Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Hefty increase in Labor Day weekend traffic expected as gas prices slide below $3 per gallon
A lot of travelers are expected for the Labor Day weekend. Kansas AAA Public and Government Affairs Manager Shawn Steward expects a significant bump in travel nationwide. Gas prices are now running be...
Aug 27, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News
Q&A With Trey public meeting coming Wednesday evening
Q&A With Trey isn't just for KVOE's airwaves. Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking will headline a public meeting with city staff on Wednesday. The meeting will be at 7 pm at the White Auditorium Little ...
Aug 27, 2024 Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Lyon County Extension welcomes new 4-H agent
Lyon County Extension has a 4-H agent. Rhett Newby officially began his duties at Extension last week. He will be responsible for developing and delivering educational programs for schoolkids, includi...
Aug 27, 2024 K-State Research and Extension logo.
Chest Bumps for Charity designed to benefit Beacon for Hope Suicide Prevention
A new fundraiser is benefiting Beacon for Hope Suicide Prevention. The fundraiser, Chest Bumps for Charity, reflects a three-year tradition where Emporia State football sideline reporter Tagan Trahoon...
Aug 27, 2024 Courtesy photo.
Fireworks-related damage at Las Casitas Park bathroom under investigation
Emporia Police are investigating after a case of unauthorized fireworks use in Emporia on Monday night. Emporia Fire Capt. Willie Ward says firefighters responded to Las Casitas Park around 7 pm and f...
Aug 27, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
WEATHER: Sticky Tuesday ahead, along with marginal severe weather risk
Another hot, sticky day is ahead for the KVOE listening area. Following an air temperature of 97 and peak heat index of 104 Monday, air temperatures will climb to the mid-90s with heat index readings ...
Aug 27, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
Emporia Police: Driver lost consciousness after medical emergency before crashing into apartment building
Emporia Police officers say a man lost consciousness while driving early Tuesday, leading to a crash into an apartment building. Officers and Emporia Fire/EMS were dispatched to 12th and Highland arou...
Aug 27, 2024 A central air unit was destroyed, as well as a window and part of a wall, after a vehicle crashed into an apartment building early Tuesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Shooting late Saturday night in Emporia under investigation
Emporia Police are investigating a shooting from late Saturday night. Police Capt. Ray Mattas says there was a report of shots being fired at a home at an unspecified address in central Emporia. Offic...
Aug 26, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Plea, trial status hearings coming this week in Lyon County vehicular murder case
Two hearings are coming for Travis Duane Edwards as his vehicular murder case approaches a scheduled jury trial beginning next week. Edwards has a plea hearing at 2:30 pm Tuesday before Judge Laura Mi...
Aug 26, 2024 Travis Edwards. Lyon County Jail photo.
Status hearing ahead in Coffey County child rape case
A status hearing is coming next month in Coffey County for a man accused of rape. Mason Keith Neff, age 18, has a status conference Sept. 19 in front of Judge Taylor Wine. Neff faces single counts of ...
Aug 26, 2024 Clipart Library graphic.
