Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Periodic reports are highlights of the Lyon County Commission action meeting Thursday. CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness administrators will present the agency's annual report early in the meeting, w...

Showers and storms were isolated to scattered across the KVOE listening area Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Areas near Emporia got the heaviest rainfall, based on radar trends. *KVOE studios: 0...

A downtown Emporia project has qualified for a Community Development Block Grant. The Kansas Department of Commerce is officially giving $300,000 to Lyon County, according to its news release, but the...

When you're in the minority in a legislative body like the Kansas Statehouse, how do you expand your numbers? It is a question Democrats have been grappling with for several years, including this year...

Laps 4 Landon went out with a bang Tuesday night. The fundraiser "aged out" as the event's namesake, Landon Dody, prepares to exit high school and attend Kansas State University this upcoming fall. As...

A Gridley teenager suffered potentially serious injuries as part of a crash near Olpe on Tuesday. Lyon County deputies, Olpe Fire and Emporia EMS were dispatched to the 1500 block of Road 75, about fi...

Six years ago, members of VFW Post 1980 considered selling the building at 932 Graphic Arts to offset financial woes dating back to 2014. That conversation ended with the building still under post con...

A reported bridge fire destroyed a small culvert in north Lyon County on Tuesday. Allen-Admire, Americus and Miller fire crews were initially called to the fire scene near the intersection of Roads 37...

Lawmakers representing Lyon County say there is work ahead to stabilize budgets over the next four to five years after the latest revisions by the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group. 17th District Sen...

One man facing charges of flee and elude and aggravated battery, among others, will return to Lyon County District Court next month. Following a preliminary hearing Monday, Cristian Jesus Lopez was se...