Author Archives: Chuck Samples

The next Lyon County Commission meeting will largely be spent behind closed doors. Commissioners have three executive sessions planned, one each for confidential third-party data, non-elected personne...

Flint Hills Technical College is moving forward with its Precision Agriculture facility while making short-term adjustments for its Commercial Driver's License program. The college's Board of Trustees...

US Senator Roger Marshall says his plan for healthcare will "let patients become consumers again." The Kansas senator unveiled details of his Marshall Plan on Tuesday, saying key components are elimin...

Two people were hurt and hospitalized after a crash on the Kansas Turnpike near the Lyon-Chase county line early Tuesday. The crash happened at mile marker 116.1, about three miles southwest of the co...

With an eye towards public transparency, the city of Emporia has developed its first-ever Annual Budget Book. The city says the resource, available online at emporiaks.gov/budget, is designed to be bo...

The US Department of Agriculture is providing $12 billion to ag producers as part of a significant relief package announced Monday. The USDA says there will be one-time "bridge payments" to offset tem...

Plans aren't being divulged, but the former home of L&L Pets has a new owner. Re/MAX Ek Real Estate agent Carlos Garate tells KVOE News the owners are remaining anonymous at this time. Garate also say...

Emporia Police officers say a teenager missing since late Monday morning was found. Officers have given no additional information on the discovery of 17-year-old Alicia Ybarra. 7 pm Monday: Emporia Po...

The nearly 2,400 wreaths being used to decorate veteran gravesites at Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery for Emporia's Wreaths Across America ceremony this upcoming weekend are now in town. A semi deliv...

Emporia's newest hotel is planning to open before Christmas. Fairfield by Marriott at 3010 Eaglecrest is set for a Dec. 23 grand opening event, according to General Manager Paul Oltmanns. Nearly 90 ho...