 15, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Trial tentatively set for Monday in Sedgwick County child rape case involving Emporia defendant
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. ...
May 15, 2025 Sedgwick County photo.
Plea agreement reached in low-level drug distribution case
A man initially accused in Lyon County District Court with distributing a small amount of methamphetamine and other drug-related crimes has reached a plea agreement on lesser charges. Ivan Guzman had ...
May 15, 2025
Interference with law enforcement charge follows foot chase in Council Grove
A Council Grove man remains under arrest after what Police Chief Shawn Wangerin calls a short foot chase a week ago. Wangerin says officers noted a person in the 200 block of Market who had an arrest ...
May 15, 2025 Council Grove Police Department photo.
Trio of Emporians charged with illegally practicing dentistry; Sandoval-Flores also accused of human smuggling and identity theft
Court proceedings are underway against three Emporians accused of illegally practicing dentistry. Iris Sandoval-Flores, age 51, has been formally charged with one count of unlicensed practice of denti...
May 14, 2025 (From left) Iris Sandoval-Flores, Rigoberto Sandoval, Ana Figueroa. Lyon County Jail photos.
Wichita man found not guilty of vehicular murder, flee and elude during Lyon County trial
A Lyon County jury has found a Wichita man guilty of speeding, but not of much more serious crimes after a law enforcement pursuit and a fatal crash in Lyon County over two years ago. The jury found A...
May 14, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Major repairs coming soon to KTA northbound bridge near Emporia tollgate after damaging wreck April 18
Understandably, there is a lot of work ahead to restore the northbound Kansas Turnpike Authority bridge over US Highway 50 to full strength after an incident just west of Emporia on April 18. During K...
May 14, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
No transports noted after reported injury crashes near Olpe, north of Emporia
Law enforcement and first responders have been busy responding to reported injury wrecks Wednesday morning. Kansas Highway Patrol troopers, Lyon County deputies and Emporia Fire/EMS crews first respon...
May 14, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
