Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Lyon County Planning Board recommends approval of hospital-related zoning text changes
The Lyon County Planning and Appeals Board has recommended changes to the county's zoning text when it comes to licensed medical facilities. Board members voted unanimously to remove references to hos...
Dec 12, 2024 Members of the Lyon County Planning and Appeals Board (top) discuss proposed zoning code text changes regarding hospitals and licensed medical facilities during Wednesday night's meeting. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
One Lyon County mistreatment case continued, another moves to sentencing
Two unrelated adult mistreatment cases are working through Lyon County District Court. The case against Jacob Lee Leiszler saw a delay in a preliminary hearing from Wednesday to Jan. 22 after prosecut...
Dec 12, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Baza-Morales pleads no contest in case originally starting with attempted aggravated kidnapping, other counts
There is a plea instead of a trial in the case of an Emporia man originally accused of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, attempted aggravated kidnapping and other counts in Lyon County District ...
Dec 12, 2024 Juan Baza-Morales. Lyon County Jail photo.
TYSON/HOLIDAY RESORT: FHTC waiving enrollment fees for displaced workers
Flint Hills Technical College is waiving enrollment fees for workers displaced by upcoming closures at both Holiday Resort and Tyson Foods. Given the circumstances, the move was a simple one to take, ...
Dec 12, 2024 Flint Hills Technical College website photo.
Counterfeit, shopping scam efforts increasing locally
The holidays are supposed to be a festive time, but they can also be frustrating for local businesses. The holidays are a time when counterfeiting activities ramp up, and Emporia Main Street Executive...
Dec 12, 2024 US Secret Service photo.
Night 1 of Seasonal Celebration fills White Auditorium
White Auditorium was full of people -- and the holiday spirit -- for the Emporia School District's 89th annual Seasonal Celebration. The final night of the Seasonal Celebration is Thursday night, with...
Dec 12, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
TYSON/HOLIDAY RESORT: Plans announced for benefits, jobs, resource events
Plans are now in place at the local level to help the workers being displaced by the Holiday Resort and Tyson Foods closures announced earlier this week. A Rapid Response and Kansas Department of Labo...
Dec 11, 2024 KVOE News graphic.
Four people hurt in Greenwood County wreck
Four people were hospitalized after a three-vehicle wreck in southern Greenwood County on Tuesday evening. The Kansas Highway Patrol began responding to the wreck at US Highway 400 and Kansas Highway ...
Dec 11, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Lyon County identity theft, conspiracy case moves to pretrial stage next month
Pretrial and arraignment is coming early next year for a Georgia man charged in Lyon County with conspiracy and other charges. Following a preliminary hearing Tuesday, Demetrius Lamont Odom will have ...
Dec 11, 2024 Demetrius Odom. Lyon County Jail photo.
600 block of Congress remains closed after two water main breaks, joint leak Tuesday
Part of an Emporia street was blocked Tuesday night due to a broken water main. The street won't reopen until later Wednesday. Underground Utilities crews were alerted about a break in the 600 block o...
Dec 11, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
