City Of Topeka Approves District 9 Fire Station
Updated: 8:55 PM The City of Topeka got the ball rolling on a new fire station. Station No. 13 would cover Council District 9, that's been without a station of its own.
Updated: 8:55 PM The City of Topeka got the ball rolling on a new fire station. Station No. 13 would cover Council District 9, that's been without a station of its own.
Posted: 8:02 PM The U.S. Attorney's office says 40-year-old Manuel Gonzalez Gonzalez faces deportation to Mexico when he finishes a two-year prison sentence.
Posted: 7:58 PM U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran and Airbus America Chairman Allan McArtor announced Tuesday they will host an Air Capital Supplier Summit Aug. 6 at the National Center for Aviation Training in Wichita.
Posted: 6:28 PM A spokesman for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says the agency opened a case in December after verifying a report of neglect against the couple who are now accused of leaving two children bound and blindfolded outside a Lawrence Walmart.
Posted: 6:24 PM Sedgwick Co. Sheriff's detectives arrested a 21-year-old detention deputy Tuesday on suspicion of several offenses, including aggravated criminal sodomy and mistreatment of confined persons.
Posted: 6:20 PM U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten met briefly Tuesday with attorneys for Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, the Dodge City Family Planning Clinic and the state of Kansas.
Updated: 8:09 PM The State Objections Board heard 10 challenges to the upcoming elections Tuesday.
Posted: 3:03 PM Attorneys have asked a federal judge in Kansas to fast track a dispute over the funding of Planned Parenthood so an appeals court can also rule on the latest legislation.
Posted: 2:58 PM A Texas man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for robberies in Topeka, Lawrence and Wichita.
Updated: 5:52 PM The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office and Topeka Police are looking for a court ordered registered offender who has not properly registered with authorities.
Updated: 6:03 PM Shawnee County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a man accused of kidnapping, raping and killing an 8-year-old girl in Topeka, then hiding her body in a clothes dryer.
Posted: 8:40 AM With Kansans driving less and using more fuel-efficient vehicles, the state is studying the possible impact of a drop in fuel tax revenue.
Posted: 8:38 AM The Kansas Department of Agriculture is considering moving its headquarters out of Topeka to Manhattan or southwest Kansas.
Posted: 8:18 AM A search committee is working to find a new president for Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina.
Posted: 4:43 AM Kansas officials are preparing to hear objections to listings on primary election ballots for three state House seats.
Posted: 4:42 AM A Hutchinson man who sent two letters to a Kansas mental hospital threatening to kill President Barack Obama has been sentenced to two years in federal prison.
Updated: 4:38 AM A south-central Kansas man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for a drunken-driving crash last year that killed his girlfriend.
Posted: 10:22 PM Budget problems threaten to leave the Topeka Police force with 30 fewer officers than were budgeted for 2012.
Posted: 9:21 PM Quest Credit Union donated land for Shawnee Heights students to build a home for Habitat for Humanity.
Posted: 9:15 PM Every year, an estimated 8,000 children suffer injuries from amusement park or carnival-type rides that require treatment in an emergency room in the U.S.
Posted: 9:07 PM Tornado Tuesdays makes its final run Tuesday, June 19, at the Lazy Toad at Fairlawn Plaza in Topeka. The restaurant will donate 10 percent of food sales Tuesday to support rebuilding efforts in Harveyville.
Posted: 8:59 PM 27-year old Michael Scott Ramsey pleaded guilty to one count of threatening the president. He was sentenced Monday to a federal prison term.