Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Blue-green algae warning up for Melvern Outlet River Pond
Part of Melvern Lake is under a blue-green algae warning. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Melvern Outlet River Pond moved from an algae watch to an algae warning Thursday. It...
Aug 21, 2022 Kansas Department of Health and Environment map.
Kansas Turnpike CEO updates cashless tolling process, projects
Cashless tolling is the wave of the future for drivers on the Kansas Turnpike, and Turnpike Authority CEO Steve Hewitt detailed the process, the reasons behind it and upcoming related adjustments on K...
Aug 19, 2022 Ground work is underway about five miles southwest of Emporia as the Kansas Turnpike Authority moves towards cashless tolling over the next two years. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Updates on coronavirus isolation, quarantine guidance highlighted on KVOE Morning Show
It appears COVID-19 numbers are trending lower nationwide. The latest weekly report from Lyon County Public Health bore that out locally, with 51 new cases -- barely half those reported Aug. 10. On KV...
Aug 19, 2022 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
First United Methodist Church school supplies organizer details annual effort for Emporia schoolchildren
Gathering school supplies for as many as 4,300 students takes a while -- and it's not cheap. First United Methodist Church continued its now-longstanding tradition of gathering and distributing virtua...
Aug 19, 2022 First United Methodist Church screenshot.
Marginal risk of severe weather for Friday afternoon, evening
Friday afternoon has a 50-50 chance of showers and storms for the afternoon and evening time periods. There is also a marginal risk of severe weather for both time periods. The National Weather Servic...
Aug 19, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
Moderate drought continues for Lyon County; severe drought covers most of Greenwood County
Moderate drought remains across most of the KVOE listening area, but severe drought is moving closer to Emporia. The latest update from the US Drought Monitor has moderate drought along and south of U...
Aug 18, 2022 US Drought Monitor graphic.
Move-in underway at Emporia State University
Emporia State University is welcoming students back to campus. Hornet Move-In activities are in full swing at Schallenkamp, Abigail Morse and the Towers Complex. Hornet Helpers returned to the equatio...
Aug 18, 2022
USD 253 superintendent: Hiring push, position adjustments, strong enrollment pauses concerns about William Allen White's future
As classes began districtwide for USD 253 Emporia this week, concerns about the future of William Allen White have been put on pause -- at least from the administrative standpoint. Superintendent Alli...
Aug 18, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Report of Neosho Rapids Elementary gas leak unfounded; students and staff move briefly to reunification point
Concerns about a possible gas leak at Neosho Rapids Elementary were ultimately unfounded, but students and staff went to a reunification point outside the school as a precautionary measure Thursday mo...
Aug 18, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Lenexa residents hurt after car goes airborne in I-35 construction zone crash near Emporia
Two Lenexa residents were hurt as part of a two-vehicle crash near the Lyon-Coffey county line Wednesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened between the Kansas Highway 130 junction and ...
Aug 18, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
