Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Reading City Council incumbent files for re-election
Election filings continue. Reading City Council incumbent Heather Jones has filed for re-election. She is the first candidate to file for that board. The 2025 election cycle involves positions like Ci...
Mar 20, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Kansas voters to decide whether to put Supreme Court justices on ballot for initial term
Kansas voters will have a say in whether the mechanism used to pick the state's Supreme Court justices will change. After the Kansas Senate approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 1611 earlier in the se...
Mar 20, 2025 Wave.video graphic.
Trump set to sign executive order designed to end US Department of Education
Reactions from local and area school boards, as well as state agencies like the Kansas State Department of Education and Kansas Association of School Boards, are pending as President Trump appears set...
Mar 20, 2025 US Department of Education logo.
Minimal issues with Wednesday's high-wind, light snow event
Wednesday was indeed a windy day, but thankfully concerns about power outages and other related concerns didn't fully manifest themselves. Wind gusts were above 50 mph before sunrise and between 40-50...
Mar 20, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Barricade Boys appearance, Beacon for Hope darts tournament among Saturday events
Saturday evening will be busy in Emporia. Barricade Boys are coming to the Emporia Granada Theatre, bringing their Broadway Party to town as part of the Emporia Arts Council's Performing Arts Series. ...
Mar 20, 2025 Canva graphic.
Fourth annual Show of Hands pitch contest coming next week
Emporia Main Street's annual Show of Hands pitch contest is coming soon. This is the fourth year for Show of Hands, which is coming March 27 at 5:30 pm. Tickets are $10 each. Main Street Director Case...
Mar 19, 2025 Show of Hands logo.
Emporia Stronger Job Fair set for April 8
Residents in need of jobs can attend a special job fair next month. Southeast KansasWORKS and Emporia Spanish Speakers are working together to organize the Emporia Stronger Job Fair on April 8. Southe...
Mar 19, 2025 Southeast KansasWORKS, Emporia Spanish Speakers graphic.
WEATHER: High wind warnings continue for entire KVOE listening area with snowfall now underway
Rainy conditions have now transitioned to snowfall across the KVOE listening area. Snowfall began just before 5 pm following light rainfall through much of the day which transitioned to a rain-snow mi...
Mar 19, 2025 National Weather Service graphic.
Stormont Vail zoning item, Fremont Park bandstand agreement ahead for Emporia City Commission
There may be a step forward towards a new medical facility in Emporia as part of Wednesday's City Commission meeting, but bigger steps are coming later. City commissioners may take action on an ordina...
Mar 19, 2025 City of Emporia map.
City of Emporia crews patching plethora of potholes
It's a bumper crop of bumps as you travel across Emporia. And with good reason. Lingering effects, especially from the early-January snow and ice event and an active freeze-thaw cycle afterward, have ...
Mar 19, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
