Author Archives: Chuck Samples

Emporia's Southeast Transmission waterline project continues to move gradually towards completion next fall. The latest work zones include Seventh and Neosho beginning Monday and Fourth and Neosho, se...

Veterans Day is fast approaching, and the weekend ahead of the holiday is typically busy -- but perhaps not to the level seen Saturday. By itself, Freedom Fest was teeming with activity at the All Vet...

The Lee Beran Recreation Center's indoor pool closes by mid-week, and there are a lot of schedule adjustments coming as a result. The natatorium will close Wednesday for work on the pool's drain pipe....

A Texas man accused of murder and endangerment from a crash near Emporia this year is into the court process. Josue Javier Chapa, age 27 of Grulla, Texas, had his first appearance on Lyon County Distr...

An Emporia man and a Burlingame man suffered injuries as part of a crash on Interstate 35 near the Lyon-Coffey county line early Saturday. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash involved two vehicle...

The Kansas Department for Children and Families has sent out full benefits to people eligible for the federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- and it did so right before the l...

QuikTrip will open to the Emporia area next summer or fall after official groundbreaking activities Friday. QuikTrip Division Manager Steven Sparacia says the company is glad to expand its statewide p...

Registered Nurse Anna Stanley is soft-spoken, but her interactions with patients at Newman Regional Health has resonated loudly. Stanley was named as the hospital's latest Daisy Award on Friday. She t...

Attorneys on both sides of the latest appeal filed by Scott Cheever now have a week to file motions in the case. In late September, Judge Mike Ward approved an extension from Sept. 30 to Nov. 14, givi...

The Kansas Court of Appeals is set to hear an appeal from an Emporia man convicted of child sex abuse in Sedgwick County. John R Burton was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 ...