Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Abnormally dry conditions expand areawide
Abnormally dry conditions now cover the entire KVOE listening area, meaning some level of drought status now blankets the state. For about a month, abnormally dry conditions were noted south of a line...
Mar 04, 2022 US Drought Monitor map.
AVILA MURDER: Cornejo-Campoverde has alternate theft count added; decision on Alanis status still pending
A decision on whether Alan Alanis will be tried as an adult in the murder of Jesus Avila better than four years ago is now getting moved to at least April. A hearing that went several days last month ...
Mar 04, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Weekend weather menu: Critical fire danger with a side of storms, wintry weather for dessert
About the only thing missing from this weekend's weather forecast is a heat wave. That's obviously a stretch, but we have storms and the possibility of red flag warnings for critical fire danger in Sa...
Mar 04, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
USD 252 Southern Lyon County interviewing for new principal at Hartford, Neosho Rapids schools
Preliminary interviews are coming Friday afternoon as USD 252 Southern Lyon County prepares to hire a new principal at Hartford Junior-Senior High School and Neosho Rapids Elementary. Current principa...
Mar 03, 2022 USD 252 Southern Lyon County logo.
Plans already underway for 2023 Day of Giving event for Emporia State
Plans are already underway for a Day of Giving event to benefit Emporia State University next year. That statement comes from ESU Foundation Vice President of Stewardship and Administration and Associ...
Mar 03, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Calves largely survive February's snowfall, wild temperature swings
Cattle producers know all too well that calves find ways to be born in the worst winter weather, and that was the case last month. The area had several snowfalls, and it also had some of the wildest t...
Mar 03, 2022 Calves born last month had a cold and snowy start to their lives. McDonald Farm Polled Herefords photo.
State grant earmarked for extending Emporia Municipal Airport runway
Yet another grant is coming to the city of Emporia for ongoing improvements to the Municipal Airport. This week, the Kansas Airport Improvement Program announced a $75,000 grant for paving materials s...
Mar 03, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Potential zoning change, new uses for Plumb Place divulged
The process for buying Plumb Place could resolve soon. United Way of the Flint Hills Chief Executive Officer Mickey Edwards says a prospective buyer has stepped forward, and Emporia Zoning Administrat...
Mar 03, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Competency hearing precedes sentencing for Mitchell
Before Devawn Mitchell gets sentenced later this month for the traffic death of Steve Henry last year, Mitchell will have a competency hearing Friday. The hearing is at 8:30 am before Judge Lee Fowler...
Mar 03, 2022 Devawn Mitchell. Lyon County Jail photo.
Emporia man suffers serious injuries after train-SUV collision
Emporia Police say an Emporia man suffered serious injuries after his SUV was hit by a train Wednesday afternoon. Police Capt. Ray Mattas says 26-year-old John Burton went around the crossing arms at ...
Mar 02, 2022 Emporia Fire and Emporia Police respond to the Market Street crossing after a vehicle-train collision Wednesday. The SUV driver, John Burton of Emporia, died Friday at a Topeka hospital. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
