Author Archives: Chuck Samples
Flint Hills League Shootout enjoying return to Emporia for full tourney
The midweek break has arrived for the Flint Hills Shootout at White Auditorium. Tourney Director Tanner Smith says there have been a handful of schedule adjustments, including a couple cancellations e...
Jan 19, 2022 Courtesy graphic.
Emporia Main Street vows return of The Taste later this year
COVID-19 has halted The Taste the last two years. Emporia Main Street says that won't happen again this year, despite record COVID levels at this time. Main Street Director Casey Woods says the pandem...
Jan 19, 2022 Emporia Main Street logo.
Redistricting proposal takes Lyon, Chase, Morris, Wabaunsee counties out of Big First US Congressional District
If a redistricting map introduced Tuesday in the Senate Redistricting Committee finds favor with both chambers, most of the KVOE listening area could be shifted out of the so-called Big First US Congr...
Jan 18, 2022 Kansas Senate Redistricting Committee map.
Emporians arrested after suspicious odor call Friday facing identical charges, including possession of meth and marijuana with intent to sell
The three Emporians arrested as part of a suspicious odor call late last week now face formal charges in connection to the incident. Assistant Lyon County Attorney Laura Miser says Amanda Sibert, Jaso...
Jan 18, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
Lyon County deputies asking for information on grass fires stretching from Emporia to central Chase County
Several grass fires in Lyon and Chase counties are under investigation Tuesday, and Lyon County deputies are asking residents to report anything suspicious they may have seen from Emporia west past Co...
Jan 18, 2022 Firefighters from several Lyon, Chase and Morris County departments joined Lyon County deputies in fighting several grass fires that developed from Emporia west into Chase County on Tuesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Lyon County Crime Stoppers offers reward for Emporia trailer theft
Emporia Police are investigating the theft of a trailer reported earlier this month. On Jan, 14, officers reported to 930 Woodland St in Emporia. The trailer is described as a homemade utility trailer...
Jan 18, 2022 Lyon County Crime Stoppers photo.
RCIL gets grant to repave parking lot at main office in Osage City
The Resource Center for Independent Living Inc. received a grant from the Sunderland Foundation. The center plans on using the nearly $30,000 grant to repair sidewalks and renovate badly deteriorated ...
Jan 18, 2022 Resource Center for Independent Living logo.
CORONAVIRUS: Free at-home test ordering process begins early; free N95 masks coming soon
The federal plan for residents to order as many as four free at-home COVID-19 tests per month got started early. The federal government is directing people wanting free tests to www.covidtests.gov. In...
Jan 18, 2022 US Postal Service screenshot.
Trial approaching for Devawn Mitchell in 2021 traffic death of Steve Henry
Trial is fast approaching for Devawn Mitchell if the current schedule holds. The Emporia man is accused of murder and other charges in the traffic death of fellow Emporian Steve Henry last March. Mitc...
Jan 18, 2022 Devawn Mitchell. Kansas Department of Corrections photos.
Bench trial ahead in Lyon County child misconduct appeal
A bench trial is ahead for an appeal of a child sex misconduct conviction in Lyon County. Joe Louis Stewart is tentatively set for his bench trial to begin Wednesday before Judge Lee Fowler. Stewart w...
Jan 18, 2022 Joe Louis Stewart. Kansas Department of Corrections graphic.
