Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Cowan claims The Cut title at FHTC
The Cut was another rousing success at Flint Hills Technical College on Thursday night. In part, The Cut features a quartet of Culinary Arts students creating food dishes using a mystery basket of ite...
Oct 11, 2024 Jaxson Cowan won The Cut on Thursday and also picked up a $250 scholarship from Hometown Pie Company. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Aurora returns to KVOE listening area Thursday night
A geomagnetic storm on the sun led to quite the visual display on Earth on Thursday night. The geomagnetic storm led to widespread reports of aurora borealis across the northern half of the country, i...
Oct 11, 2024 The aurora shone brilliantly Thursday night across the KVOE listening area, including this photo from Melvern Lake. Brian Keith.
Lyon County deputies working to identify pedestrian killed in Tuesday train incident
Now three days after a fatal train-pedestrian incident northeast of Emporia, Lyon County deputies are still trying to determine the victim's identity. According to Deputy Brandon Early, Amtrak officia...
Oct 11, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CANDIDATE FORUM: Schreiber, McGuire return for second straight election cycle
KVOE News began its Candidate Forum slate of on-air interviews with a look at the Kansas House 60th District. Democrat Mic McGuire and Republican incumbent Mark Schreiber are facing off for the second...
Oct 11, 2024 Mark Schreiber (left), Mic McGuire. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Fiber project leads to gas leak near Flint Hills Wildlife Refuge office
Hartford-Neosho Rapids fire crews and Kansas Gas handled a gas leak near Hartford on Thursday. The incident was reported around 11:45 am. Hartford-Neosho Rapids Fire Chief Greg Zumbrunn says the initi...
Oct 10, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Decision on trial start date ahead in Lyon County vehicular murder case
A decision on potential trial start dates in a Lyon County vehicular murder case could be reached next month. Adonis Dailey has a status hearing Nov. 20 after a motion hearing Wednesday in Lyon County...
Oct 10, 2024 Adonis Dailey. Kansas Department of Corrections photo.
Lyon County attempted murder trial set to begin Tuesday
Jury trial is set to begin Tuesday in a Lyon County attempted murder case. Judge Laura Miser approved a trial start date of Tuesday as part of a status hearing Wednesday. Trial could last through Oct....
Oct 10, 2024 Travis Westcott. Lyon County Jail photo.
Attorney General-prosecuted retail conspiracy case moves towards preliminary hearing in Lyon County District Court
A preliminary hearing is next in a Lyon County conspiracy case being prosecuted directly by the Kansas Attorney General's Office. The prelim Oct. 21 in the case against Georgia resident Demetrius Odom...
Oct 10, 2024 Demetrius Odom. Lyon County Jail photo.
ESU holds annual Marching Festival
Emporia State University welcomed a host of high school bands from across Kansas to campus for its annual Marching Festival on Wednesday. Emporia High received an Excellent rating for its show, "The G...
Oct 10, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Fire Prevention Week focuses on benefits of smoke detectors
Fire Prevention Week is coming to a close. On KVOE's Morning Show this week, Emporia Fire Marshal Reason Bradford urged residents to have several smoke detectors sprinkled through their house. With sm...
Oct 10, 2024 National Fire Prevention Association graphic.
