Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Plumb Place items to highlight Planning Commission meeting Tuesday
The Emporia-Lyon County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission has its monthly meeting Tuesday, and it has a lot of items to address. Foremost on the agenda are two separate but connected items relatin...
Apr 19, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Freeze warnings, frost advisories back again for most area counties
Frosty conditions are back in place for parts of the KVOE listening area Tuesday morning. Most area counties are either in a freeze warning or frost advisory. The freeze warning involves Osage and Wab...
Apr 19, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
Orbeez Challenge in Council Grove: Child hit by water capsule, teen detained
Council Grove Police took a juvenile into custody after a reported incident of a social media challenge. Police Chief Shawn Wangerin says there was a reported drive-by shooting near 11th and Donnon ar...
Apr 18, 2022 KVOE News File Photo.
STATEHOUSE: Longbine pleased with amount of business handled this session
Given the fact that it's a redistricting year and an election year, 17th District Senator Jeff Longbine of Emporia has been quite pleased with the amount of business handled by the Legislature. The go...
Apr 18, 2022 17th District Senator Jeff Longbine. Courtesy photo.
Revised schedule set for Laps 4 Landon at Emporia State University
Laps 4 Landon is inside Tuesday evening. Normally, activities would fill much of the Welch Stadium football field, but the risk of showers and thunderstorms has pushed those activities inside to the E...
Apr 18, 2022 Laps 4 Landon logo.
Kansas Water Authority plans meeting in Emporia
The Kansas Water Authority is holding a meeting in Emporia this week. The Water Authority will meet at the Bowyer Community Building starting at 9 am Wednesday. Agenda items include updates from the P...
Apr 18, 2022 Kansas Water Office graphic.
Emporia High Theatre plans improv show as fundraiser
Emporia High's Theatre Department has a special improv show set for Wednesday evening. "The Final...Second to Last Improv Show" will take on a "Whose Line Is It Anyway" feel, according to theater stud...
Apr 18, 2022 Emporia High Theatre graphic
USD 251 North Lyon County's preschool gains another grant
Renovations continue at the USD 251 North Lyon County preschool in Americus, and that process continues to get funding support from a range of sources. Over the past year, the district has obtained se...
Apr 18, 2022
Freeze warnings, frost advisories cover KVOE listening area early Monday; freeze watch posted just east of Emporia for Tuesday
We're in the middle of April, but frosty conditions aren't done with the KVOE listening area just yet. Frost advisories cover most of the KVOE listening area for early Monday, with Lyon, Coffey, Osage...
Apr 17, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
'He's coming for you:' Messiah Lutheran's drive-in Easter worship service focuses on personal relationship with Jesus
Drizzle and light showers didn't deter hundreds of area residents from starting their Easter morning at the Lyon County Fairgrounds. The service lasted about 30 minutes and, as has been the case for y...
Apr 17, 2022 Well over 100 vehicles stopped at the Lyon County Fairgrounds for the Messiah Lutheran Church drive-up Easter worship service Sunday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News
