Author Archives: Chuck Samples
ESU's CyROC donates computers to Emporia Senior Center
Thanks to a new partnership, the Emporia Senior Center has a pair of new computers to help residents learn the basics about computer operations and the hazards of cyber crime. The computers come to th...
Oct 20, 2024 Residents using the Emporia Senior Center now can do basic computer functions as part of a donation through Emporia State University's Cybersecurity Research + Outreach Center. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Controlled burn leads to tree fire near Olpe
Plans for a trash burn near Olpe changed quickly after the fire went out of control Sunday. Olpe and Lyon County District 4, Emporia's rural fire unit, responded to 847 Road M -- about four miles nort...
Oct 20, 2024 Google Maps image.
Hearings Friday for Emporia State professors initially fired during Framework for Workforce Management early stages
Hearings are coming in Lyon County District Court this week for several Emporia State University professors initially terminated as part of the university's reinvestment process two years ago. Michael...
Oct 20, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Rec Commission board to discuss facility needs study, separation agreement for McEvoy at Monday meeting
This is a time of change for the Emporia Recreation Commission, and two different tracks of change will be discussed at the commission's monthly board meeting Monday. The most well-publicized change, ...
Oct 20, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Pimple: Lease extension between Newman Regional Health, Stormont Vail nearly finalized
Talks about a lease extension for Stormont Vail's Cotton O'Neil Clinic inside Newman Regional Health appear to be nearing the end. This week, Stormont Vail said it had reached an agreement on an amend...
Oct 18, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Gardner-Lagg arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to distribute drugs shortly after prelim delayed in separate case
Anissa Gardner-Lagg was the subject of a hearing in Lyon County District Court on Wednesday as part of an aggravated child endangerment and low-level drug distribution case. Now she is back in jail af...
Oct 18, 2024 Anissa Gardner-Lagg. Lyon County Jail photo.
Moderate drought pushes close to Emporia
Drought is deepening, and it's now on Emporia's doorstep. The latest update from the US Drought Monitor has moderate drought, the second level of drought on its five-point scale, across the north half...
Oct 18, 2024 US Drought Monitor graphic.
Haunted houses coming soon to Cottonwood Falls, Neosho Rapids
Halloween is fast approaching. If haunted houses are your thing, you have two good options near Emporia, including the 32nd haunted house at Neosho Rapids. Organizer Tom Riley says there is a definite...
Oct 18, 2024 Wave.video graphic.
Interactive Health Fest coming Saturday
Flinthills Mall will be busy for the annual Interactive Health Fest on Saturday. Organizer and Emporia State Health and Human Performance Professor Dr. Jennifer Thomas encourages the community to take...
Oct 18, 2024 Healthier Lyon County graphic.
Fire danger slides from extreme Thursday to very high Friday
The fire danger for Lyon and surrounding counties isn't extreme Friday, but it's still very high. High temperatures in the mid-70s will combine with southerly wind gusts as high as 35 mph and relative...
Oct 18, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
