Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Area businesses have been in hiring mode recently, hoping to onboard employees either already displaced or soon to be out of work after recent announcements by Holiday Resort and Tyson Foods. The late...

Emporia State University now has hundreds of new graduates after commencement activities Saturday. President Ken Hush has a sense of pride as the university's leader, coupled with his status as an alu...

The Salvation Army's annual holiday bell-ringing campaign got a significant boost from weekend activities. Bell-ringers were busy, especially at Bluestem Farm and Ranch Supply and Walmart -- where the...

Wreaths Across America saw a significant expansion between its first and second years. That expansion was evident as the ceremonial event went from laying wreaths for each military service branch last...

Little by little, county by county, the entire KVOE listening area is now in a dense fog advisory through the mid-morning hours Sunday. Initially, advisories were announced for Chase, Greenwood and Mo...

The Emporia-Lyon County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission has a busy meeting slate ahead Tuesday. At the forefront are two items connected to what could be a significant residential and commercial...

One person was hospitalized after the second crash into an Interstate 35 pond near Emporia this month. Saturday morning's crash happened shortly after 7:30 am near the I-35 East Sixth Avenue exit sout...

Thre won't be trial starting Monday in the vehicular murder case against Adonis Dailey. And it won't start in January, either. In fact, Dailey is now set for trial to begin March 10 in Lyon County Dis...

Formal charges are pending after a man allegedly fled from law enforcement in Emporia recently. Lyon County Undersheriff John Koelsch says the alleged incident in question happened shortly after 6 pm ...

The leadership path forward for the Emporia Recreation Commission will be among the lead items for the ERC board when it meets Monday. In separate but related items, the board will discuss hiring a ne...