Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Emporia man charged with sex crimes against child, aggravated human trafficking
Patrick Rosenberg has now been charged in Lyon County District Court with trafficking and sex offenses against at least one child. Lyon County Attorney Amy Aranda says Rosenberg, age 42 of Emporia, fa...
Nov 17, 2025 Patrick Rosenberg. Lyon County Jail photo.
Small brush fire encroaches on Neosho Rapids structure, vehicles Sunday
A controlled burn in Neosho Rapids got relatively close to a structure and an unlisted number of vehicles Sunday afternoon. Hartford-Neosho Rapids Fire Chief Greg Zumbrunn says issues developed at 115...
Nov 17, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Rural to close at Seventh beginning Wednesday as part of Southeast Transmission workload
Add Rural to the list of Emporia's residential streets either affected now by the ongoing Southeast Transmission waterline replacement project or soon to be impacted. City Communications Manager Chris...
Nov 17, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Sandoval-Flores sentenced to probation in Lyon County theft, false ID document cases
An Emporia woman who pleaded no contest to theft and dealing in false identification documents in connected cases starting with much more serious counts has received probation in both cases Iris Sando...
Nov 17, 2025 Pictured left to right:
Top Row: Franciso German Pichardo-Machado, Edward Salgado, Hugo Antonio Cardona-Argueta and Martha Kennia Lopez-Alvarado
Bottom Row: Martin Pchardo-Machado, Rigoberto Sandoval, Iris Sandoval-Flores and Ana Figueroa
Lyon County Jail Photos
Homelessness policy, potential solutions discussed on KVOE On-Air Chat
Homelessness may not be your state of life, but it "absolutely" affects residents across Kansas. That was the observation from Adele Honn, the director of the Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition's Inf...
Nov 17, 2025 Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition graphic.
EPD: Black found safe
A teenager listed as missing after being last seen in Emporia last week has been found. Bella Black, age 17, was listed as last seen Thursday. Police Capt. Ray Mattas hasn't given specifics on when Bl...
Nov 17, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
'Betting on 19' fundraiser activities all day Saturday for Ed and Jane Linhart
Area residents are encouraged to "Bet on 19" this upcoming Saturday and take part in a special fundraiser for Ed and Jane Linhart. Ed Linhart is now into his second fight with cancer, battling acute l...
Nov 17, 2025 Courtesy graphic.
What's ahead -- and when -- with President Trump now urging Republicans to release Epstein files?
What's next, now that President Trump has reversed course and told Republicans in Congress to release the Epstein files? The US House was already set to vote this week on compelling the full file rele...
Nov 17, 2025 Official photo.
Lyndon woman hurt in early-Monday wreck
A Lyndon woman was hurt in a crash in northwest Osage County early Monday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the wreck happened just before 12:15 am at the junction of West 189th and Scranton, four miles...
Nov 17, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Significant interior damage to house west of Neosho Rapids after Sunday fire
Several Lyon County fire departments and a handful of Lyon County deputies had a hand in putting out a damaging house fire west of Neosho Rapids on Sunday. A fire was reported in the 1500 block of Roa...
Nov 16, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
