Author Archives: Chuck Samples

An Alma man was killed after a crash in Wabaunsee County this past weekend. The Kansas Highway Patrol says an SUV driven by 59-year-old Danny Miller was westbound on Pavilion Road at some point in tim...

A Wellsville man was hospitalized following an injury accident on Interstate 35 late Monday morning. According to Lyon County Deputy Riley Jones, emergency crews were called to I-35 mile marker 134 so...

With political candidates at the state and federal levels starting to make more and more stops in Emporia, Lyon County Clerk and Election Officer Amie Jones is encouraging candidates to apply and resi...

Kansas 110th District Representative Ken Rahjes is going across Kansas highlighting his run for Kansas Secretary of State, and he stopped in Emporia on Friday. The most public part of the Secretary of...

Part of Emporia's South Avenue will see a better-than-month-long closure as part of the ongoing Southeast Transmission waterline project. South closes to westbound traffic Monday from East to Peyton a...

Bridge work begins near Melvern this week. The Kansas Department of Transportation says it plans to start Wednesday on a bridge deck replacement involving US Highway 75 over the Marais des Cygnes Rive...

Area residents had to contend with a windy, increasingly wintry day Sunday. Temperatures fell from the mid-60s around 2 am Sunday to the teens by 2 am Monday. Gusts, meanwhile were between 40 to over ...

One person was hurt after a motorcycle wreck in central Emporia on Saturday. Emporia Fire and Emporia Police responded to the crash near Second and Commercial at 4:20 pm. The motorcycle driver had app...

Fire activity areawide was minimal Saturday despite elevated fire danger. Shortly after 1 pm, Americus and Emporia firefighters responded to a small grass fire in the 200 block of Road 230, about 3 mi...

Emporia enjoyed the annual list of Saint Patrick's Day activities Saturday. With brilliant sunshine, the parade brought nearly 30 entries to downtown Emporia, while Town Royal served as the annual "bi...