Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Downtown Emporia is getting ready for a new business to have grand opening activities. Reality Check, an entertainment business, offering both virtual reality experiences and classic board games, is t...

Southeastern Wabaunsee County will see a road improvement project. The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved a bid of over $360,000 for County Road RS between Kansas Highway 4 and Harveyvil...

Progress is visible for Emporia's CCLIP highway restoration project. New pavement now covers most of Commercial Street from South Avenue north to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks. Mill...

One of the signs of the changing seasons is coming this weekend. Emporia's splash pad at Peter Pan Park will close Sunday. Temperatures will be in the 80 from Wednesday through the closing weekend. St...

Energize Lebo has done a lot of work in that category since it began over the past year, and the latest sign of that approach happened Sunday. The town's 138th annual birthday celebration featured a r...

Military service personnel past and present got a warm welcome throughout Saturday's Veterans Fall Festival in Allen, and organizer Robert Mason says that was by design. Saturday's activity list inclu...

Emporia Police officers are looking for a truck they say may well have been involved in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday evening. Sgt. Dominic Vortherms says a white Ford F150 allegedly hit a car, wit...

Court processes have started for one of two Oklahoma City residents arrested last week on suspicion of drug distribution in Morris County. Bryce Laray Smith, age 19, had his first appearance in Morris...

Jury trial is set for this month in a Lyon County attempted murder case. Travis Westcott faces a two-week trial starting Oct. 15. Westcott is facing over 20 counts in Lyon County District Court, rangi...

A special traffic enforcement effort begins Sunday across Kansas. The Lyon County Sheriff's Office is involved, along with Chase County and law enforcement agencies across the state, in a special seat...