Topeka Police say Terri Sims, 49, was killed when gunshots were fired through the front door of the central Topeka home she was in early Wednesday morning.

Jorge Guevara will spend 15 years in prison for the shooting death of 16-year-old McLouth High School student Justin Johnston.

Four Topeka men were arrested while trying to sell copper wire that authorities suspect was stolen. They are John D. Smith, Frankie Lee Graham Jr., Tyler Andrew Bodenhamer, and Shawn Michael William.

An Overland Park couple is accused of hiring undocumented workers for the purpose of financial gain. The workers were allegedly hired at two Clarion hotels the two owns.

Police dispatcher identifies dead suspect as Ricky Coley, found dead Monday afternoon. A 20-hour standoff ensued after the man barricaded himself in the house, killing a police officer in the Detroit suburb.

A California company and its president pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges related to the distribution of human growth hormone, the Justice Department said.

Riley County police are investigating an attempted robbery after a couple was approached by a man with a gun on a Manhattan street over the weekend.

A former vice president at Heritage Bank in Topeka has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. The judge also ordered her to pay $712,144 in restitution.

Riley County police say a distracted teen driver was taken to the hospital and cited after an accident on K-18.

The younger daughter of a British-Iraqi couple slain while vacationing in the French Alps has returned to Britain, while her badly wounded older sister has come out of an artificial coma, authorities said Sunday.

Topeka Police confirm two deaths are Murder Suicide. Officers say they were called around 9:30 Saturday morning (9/8), to The Pines Apartments at 238 SW Gage Blvd., regarding vandalism.

Governor Sam Brownback on Friday invited U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to come to Kansas to personally tour the Topeka Correctional Facility, cited in a critical letter from the Justice Department.

A year after Sheila Hachmeister was found murdered in her home at 3520 SW Belle, in Topeka, details of her brutal slaying are revealed.

State corrections officials spoke out today about a U.S. Justice Department report describing a culture of sexual abuse at the Topeka Correctional Facility.

A grandparent receives a call from someone posing as their grandchild. The pretend-grandchild claims to need financial assistance in order to be bailed out of some sort of trouble.

The Supreme Court Nominating Commission is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Court of Appeals, created by the retirement of longtime Judge Christel E. Marquardt this January.

A U.S. Justice Dept. report says, by not protecting female prisoners from the sexual misconduct, the state violates the inmates' constitutional rights.

Former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew Peterson was found guilty of murder in the 2004 death of Kathleen Savio. Peterson's fourth wife is still missing. (AP Photo from Spender Green)

An alleged new case of waterboarding emerged in a massive report Thursday detailing brutal CIA interrogations of Libyan detainees last decade before they were handed over to Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

The man who sold the illegal drugs that led to a teen's overdose death will spend four years behind bars.

The Kansas Fugitive Apprehension Task Force arrested 20-year-old Trei Diante Bailey Wednesday morning. Bailey is being held for second degree murder and illegal use of a weapon for an August 14th murder in Baton Rouge, LA.

Geary County prosecutors say nine more victims have come forward with allegations of sexual abuse in a scandal that continues to unfold at a Junction City church.

The woman says a relative raped her multiple times over 8 months. She says he left her pregnant and she wants an abortion. She says she killed and beheaded him last week to protect her honor.

27-year-old Arthur Crain has a preliminary hearing set for November19th and 20th on more than three dozen counts.

A home intruder was fatally shot in a Kentucky home by 92-year-old farmer and World War II veteran Earl Jones, who reportedly said he had no fear of the man and aimed "right for his heart."