Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Thunderstorm activity Thursday morning may be isolated to scattered in nature. Some north of Emporia may be severe, but the chances of that activity are low. The National Weather Service has set up a ...

From this point forward, the old school building in Cottonwood Falls will be known as the Chase County Community Center and the Cottonwood Lofts apartment building. Nearly 100 people gathered at the s...

The three-day grace period for counting advance mail ballots ends after the current election cycle. The Kansas House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to override Governor Laura Kelly's veto of Senate B...

Emporia State University's School of Applied Health Sciences now has its first permanent leader. The university has announced the hire of Nicole Webb, who has been working in medical and/or educationa...

Two people declined ambulance trips to hospitals after a reported injury crash in north Emporia on Tuesady. Emporia Fire, Emporia Police and the Kansas Highway Patrol were all dispatched to the 1800 b...

Greenwood County authorities and other law enforcement agencies are still looking for a man now missing for well over two years. Kansas Missing and Unsolved says Brandon Shane Smith went missing from ...

Reward money continues to swell in the case of a horse shot dead in Wabaunsee County earlier this month. The Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office initially had a combined reward of nearly $2,500 after th...

A preliminary hearing in a Lyon County aggravated burglary case has been rescheduled. Trevor Burton, age 28 of Emporia, was originally set for a prelim Monday, but that was continued to June 4 with de...

With the overall timetable getting delayed, an information meeting on Emporia's Southeast Transmission Waterline Project has been canceled. Residents had been advised of a meeting Wednesday evening at...

Could the Farm Bill finally be updated? US Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas is expressing hope there could well be a new bill by August. He tells Brownfield Ag News there are two possible starting points...