Author Archives: Chuck Samples
2022 Flint Hills Beef Fest beginning Friday
Beef Fest is ready to launch this weekend with several activities for the community. Beef Fest committee member Scott Case says activities will run from Friday to Sunday. This year the public will be ...
Aug 17, 2022 Flint Hills Beef Fest Logo
Welsh plans conversations with Chase County residents, law enforcement staff after recent appointment as sheriff
Lyon County Detective Sergeant Jacob Welsh is taking on new duties in a different department soon. Welsh has been appointed as Chase County's new sheriff, following the announcement current sheriff Ri...
Aug 17, 2022 Jacob Welsh. Lyon County Sheriff's Office photo.
Emporia State welcoming students to campus this week
The buzz is building at Emporia State University. Students begin officially moving into their new dorm spaces Thursday, and Director of Residential Life Administration Cass Coughlin is ready. He says ...
Aug 17, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Lyon County Commission to discuss Americus Road construction project, appraisal reports, public relations manager position
Lyon County commissioners have a busy meeting ahead Thursday. Commissioners will discuss the 2022 compliance report and the 2021 ratio study report from Lyon County Appraiser Ryan Janzen before possib...
Aug 17, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
USD 253 Emporia launching into new school year
Classes officially begin Wednesday for USD 253 Emporia, and KVOE listeners got a sneak peek at the upcoming school year on the monthly Emporia Showcase with Superintendent Allison Anderson-Harder on T...
Aug 17, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Planning Commission members unhappy with City Commission decision to review zoning regulations
Earlier this month, the Emporia City Commission decided to have an outside law firm review the city's zoning regulations, which have been in a creation, adaptation and review process the past three ye...
Aug 17, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Gas prices are higher here than they are in central, south-central Kansas, but they could be worse
Gas prices across the KVOE listening area are well above those in central and south-central Kansas. Why? Kansas AAA Vice President of Governmental Relations Shawn Steward says there are a few potentia...
Aug 16, 2022 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
School safety items dominate USD 252 school board meeting
The USD 252 Southern Lyon County Board of Education spent a lot of time on school safety measures at its meeting this week. Board members met Monday evening, and in fact they spent the vast majority o...
Aug 16, 2022 USD 252 Southern Lyon County logo.
K-177 approved for modernization project south of Council Grove
Part of the KVOE listening area is set to benefit from the latest set of highway projects as announced by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz. The state announced 11 ...
Aug 16, 2022 Kansas Department of Transportation logo.
Rain chances, below-normal temperatures to grace KVOE listening area Tuesday
After blistering heat this past weekend and Monday, conditions are much more pleasant. Temperatures went above 100 degrees for three straight days -- 102 Saturday and 103 for both Sunday and Monday. T...
Aug 16, 2022 WeatherTAP.com radar image.
