Author Archives: Chuck Samples
EMPORIA STATE: Dismissals of 33 faculty and staff come when ESU Foundation is seeking funds so students can experience 'outstanding and supportive professors'
The full impact of dismissals at Emporia State University will be evident over the next few weeks, but the university has announced the number of affected employees. Director of Media Relations Gwen L...
Sep 16, 2022 Courtesy Diana Staresinic-Deane.
CareArc to offer Omicron-related booster shots next week; KDHE announces option for free at-home tests
CareArc is starting to distribute special COVID-19 booster vaccines starting Monday. The booster shots are targeted towards the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, which now account for at least 90 per...
Sep 16, 2022 Food and Drug Administration graphic.
Senator Roger Marshall announces mobile office hours in Emporia on Tuesday
In a way, US Senator Roger Marshall will have a presence in Emporia next week. Marshall has scheduled mobile office hours from 11 am to 1 pm Tuesday at the Trusler Business Center, 719 Commercial. Res...
Sep 16, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
State's plan for building out electric vehicle charging network gets nearly $40 million boost
The statewide plan to build out the electric vehicle charging network is getting almost $40 million from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program. This is a five-year program, acco...
Sep 16, 2022 Charge Up Kansas graphic.
Kansas Board of Regents approves unified appropriations request, including funds for three Emporia State programs
Three Emporia State ventures will receive funding if the Kansas Board of Regents' unified appropriations request is approved. Before ending their monthly meeting Thursday, the Regents approved over $2...
Sep 16, 2022 Kansas Board of Regents logo.
SOS, Child Advocacy Center, CASA to benefit from recent grant funding announcements
Emporia's SOS is receiving three significant grants for operations. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says SOS will receive almost $230,000 from the state's General Fund for Domestic Violence and Sexual Ass...
Sep 16, 2022 SOS Services Logo.
Lyon County deputies arrest four people, write 60 citations during You Drink, You Drive, You Lose
The Lyon County Sheriff's Office has announced the results of its involvement in the You Drink, You Drive, You Lose traffic enforcement effort. Lyon County Deputy Jody Meyers says deputies made four i...
Sep 16, 2022 KVOE News file photo
EMPORIA STATE: Chamber, Main Street looking short-term and long-term ways to help terminated staff
Emporia State is in the process of notifying certain faculty and staff their times at the university are coming to an end. ESU has not confirmed the total employee number or the number of personnel cu...
Sep 16, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
UPDATE: Cooking accident cited as cause of apartment fire in north Emporia
Emporia Fire says the cause of a fire inside of a northern Emporia apartment complex was deemed accidental. Fire crews were called to an apartment complex at 1100 Constitution just before 5:40 pm. Acc...
Sep 15, 2022 Several Lyon County fire departments were dispatched to a reported apartment fire at Emporia's 1101 Congress on Thursday. Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News.
Court proceeding schedules slightly different for suspects in Emporia Eastgate Plaza shooting case
Two defendants in an alleged shooting in southeast Emporia had their preliminary hearings delayed to next month during hearings this week. Shedrick Williams, 27, and Keno Hopkins, 21, were in court We...
Sep 15, 2022 Shedrick Williams and Keno Hopkins are accused of being involved in a shooting at Emporia's Eastgate Plaza apartment complex this past summer. KVOE News file photo.
