Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Friends of 4H Dinner kicks off Lyon County Fair
The annual kickoff to the Lyon County Fair brought a lot of people to the Fairgrounds Anderson Building on Thursday. The Friends of 4H dinner filled the building with people and with food before the e...
Jul 29, 2022 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Latest Lyon County vehicle tag deadline is Friday
Friday is the last day for certain Lyon County residents to renew vehicle tags without penalty. Residents with last names beginning with the letters J, K or L can use the QLess app to set their place ...
Jul 29, 2022 Kansas Department of Revenue photo.
Crash in Osage County leads to suspected serious injury for driver; wreck in Chase County has two people decline hospital trips
A crash involving a semi in southern Osage County led to suspected serious injuries for the driver early Thursday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 31-year-old Eduardo Rivera-Villareal was northbound wh...
Jul 28, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Olathe truck driver unhurt, but semi tractor unit destroyed by fire near Emporia
An Olathe man escaped injury when his semi caught fire near Emporia on Thursday morning, but the truck's tractor unit is listed as a total loss. Lyon County Deputy Brandon Early says deputies, Emporia...
Jul 28, 2022 Firefighters finish putting out a semi fire on Interstate 35 near Emporia on Thursday. Lyon County Sheriff's Office photo.
USD 253 superintendent discusses staffing, enrollment, William Allen White situation during KVOE Morning Show
Even well before the USD 253 Emporia Board of Education decided against "pausing operations" at William Allen White Elementary last week, the question has been in the community: what's different betwe...
Jul 28, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
WEATHER: Recent rain doesn't diminish drought
Rainfall turned heavy -- briefly -- for much of the KVOE listening area Thursday morning. The KVOE studios picked up 1 inch of rainfall in about an hour between 7-8 am, putting the station at just ove...
Jul 28, 2022 US Drought Monitor map.
Preliminary hearings scheduled after last week's alleged shooting at Eastgate Plaza
Preliminary hearings are coming in September for two men accused in last week's alleged shooting at Emporia's Eastgate Plaza apartment complex. On Wednesday, Judge Doug Jones set Sept. 14 as the heari...
Jul 28, 2022 Keno Hopkins (left), Shedrick Williams. Lyon County Jail photos.
Salvation Army studying whether to consolidate space for its services
Several months ago, Salvation Army then-Lieutenant Mylie Hadden joine KVOE's Talk of Emporia and mentioned a possible capital campaign for the agency to meet some pressing building needs. Now a captai...
Jul 27, 2022 Salvation Army local leaders are discussing how to bring the thrift store into a building with its other services. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Cottonwood Falls fire deemed accidental, but cause and origination point still under investigation
Saturday's fatal fire in Cottonwood Falls did around $200,000 in damage as it destroyed one of the five buildings at the Housing Authority development on East Eighth. Office of the State Fire Marshal ...
Jul 27, 2022 KVOE News photo.
WEATHER: Some crops perk up after recent rain
Recent rainfall has already recharged area crops to a degree after three solid weeks of blistering heat and dryness. Lyon County Extension ag agent Brian Rees says beans that emerged and have enjoyed ...
Jul 27, 2022 KVOE News photo.
