Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Below are photos of the 2022 Lyon County Fair as captured by KVOE News.

Listed are the winners in the 2022 Lyon County Fair Open Class Exhibits. Antiques Antiques - Antiques - Clear Glass B - Vivian Prose Antiques - Antiques - Colored Glass B - Emily Prouse R - Vivian Pro...

Peter Pan Park's Monkey Island has a captivating history, and it was detailed in the latest installment of Saturdays at the Site at Red Rocks. Local storyteller Roger Heineken went through different k...

The area's latest heat burst went into full effect Saturday. Air temperatures climbed as high as 102 for the Emporia Municipal Airport by late afternoon. Because relative humidity levels were under 30...

A Coffey County woman suffered minor injuries after a two-vehicle wreck in Neosho County on Saturday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 69-year-old Linda Chapman of Waverly was a passenger in an SUV driv...

The Regional Development of East Central Kansas' Board of Directors talked about a number of potential economic development projects during its meeting Friday morning. RDA President Chuck Scott, a gue...

Emporia and Americus firefighters handled a hay fire Saturday. Firefighters from both departments were called to the 2300 block of Road H-5, about 2.5 miles east of Americus, just after 11:30 am. The ...

New valuation tax notices are coming soon to Lyon County residents. County Clerk Tammy Vopat says the current plan is to have those mailed by Wednesday. City and county officials spent much of the pas...

Emporia Public Works has finished repairs on three water line breaks that developed either late Friday night or Saturday. Crews were called to Loma Vista near Coronado and the 2800 block of Prairie, w...

Lyon County Crime Stoppers has unveiled the latest Felony Friday subject. Justin Yuranko, age 32, is wanted on three counts of suspected bond revocation. Details are pending. There is a reward of up t...