Author Archives: Chuck Samples
WEATHER: Dense fog advisory in place until 10 am
Thick fog has blanketed the KVOE listening area. As a result, the National Weather Service has a dense fog advisory posted for all area counties until 10 am. Visibility has been anywhere from a third ...
Dec 09, 2024 Newman Regional Health's LifeSave helicopter stands in front of a foggy Newman Regional Health early Monday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Federal drug distribution case ongoing against man held in Chase County Jail
A man currently being held in the Chase County Jail on drug distribution and conspiracy charges will return to federal court in two months. Seferino Carrillo had a pretrial hearing Thursday in Topeka....
Dec 08, 2024 Seferino Carrillo. Chase County Jail photo.
Sentencing delayed in Lyon County vehicular manslaughter case
Sentencing has been delayed for a Marysville man who pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery after a fatal crash near Emporia over 18 months ago. Travis Edwards was suppo...
Dec 08, 2024 Travis Edwards. Lyon County Jail photo.
Pretrial coming in January as part of November chase case in Lyon County District Court
A man who allegedly led a law enforcement pursuit in parts of Lyon County last month will have a pretrial hearing next month. Ovie LaFrance Duncan III had a preliminary hearing Thursday and was set fo...
Dec 08, 2024 Ovie Duncan. Lyon County Jail photo.
Madison Golf Club cart found near Gridley Lake
After Madison Golf Club and Greenwood County deputies requested information about a stolen golf cart from late last month, the golf club says it has been found -- nowhere near the facility. The allege...
Dec 08, 2024 Greenwood County Sheriff's Office photos.
Local leaders update residents on Tyson, Holiday Resort situations; HUD says Emporia skilled nursing facility loan was in default 'for some time'
Officials at the local and state levels updated area residents on the processes in play for Tyson Foods and Holiday Resort as part of Friday's Talk of Emporia. KVOE News had several guests on the prog...
Dec 06, 2024 Mike Argabright (from left), Mark Schreiber, Jeff Longbine and Rollie Martin updated KVOE listeners on the behind-the-scenes conversations revolving around Tyson's upcoming closure and Holiday Resort's status during KVOE's Talk of Emporia on Friday. Jim Witt joined the program by phone. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Emporia Fire handles two small structure fires, reported injury crash Thursday
Emporia Fire was busy Thursday, dealing with two small structure fires and a reported injury crash. Firefighters first went to a trailer home fire in the 1000 block of Road 135, between Emporia and Ol...
Dec 06, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Fire investigation continues after destructive Olpe house fire
Work continues to determine the cause of Saturday night's fire that destroyed a home in Olpe. Office of the State Fire Marshal Public Information Manager Lance Feyh tells KVOE News the "extensive dest...
Dec 06, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Greenwood County deputies announce reward after theft of golf cart from Madison Golf Club
Greenwood County deputies are asking the person or people who took a golf cart from Madison Golf Club to return the vehicle. It is also asking people who know about the incident to step forward. The S...
Dec 06, 2024 Greenwood County Sheriff's Office photos.
PETA makes pitch for Emporia's Tyson plant
The upcoming closure of Tyson Foods has drawn the interest of an international organization. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, says it wants to lease the nearly-330,000-square-foot...
Dec 06, 2024 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals logo.
