Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Air temperatures near -10 and wind chills approaching -25 aren't conducive to mechanical systems, but that's what area school districts had to contend with Tuesday morning. Emporia Public Schools had ...

The city of Emporia has released a statistics packet about its snow and ice removal efforts from Jan. 4-17. The city says it used almost 400 tons of salt at a cost of almost $41,000. It also had almos...

Emporia set an unofficial record early Tuesday. Air temperatures dipped to -8 shortly after sunrise Tuesday and were below zero starting around midnight. The -8 broke the prior unofficial record of -3...

Tuesday's light snowfall apparently contributed to an injury crash southwest of Emporia. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 18-year-old Sabrina Mitchell of Shawnee was northbound on the Kansas Turnpike wh...

The Osage County Sheriff's Office says an Overland Park man died in a boating accident this past weekend. Sheriff Chris Wells says 28-year-old Justin T Steinman was duck hunting when the accident happ...

Promising an era of success for America, Donald Trump says he has broad support to take the country in a different direction than his predecessor, Joe Biden. Trump says it's "time to act with courage,...

Jury trial is now on the docket in a Lyon County identity theft and conspiracy case. Demetrius Odom, age 30 of Decader, Georgia, was set for potential trial start dates of Feb. 18, March 3 or March 31...

Probation is the sentence after a plea agreement in a Lyon County attempted exploitation case. Adam Chestnut had pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of at least one child...

Residents are encouraged to attend Beacon for Hope Suicide Prevention's fourth annual Unmasking Suicide Masquerade Ball this upcoming Saturday. As has been the case throughout the event's brief histor...

Emporia Main Street is asking residents to set aside 10 minutes of their time to fill out a survey designed to make downtown Emporia even more accessible and attractive. The survey asks a range of que...