Author Archives: Chuck Samples
St. Patrick's Committee annual auction coming Friday
Expect fun and frivolity, mirth and merriment if you're attending the annual St. Patrick's Committee auction at Bruffs Sports Bar and Grill on Friday night. Friday's festivities start with a silent au...
Feb 24, 2022 St. Patrick's Day Committee Image
Kansas Turnpike Authority announces upcoming construction projects, including area work linked to cashless tolling
Construction season officially begins next week for the Kansas Turnpike Authority. The agency is bustling with planned projects, including several in the KVOE listening area. Two are directly connecte...
Feb 24, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Hill's Pet Nutrition gets national honor for economic development work in Kansas
A company with a significant local presence is being honored for its economic development efforts elsewhere in Kansas Governor Laura Kelly mentioned Hill's Pet Nutrition and the state's Department of ...
Feb 24, 2022 Hill's Pet Nutrition logo.
E-sports may be Flint Hills Technical College's first foray into athletic program
After close to a decade of discussions, both behind the scenes and in the public, athletics may be close to being a reality at Flint Hills Technical College -- just not in a way that many people would...
Feb 24, 2022 Flint Hills Technical College logo.
CORONAVIRUS: Combination of factors offsets strong patient revenue month at Newman Regional Health
A combination of surging COVID-19 cases, staffing shortages, overtime for current employees and payments to contract labor served to offset increased patient revenues at Newman Regional Health last mo...
Feb 24, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
WEATHER: Light snow to end Thursday afternoon
Snow showers and snow flurries continue Thursday afternoon across the KVOE listening area. Both Emporia and Lyon County crews are out spot-treating, with the county Highway Department also blading roa...
Feb 24, 2022 Bundled against the cold and light snowfall, Emporians move about in downtown on Thursday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Council Grove man arrested on suspicion of drug distribution
A Council Grove man was arrested this past weekend on suspicion of drug distribution. Council Grove Police Chief Shawn Wangerin says the arrest of 29-year-old Harley Truan happened shortly before 1 am...
Feb 24, 2022 Harley Truan. Chase County Jail photo.
CORONAVIRUS: Mask use to be optional for USD 253 Emporia starting after spring break
The Emporia Board of Education has set the table for making mask use optional at all its buildings, but that isn't happening right away. At Wednesday's meeting, the board ultimately voted 7-0 to make ...
Feb 23, 2022 USD 253 Emporia graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Emporia State making mask use optional -- in most circumstances -- next week
Emporia State University is making a major change to its COVID-19 mitigation strategy next week. The university is following the guidance of its Future Planning Group to make mask use optional on camp...
Feb 23, 2022
Beau Welch named as Emporia High assistant principal, athletics director
Emporia High School now has a new athletics director -- somebody familiar to people across the district. Beau Welch, currently a physical education teacher at Emporia High and the boys basketball coac...
Feb 23, 2022 Beau Welch. USD 253 Emporia screenshot.
