Updated: 7:45 PM Alorica Incorporated welcomed back a very special employee today. Loren Stienbaugh, was stationed in Iraq with the Kansas Army National Guard. He returned to work at Alorica today and brought them a very special gift.
Updated: 6:22 PM Momentum is building for a fresh dose of economic stimulants to boost the country out of the doldrums — perhaps by putting more money in Americans' pockets. The White House said Monday that President Bush was open to some sort of action after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned the slump could drag on without the extra bracing tonic.
Updated: 9:18 PM On the last day to register to vote in the November election, the Shawnee County Elections Commission made a request stemming from the popularity of advance voting.
Updated: 6:17 PM The Topeka Shawnee County Riverfront Authority says the final report on the Riverfront Project is finished. Members received the report at their meeting Monday.
Updated: 6:12 PM Helping Hands Humane Society is asking for your help in keeping the animals warm this winter. They have an immediate need for shredded paper, which is used as bedding for the animals.
Updated: 6:07 PM A ground-breaking ceremony kicks off the beginning phases of a new hospice facility in Manhattan. The Homecare and Hospice Foundation held the ceremony Monday at the future site of the Hospice House.
Updated: 6:05 PM Topeka West high school students got the chance to get involved in the election today.
Updated: 6:02 PM An extra reminder to keep an eye out for kids headed to school this week. In conjunction with National School Bus Safety Week, Durham School Services urges you to remember "Stop on Red, Kids Ahead."
Updated: 5:58 PM A single-engine plane made an emergency landing on a Kansas highway Sunday, causing traffic problems but no injuries. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the pilot was preparing to land Sunday afternoon at the Salina airport when the engine quit.
Updated: 5:53 PM Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was struck by a train in Merriam. Police said the man was walking on railroad tracks at about 8:00 p.m. Sunday night when a coal train traveling 20 to 25 miles per hour struck him from behind.
Updated: 5:53 PM Police say they're hoping to get answers from a 15-year-old whose 3-year-old cousin was shot in the head Friday. Sylk White was picked up at a Topeka motel Sunday night as a material witness in Friday's shooting of TreVonte Williams.
Updated: 5:50 PM Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. employees will be able to file for unemployment benefits. The announcement comes after three temporary shut downs this year.
Updated: 5:48 PM Governor Kathleen Sebelius challenges Kansans to reduce their energy consumption this week for "Energy Awareness Week." She says a good way to lower heating costs this winter is to turn off lights and pay attention to where your thermostat is set.
Updated: 5:46 PM Republican John McCain is using a visit to Missouri Monday to brand Democrat Barack Obama a liberal and criticize feminists and the media. McCain and his supporters are trying to rally their conservative base in Missouri, a hotly contested state.
Updated: 5:45 PM The Shawnee County Coroner's Office is conducting an autopsy on Jason McNaughton, the man found in the Kansas River Friday, Oct. 17. Results from that report are pending a toxicology test.
Updated: 5:15 PM The world's latest space tourist, a computer game wizard and astronaut's son who paid $30 million to fly to the space station, said Monday from orbit that he's gotten his money's worth.
Updated: 5:10 PM U.S. prosecutors have told a judge that actress Anne Hathaway's former boyfriend deserves no leniency for cheating investors in a church scam.
Posted: 4:59 PM Police Say Intruder Beat And Stabbed Anchorwoman In Her Home During Possible Robbery.
Posted: 4:55 PM Supreme Court To Decide Whether Aliens Using SS Docs Should Be Prosecuted For ID Theft.
Updated: 4:53 PM Prices At Pump Approach Year-Ago Levels Even As Likely OPEC Cuts Push Oil Prices Higher.
Updated: 9:12 PM Kansas GOP cries foul over Democrat Nancy Boyda's use of taxpayer money for mailings when she criticized her opponent for it two years ago. Boyda says the criticism then was very specific.
Updated: 3:52 PM Case of missing wallet cracked: Ga. woman's belongings returned 60 years after disappearing.
Updated: 3:49 PM Utah suspect eludes sheriff's cruisers in souped-up golf cart but is arrested the next day.
