Author Archives: Chuck Samples
CORONAVIRUS: Healthier Lyon County announces testing-vaccination clinic at St. Francis office Feb. 20
If you need a coronavirus vaccine or test, Healthier Lyon County has a special option for you. After partnering with Kansas Department of Health and Environment, UnitedHealthcare and Emporia Main Stre...
Feb 11, 2022 Healthier Lyon County Logo.
Jury trials to resume in Lyon County
Jury trials are resuming in Lyon County. Jury trials return to the docket Monday with a traffic case. Jury trials had been on hold for over a month while COVID-19 cases spiked, but coronavirus numbers...
Feb 11, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Federal appeals court denies request to reconsider back pay details in lawsuit against Emporia State
One of two former Emporia State University employees involved in a long-running lawsuit against the university did not get the relief she sought from a federal appeals court -- and neither did the uni...
Feb 11, 2022 US District Court screenshot.
Burn bans up for Chase, Osage, Wabaunsee counties
Significant fire danger is in place for parts of the KVOE listening area -- and elevated fire danger is in place for the rest of it. The Chase, Osage and Wabaunsee County sheriff's departments have an...
Feb 11, 2022 Lyon County Sheriff's Office photo.
Alisa Skalsky claims Lyon County Spelling Bee
Olpe Schools can claim the winners of the last two Lyon County Spelling Bees after Alisa Skalsky of Olpe Elementary came out on top Thursday. Last year's spelling bee, held virtually by Sacred Heart, ...
Feb 10, 2022 Olpe Elementary student Alyssa Skalsky leans in to spell "allergenic" to win the 2022 Lyon County Spelling Bee at the Humanitarian Center on Thursday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
CORONAVIRUS: Lyon County's new caseload lower but elevated -- and the same can be said for test positivity numbers
COVID-19 numbers remain elevated, but they are sharply lower than where they were a month ago. And nobody's more pleased than local health officials like Lyon County Public Health Emergency Preparedne...
Feb 10, 2022 Lyon County Public Health graphic.
CORONAVIRUS: Bed space finally opens back up at Newman Regional Health
COVID-19 caseload activity has been trending downward for close to a month, and that decline finally made it to Newman Regional Health's patient beds. The hospital's bed space has been limited from la...
Feb 10, 2022 Newman Regional Health graphic.
Abnormally dry conditions remain for much of KVOE listening area
Last week's snowfall came too late to affect the US Drought Monitor map. And it appears it had no effect on this week's map, either. Most of the KVOE listening area, especially southwest of a Council ...
Feb 10, 2022 US Drought Monitor map.
Heroes for Hope to lead into Hope-A-Palooza for SOS
SOS is using a new fundraiser to launch into an existing one. This week, SOS has debuted "Heroes for Hope," which involves 20 invited women to raise funds for the agency. The program resembles SOS Str...
Feb 10, 2022 SOS graphic.
Presentation on African American boys in K-12 education continues Black History Month at Emporia State
Black History Month activities continue at Emporia State University on Thursday evening. On KVOE's Talk of Emporia on Wednesday, ESU Interim Senior Director for Diversity Nyk Robertson previewed an ap...
Feb 10, 2022 Emporia State University graphic.
