Wednesday nights Bystander Intervention gave attendees a chance to feel more confident when they or someone they know is faced with such adversity.

Tuesday's two murders are just the latest incidents that have violent crime on the rise in the capital city so far this year.

To mark its 50th anniversary, KSU's nuclear reactor was powered up Tuesday at 8:27 p.m. _ the exact time it was brought online on Oct. 16, 1962.

Authorities in Goodland were unable to say how many people remained out of their homes Wednesday night because of a ruptured gas line.

Two children who served as ambassadors for their respective health conditions, six-year-old Luke Savage and ten-year-old Dawson Brunkow, recently passed away.

Riley County police say a major push by the department to implement social media sites into everyday police work is paying off. Officers have been posting to Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest in between their normal duties, garnering thousands of followers.

People can report examples of schools operating inefficiently at https://governor.ks.gov/efficiency

Council Grove High School and Middle School students got an early morning earful - of music and motivation.

The state's Education Department will move into the Landon State Office Building rather than continue to lease space.

Sonny Scroggins submitted a $100 application fee and a copy of a proposed recall petition to the lieutenant governor's office. Among other things, he accuses Secretary of State Kris Kobach of neglecting his duties.

Topeka Police say they're looking for a man with valuable information on an unsolved case.

Advance voting got underway Wednesday for the Nov. 6 general election.

A Manhattan construction company has out of thousands of dollars worth of equipment.

Fire at a Lawrence apartment complex Tuesday did $175,000 in damage, authorities say.

Topeka Police arrested 22-year-old Jesus-Daniel Valadez-Soto for the fatal shooting of Hugo Jimenez, Sr. outside a bus station Tuesday afternoon.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reports Mark Harrison, 59, of Olpe, died Tuesday in an accident near Olpe.

A northeastern Kansas woman is accused of stealing more than $817,000 over six years from the credit union where she worked.

State officials say a new system that would help residents to register to vote at motor vehicle offices won't be operating by January, when a new proof-of-citizenship law starts.

The Kansas State Department of Education plans to move to a larger state-owned office building in Topeka in 2014.

The state's education commissioner says possible policy changes will make next year one of the busiest years in a decade for Kansas educators.

An elephant expert offered a positive review of the Topeka Zoo's pachyderms. Topeka's city council members heard his opinions as they weighed the future of the zoo's elephant exhibit.

The government alleges in a criminal information filed Tuesday that 50-year-old Donald Garst tried to evade currency reporting laws in May 2011 by concealing cash in a DHL shipping box for transport to Topeka.

As part of an agreement with prosecutors, former KBI worker Audry Dukes pleaded no contest Tuesday to two counts of computer crime and two counts theft, while two other computer counts were dropped.

To prepare for the upcoming season, Downtown Topeka, Inc. hosted a workshop Tuesday night entitled "Marketing for the Holidays."

Two men were shot and killed within an hour and a half of each other Tuesday afternoon. Police do not believe the incidents are related. Both are ruled homicides.