Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Emporia State University is planning to update students on the policies and procedures associated with President Joe Biden's announcement Wednesday to forgive or pause student loan debt. However; it's...

Part of Emporia's Weaver Street will be closed early next month for a relatively short-term project. City Communications Manager Christine Johnson says the closure will let Evergy replace a broken uti...

COVID-19 numbers are trending up again in Lyon County. On Wednesday, Lyon County Public Health announced 86 new cases since Aug. 17. That's up from 51 cases announced a week ago. It's also comparable ...

Lyon County deputies are in the early stages of their annual traffic enforcement effort leading up to and through the Labor Day weekend. The "You Drink, You Drive, You Lose" campaign involves deputies...

Sentencing is ahead for a Colorado man who pleaded no contest to a felony count of flee and elude after a chase in Lyon and Chase counties earlier this year. Cody Bauer accepted a plea agreement last ...

One man accused of leading Emporia Police on a chase in the city limits this past spring has a preliminary hearing in Lyon County District Court on Thursday. Vontrez Williams will be in court at 2 pm....

Applications for concealed carry licenses dropped from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says there were over 4,500 new applications for the fiscal year that ended June...

Budgetary matters, contracts and other updates are ahead for the Lyon County Commission on Thursday. Commissioners have their weekly action meeting beginning at 9 am. As part of that meeting, commissi...

How to handle disruptive patients was a key talking point at the CareArc Board of Directors meeting Tuesday Risk Manager Neil Dean says CareArc management realizes some patients may not have anywhere ...

The Emporia Police Department continues its investigation into allegations of misconduct by at least one and possibly several members of the Emporia High football team. USD 253 Communications Director...