Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Newman Regional Health has called a special Board of Trustees meeting for Tuesday. The purpose is to formally approve privileges for the hospital's new robotic surgery option. No other business is lis...

There is a moderate chance of showers and thunderstorms for the rest of Saturday. Officially, the Storm Prediction Center has areas west of a Lyndon to Lebo to Fall River line in a marginal risk of se...

Bobby Witt, Jr., hit the longest home run of his young career, but that wasn't nearly enough as Houston beat the Kansas City Royals 10-3 Friday night. Witt hit a 443-foot blast into the fountains in t...

The Emporia Golf Course hosted the Kansas Junior Optimist qualifying tournament Friday, and six Emporians were in the field -- all on the boys side. In the boys 16-18 division, Brooks Sauder shot a 2-...

ESPN -- The Rangers won Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals and ended an NHL-record streak for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the process. The Rangers edged the Lightning 3-2, taking a 2-0 lead in the...

The French Open men's final Sunday will feature the man who has won the most championships in the event's history and a man in his first major tournament final. Rafael Nadal, who has won 13 French Ope...

Unbound Gravel has been unleashed. Over 4,000 riders from all 50 states and 44 countries are in Emporia for Unbound this week, and riders have started their journeys into the Flint Hills. Dana Zimmel ...

Two Wichita residents were hurt in a crash northeast of Emporia on Friday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 37-year-old Orus Lane was northbound on the Kansas Turnpike about six miles south of the...

Remember the good old days, when gas was $4.09 a gallon? Gas prices have shot up several times since just before the Memorial Day weekend and head into this weekend as high as $4.49 a gallon in Empori...

The 12th annual Yeager/Jenkins Memorial Catfish Tournament is underway. Event spokesman Nick Bess says nearly 30 teams -- and over 100 people overall -- are taking part this weekend near Hartford. Wei...