Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Valley Falls man suffers minor injuries after wreck in northwest Lyon County
Minor injuries followed a crash in northern Lyon County on Wednesday evening. Lyon County Deputy Tom Hardin says authorities and emergency responders were dispatched to the 400 block of US Highway 56,...
Aug 08, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
NWS Topeka radio transmitters back online after communications or hardware failure
Issues have been resolved for the quartet of radio transmitters that went offline for the National Weather Service Topeka coverage area Wednesday. The Halls Summit transmitter, which serves Lyon, Coff...
Aug 08, 2024 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration logo.
Widespread rain falling Thursday morning
Moderate and occasionally heavy rain has fallen on much of the KVOE listening area. Showers and embedded storms began affecting the area before 4 am. Totals so far: *KVOE studios: 1.05 inches *Emporia...
Aug 08, 2024 A car moves past recent construction work at 12th and C of E Drive during Thursday morning's rainfall. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Rec Center Steering Committee announces pop-up public meetings Tuesday at Fairgrounds, several Emporia schools
Public input has been a hallmark of the approach towards a new public recreation center in Emporia, both before and after the formation of a steering committee earlier this year to lead the work. That...
Aug 07, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Competency evaluation set in Lyon County aggravated assault case
Court proceedings in a Lyon County aggravated assault case are on hold, at least for now. On Tuesday, Judge Lee Fowler granted a defense motion for a competency evaluation in the case against Curtis D...
Aug 07, 2024 Curtis Heitfield. Lyon County Jail photo.
Halls Summit transmitter among four NWS Topeka locations currently offline
It's a good thing no severe weather is expected the next few days, at least to some degree because four of the National Weather Service Topeka office's five weather radio transmitters are offline. The...
Aug 07, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
Weda Skirts, Good Way Gardens founding member Dawson receives Mid-America Arts Alliance fellowship grant
An Emporia-based musician and sustainable living advocate has received a special fellowship designed to "ignite social change." Elexa Dawson was one of 16 artists awarded a $25,000 fellowship through ...
Aug 07, 2024 Elexa Dawson. Courtesy Mid-America Arts Alliance.
Lyon County prosecutor: Stage set for cocaine, fentanyl distribution case to go federal
The drug distribution case against an Oklahoma woman arrested last month in Lyon County may well go federal. Preanna Caprice Smith, a resident of Tulsa, had been charged with distributing fentanyl and...
Aug 06, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Conversations ongoing between Newman Regional Health and Stormont-Vail about possible surgical facility
As conversations continue about medical facilities in Emporia, Newman Regional Health CEO Cathy Pimple says her hospital and Stormont-Vail have a shared vision for serving the area. The devil is in th...
Aug 06, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
Second restaurant closes in Madison
A second restaurant has closed in Madison. Harry C's Gasoline Alley had gone from daily operations to opening Friday and Saturday evenings late last month. After a short evaluation following last week...
Aug 06, 2024 Harry C's Gasoline Alley graphic.
