Author Archives: Chuck Samples

SNAP benefits may be loaded, but the United Way of the Flint Hills continues its work to help people in need. That work now includes a baby formula drive through Dec. 19 as organized by the Food Relie...

Parts of northeast Greenwood County are under a boil water advisory as part of an alert also affecting portions of Wilson and Woodson counties. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has list...

An Emporia man was sentenced to probation this week for allegedly setting a fire inside a local apartment complex. Mitchell Lindsey received 12 months of probation for setting a fire inside College Ap...

The city of Emporia is nearing a set of decisions on how to handle the downtown Carnegie Library. A public forum organized by Don Loux was designed to get more information to residents about options f...

The Emporia Community Foundation's Morgan Wilkie Fund has announced grant funding to a local nonprofit and to a county school district. The Wilkie Fund is donating $2,000 to CrossWinds Counseling and ...

Madison residents are noticing some changes in the town's longstanding recycling procedures. Karri Kimberlin and her husband, Kelly, have been involved with the city's recycling program since 1998. On...

The latest effort to determine USD 251 North Lyon County's future direction on facilities led to a series of interesting findings. The survey answers also pose an obvious question for Strategic Planni...

The federal shutdown is over. Shortly after the US House of Representatives essentially finished what the Senate started earlier in the week, President Donald Trump signed the bill, blaming Democrats ...

The annual review of Emporia's Solid Waste Management Plan is coming next week. The review is at 7 pm Monday at the Water Treatment Plant Meeting Room, 2910 West 24th. The Regional Solid Waste Managem...

Recent funding of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has prompted the city of Emporia to end a short pause of utility shutoffs. Communications Manager Christine Torrens says shutoff...