Chuck Samples

Emporia, Kansas

News Director at KVOE 1400 (AM) (Emporia, KS)

News director at @kvoeam1400. Personal Twitter account.

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Exact cause unknown, however, lightning believed to be contributing factor that sparked oil fire north of Emporia Tuesday

5 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

It took more than two hours for several local agencies to quell an oil fire that developed north of Emporia Tuesday afternoon. According to Lyon County Fire District 2, Allen Admire Chief Tharon Mott, area crews were called to the intersection of US Highway 56 and Road K, nearly 19 miles north of Emporia and 1.2 miles west of Allen, just before noon for a fire. Upon arrival, crews found two oil bulk tanks next to a pump that were fully engulfed in flames and encroaching on a third.
Development agreement with Stormont Vail ahead for Emporia City Commission on Wednesday

5 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

Emporia city commissioners could take a significant step towards a new medical facility in town as part of their meeting slate Wednesday. Leading off their action meeting is discussion and possible approval of a development agreement with Stormont Vail regarding a new building near West 18th and Road G. Commissioners have before them a six-year agreement as opposed to the original five-year plan.
Groundbreaking for Freestate Middle Mile network June 18 at ESU

5 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

A new broadband initiative is taking shape in Kansas, and the groundbreaking ceremony will be held in Emporia later this month. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has announced the Freestate Middle Mile network will break ground at Emporia State University‚Äôs Cremer Hall on June 18. In broad terms, the program is designed to ending or reducing digital gaps across Kansas.
WEATHER ALERTS through June 4, 2025

5 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

The National Weather Service has issued weather alerts for area counties. *Urban and small stream flood advisory: south Lyon, northwest Coffey and southwest Osage counties until 10:45 am. Advisory follows between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain with additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches expected. Includes Emporia, Lebo, Olpe, New Strawn, Hartford, Neosho Rapids, Reading, Olivet, John Redmond Reservoir, Melvern Lake and Beto Junction. *Flood watch: All area counties until 7 am Wednesday.
Emporia woman hurt in truck-deer crash Monday night

5 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

One person was hurt and hospitalized after a truck-deer crash in far northeast Lyon County on Monday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 9 pm at Kansas Turnpike mile marker 154.4, or near the Lyon-Wabaunsee county line. Troopers say 81-year-old William Kent of Emporia was driving in the southbound outside lane when a deer entered his lane and hit the truck’s front end.
May tax revenues on par with 2024, well above projections

5 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

Most of the state tax collection categories went well above estimates in the May report, but the totals were largely similar to where they were last year. The state had almost $658 million in tax revenues for May, almost 32 percent above estimates but down marginally from a year ago. Individual income tax receipts, nearly $315 million, were 85 percent above estimates but up just over 3 percent from a year ago.
Schmidt: ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ important component of Trump agenda

5 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

Kansas Second District Congressman Derek Schmidt says President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” is a positive step forward for the country. Schmidt recently joined KVOE’s Morning Show to discuss several matters, and budget matters led the conversation. Schmidt says the reconciliation bill includes a lot of President Trump’s stated agenda when he ran last year.
Heavy rain likely, severe weather possible Tuesday

5 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

Heavy rain is likely and severe weather is still possible across the KVOE listening area before midnight. Rainfall totals could be anywhere from 1.5-3 inches areawide by Tuesday night, possibly triggering another round of flooding after over five inches of rain led to river-based flooding for the Cottonwood at Emporia and Neosho at Neosho Rapids for much of last week. TV-13 meteorologist Doug Meyers expects a lot of rainfall areawide later Tuesday.
WEATHER: K-99 closed north of Emporia due to flooding

5 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

Kansas Highway 99 is closed north of Emporia and may well close south of town later this week due to extremely heavy rainfall and related flooding. The Kansas Department of Transportation has closed K-99 between Interstate 35 and Road 240, a stretch of nearly six miles, as floodwaters continue to rise and shift following 4-plus inches of rainfall Tuesday.
Gardner-Lagg arrested on suspicion of aggravated escape

6 days ago | kvoe.com | Chuck Samples

An Emporia woman already facing separate criminal cases in Lyon County District Court for low-level drug distribution, child endangerment and escape from custody has been arrested again for escape. Anissa Gardner-Lagg, age 21, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of aggravated escape while being held for a felony, as well as two counts of failure to appear. Gardner-Lagg was arrested in January and charged with aggravated escape from custody.