Greg Sims, the area chairman for Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve, presented Angela Gamber and Andy Barnes with "Patriot Awards" in a surprise ceremony at Stormont-Vail HealthCare Tuesday.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says a crop duster crashed shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday near an industrial park north of the Cherokee County town of Crestline.

The Kansas Senate gave first-round approval to issuing additional bonds for a new, national biodefense lab in Manhattan.

A group of Manhattan businesses and health care providers came together in effort to combat bullying in local schools. They made it possible for middle school students to see a film being shown across the country that sheds stark light on the problem.

Former Topekan and current president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City Carlos Gomez spoke at the monthly luncheon for the Topeka Independent Business Association.

State Board of Education members heard why changes to what children learn in school didn't make the grade.

Kansas State Board of Education member Steve Roberts used the "n-word" at last month's board meeting which caused an uproar in the board room.

Ian Field, 9, who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, chose to be an Army soldier through the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Fort Riley continues to make his dreams come true, making him a very special guest on the installation.

The daughter of the Topeka woman killed in a 2012 natural gas explosion that leveled her home has filed a wrongful death suit.

Crews were called around 2:00 p.m. Tuesday to a fully involved house fire in Topeka.

In a letter to fellow judges, Hon. Lawton Nuss says Sen. Jeff King is trying to link a pay increase for nonjudicial employees to support for change in how appellate judges are selected.

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.

A rollover accident on eastbound I-70 Tuesday morning has closed the interstate near Wanamaker Road.

The Kansas Senate plans to debate Gov. Sam Brownback's proposal to authorize an additional $202 million for a new, national biodefense lab.

Critics of the Kansas Board of Education's decision to adopt the Common Core Standards for math and reading are preparing to voice their concerns to the panel.

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.

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.

State Farm presented the Topeka Youth Project with a $7,000 check Monday. The money will be used for its Jobs for Young Adults program.

13's Drew Switzer visited Ware Elementary School Monday!

Local brewers were raising a glass to a new beer Monday.

House Minority Leader Paul Davis says discussions of tax issues should occur during public meetings of negotiators appointed by House and Senate leaders to resolve the chambers' differences.

A local technical college stepped up to surprise students at a Manhattan elementary school after learning that their school's mascot has been repeatedly destroyed.

The Kansas Department of Transportation Monday unveiled the sign for the Barnes Brothers Memorial Highway.

A 4-year-old child was responsive after a near drowning at a neighborhood lake Monday.

27-year-old Kyle Flack faces four counts of murder, two counts capital murder, and one count rape. His bond was set at $10 million.