Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the Republican-turned-Democrat who played a key role in many Supreme Court nominations, has died. He was 82.

Kansas City Chiefs fans had a chance to meet and greet former gridiron greats from the legendary franchises past.

Surviving a plane crash is nothing short of a miracle. At the sixtieth annual youth leadership banquet of Aviation Explorer Post 8, guests got to meet a flight attendants who survived a near-disaster when her plane crash-landed on the Hudson River.

The project is expected to be built across about 42,000 acres in southwest Kansas.

A public meeting on the future of elephants at the Topeka Zoo drew a sizable crowd Saturday afternoon.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons arrived Thursday to take the prisoners away.

The family of a Fort Riley soldier continues to search for answers a year after he was shot and killed near his home in Ogden. A memorial will be held for Sergeant Ronald Evans Taylor in his hometown this weekend, marking the one year anniversary of his death.

The future for the Topeka Zoo's pair of geriatric elephants could be decided by the month's end.

The position will become vacant on January 2, 2013 when Judge Christel E. Marquardt retires.

The price of a first-class stamp is set to rise by a penny in January 2013.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt Friday announced that the Crime Victims Compensation Board awarded $273,895.80 to victims of crime.

The Kansas State Fair collected 14 percent more in ticket sales this year than last year as attendance increased.

Many area events have been canceled or postponed due to the potential for severe weather on Saturday.

South-central Kansas residents are raising money to defray medical costs and funeral expenses for the family of Taylor Sowell, 18. Sowell died October 6th in a car accident involving a freight train.

An inmate who fled from a north-central Kansas jail has been sentenced to another 18 years in federal prison for carjacking.

Kansas Highway Patrol troopers will be issuing electronic citations instead of written ones starting next week.

Police officers say a juvenile male was shot late Thursday evening while walking in the area of 29th and Moundview in Topeka. His injuries are not life-threatening.

Local candidates for the Kansas state's house, senate and board of education seats spoke out in an open forum at Topeka High School this evening.

Health experts say it's vital for pregnant woman to be protected against influenza and whooping cough.

Some wonderful children will have a great Christmas this year thanks to the community - and competition between WIBW-TV and Country Legends 106.9.

Anonymous donors have given Pittsburg State University $100,000 to spend on scholarships for technology majors from southeast Kansas.

Prosecutors announced Thursday that 22-year-old Eric James was sentenced on one count of carjacking that followed his escape from the Ottawa County Jail in April.

The Shawnee County Commission will likely pay more for this years audits.

Emails obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request are the first evidence since Labor Secretary Karin Brownlee's departure last month that she was at odds with another high-ranking administration official.

A life-long Topekan who ran his family's funeral business, was laid to rest this morning.