Posted: 7:01 PM June will be National Home Safety Month, and local senior care experts are encouraging adult children to add a simple “look and see” inspection of their parent’s home.

Posted: 5:41 PM The Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce handed out its annual small business awards during a luncheon at Washburn University.

Posted: 5:42 PM President Obama on Wednesday announced that acting IRS commissioner Steve Miller is stepping down amid investigations into political discrimination carried out by the IRS against conservative groups.

Updated: 10:45 AM As the clock winds down on America’s longest period of armed conflict, Army senior leaders are busy framing a future force designed to thrive in a changing global environment.

Posted: 5:41 PM After weeks of rolling without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has once again ballooned in time for its Wednesday night drawing, which will have an estimated $360 million jackpot -- considered the third largest Powerball jackpot and seventh largest jackpot of any kind in history.

Posted: 5:41 PM A Seattle man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup died Tuesday after being hit by a pickup truck on the Oregon Coast.

Posted: 11:02 PM The junior senator from Kansas also expressed his concerns on the Mike Huckabee radio show Tuesday.

Updated: 10:52 PM Kansas City Royals veteran Fred White passed away Wednesday due to complications of melanoma.

Posted: 9:50 PM Mayor Larry Wolgast says the council seat vacated by Andrew Gray's resignation will be featured in a job posting on May 20th.

Posted: 3:24 PM It was a story that touched many of WIBW's viewers- a Wamego couple celebrating their 79th wedding anniversary and revealing their advice to other couples for such a long and happy marriage.

Updated: 9:25 PM Andrew Wiggins, the #1 recruit in the nation is headed to Lawrence next school year. The 2013 Gatorade National Player of the Year, Wiggins picked Kansas over Kentucky and Florida State.

Posted: 3:24 PM There were a lot of misses over the past eight years on "How I Met Your Mother" -- countless guest stars and many "almost" loves for Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor), who was at one point very close to walking down the aisle.

Posted: 3:22 PM The year's second Kansas Honor Flight is scheduled to take 24 World War II veterans and their guardians to Washington, D.C., where they will spend two days visiting various memorials.

Posted: 3:22 PM A new government report says just under half the Kansas winter wheat crop shows no damage from the hard freezes that hit the state in April.

Updated: 11:41 PM Dr. Joyce Brothers first became a national celebrity when she won a game show. A licensed psychologist, she appeared many times as herself on TV talk shows and sitcoms.

Posted: 5:45 PM The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Monday that the club has signed six players

Updated: 6:44 PM A 4-year-old child was responsive after a near drowning at a neighborhood lake Monday.

Posted: 5:46 PM Gov. Sam Brownback signed a proclamation declaring May "Foster Care Awareness Month."

Posted: 5:46 PM Topeka city councilman Andrew Gray is resigning, effective 5 pm Monday.

Posted: 9:10 PM County Commissioners approved a $129,110 contract with Helping Hands Humane Society to take in all stray animals that are delivered to the shelter by Shawnee County residents and animal control officers. The money goes toward taking care of the animals.

Updated: 8:18 AM Two Lansing escapees face charges in Missouri.

Posted: 7:07 PM BBB is issuing an alert about suspicious medical-alert phone calls received by consumers across the area.

Updated: 6:12 PM An unannounced inspection of the Topeka Zoo conducted April 24 found six items of non-compliance, two stemming from the death of a gazelle.

Posted: 5:51 PM The FAA has canceled plans to close 149 air traffic control towers.

Updated: 10:41 PM Republican precinct committee members selected Becky Nioce Thursday night to fill the remaining term of current Register of Deeds Marilyn Nichols.