Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Country Mart has reopened. The grocery store in downtown Emporia had been closed since Saturday after a roof support pole "flexed" near the checkstand entrance last week, the result of around 8 inches...

The Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce has announced its second award winner for the year. SOS Assistant Director Kathryn Wilkerson was honored as Volunteer of the Year during a surprise gathering at an...

Emporia Main Street's inclusion in the K-State 105 Entrepreneurial Blueprint Initiative's first cohort of partners keeps the Fabrication Lab on its current trajectory while giving it the technology to...

A preliminary hearing for an Emporia man accused of killing two Emporia women in Colorado nearly 18 months ago is now coming later this year. Phillip Lieurance is set for a hearing March 3 in Kiowa Co...

Jury trial is still on trial for March in a vehicular murder case working through Lyon County District Court. There were no schedule changes in the docket following a bond revocation hearing in the ca...

Country Mart's plan to reopen after weather-related structural issues this past weekend is delayed slightly, but Good's Cash Saver owner Matt Good says the store will resume serving the public this we...

The Kansas Highway Patrol says there has been some progress as troopers investigate an alleged hit-and-run incident on the Kansas Turnpike from this past weekend. Troopers say the driver of a semi tha...

Investigations continue in Chase County after a pair of destructive fires over the last week near Cedar Point, including one that killed several birds. Chase County Sheriff Jacob Welsh says fire devel...

Court dates are pending, but formal charges have been filed after an alleged robbery and chase incident in Lyon County from almost a month ago. Documents from the Kansas District Court Public Access P...

January means tax time in a lot of circles, and special help is coming for local and area residents, courtesy the Emporia Senior Center and AARP. Local organizer Sally Conard says this is a vital serv...