Seaman teachers were required to have anti-bullying training before starting the new school year. Kansas Children's Service League is also combating bullying with a 24-hour hotline.

Candidates for Kansas' grain commodity commissions need to file by the November 30th deadline.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, along with other local and state officials, will meet in Hugoton Thursday to break ground for the town's newest business, Kansas Dairy Ingredients.

Prosecutors are preparing to offer more evidence against an Illinois couple accused of binding two of their children outside their vehicle in a northeastern Kansas parking lot.

Biotechnology and U.S. farm policy will be the focus of an upcoming conference of the Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association.

The Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas campus will reopen after repairing damage from a water main break.

Topeka Police are investigating two unrelated home invasions Tuesday morning, one that possibly ended with a suspect being shot. Three people are in custody.

KAKE-TV reports someone stole 150 iPads from Phillipsburg High School, along with 160 iPad chargers plus 90 cases for the tablet computers.

Officials say a compactor caught fire inside a building at Topeka's Del Monte plant Monday evening.

City leaders say Topeka residents should brace themselves for a mill levy increase. The increase could be approved Tuesday night (8/14), in an effort to finance the 2013 City of Topeka budget.

The USD 345 board approved a contract Monday night that includes a 2.5 percent increase in compensation for teachers.

Water main breaks are plaguing the City of Topeka. Crews say this past weekend could be the worst on record.

The Red Cross held a blood drive at the Red Cross office on SW 17th Street, east of Washburn. The event was a chance for the Capital Area Chapter to promote its Ride for the Red fundraiser, coming up Sept. 8.

KHP says an SUV driven by 72-year old Margaret Hawkins of Belleville was southbound in the passing lane when it went off the highway, crossed Noble Road and rolled in the ditch.

Locomotive 844's leg of the trip has it traveling through Kansas, and continuing on to Colorado, before making a turn to the north and arriving back in Omaha to complete its journey.

A Junction City man has been arrested for alleged sex crimes involving children.

The Kansas Department of Education and Children’s Service League (KCSL) has recognized the need for parents and young people to have a hotline directly dealing with bullying.

Steve Kimball has been a member of the KLTA for the past 30 years, after being hired as the manager of the Pottawatomie County Abstract Company.

Shawnee county's board of canvassers made the decision for a special election to be held on Tuesday, August 24, giving some Topeka voters a re-do in the wake of a ballot mixup at one polling place.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that 29.6 percent of Kansans were classified as obese in 2011. That's up slightly from the 2010 rate of 29.4 percent.

The Salina Journal reports the Rev. Allen Scheer, of Sacred Heart Cathedral, was accused in April of inappropriately touching a man.

Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service released its weekly snapshot Monday _ a dismal report that put numbers to the unfolding agricultural disaster.

New details are emerging following a deadly head-on collision in Marion County involving a military family. Troopers say a Fort Riley soldier is the only member of his family who survived the accident.

Riley County police are searching for two men who robbed a worker at a Manhattan hotel at gunpoint.

Morris County Attorney Laura Allen found herself on the other side of the law, as she was arrested for driving under the influence last week.