JOPLIN, Mo. (WIBW) President Obama will serve as commencement speaker and address this year's graduating class and their families during the annual ceremonies which will be held at Missouri Southern State University on monday at 7:15pm.

A state budget deal has in fact been decided upon. According to C-J online the house and senate negotiators came together on a budget deal just before midnight Saturday which should end the session which is already in overtime. Education was the main hold up in the process.

Car owners cruised down to Advanced Auto Parts to show off their rides Saturday night.

Students in and around the Capital City celebrated their final day as high school seniors Saturday.

Google appears to be delaying the launch of its promised ultra-fast Internet service in Kansas City, Kan.

Kansas is headed toward massive income tax cuts because of disagreements between conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the state Senate's moderate GOP leaders.

Students in and around the Capital City celebrated their final day as high school seniors Saturday

Highland Park High School students held their commencement ceremony at the Kansas Expocentre Saturday.

The Topeka Cemetery got some spring cleaning Saturday morning.

Topekans who are new to the city's metro got a crash course in public transportation Saturday.

For Armed Forces Day, Topeka Harley Davidson did its part to honor those who served our country.

Gov. Sam Brownback says he may try to get involved in a federal lawsuit over the Kansas Legislature's failure to redraw the state's political boundaries.

Leaders of the Kansas Legislature say its debate over cutting income taxes is over.

In a press release sent out Saturday, officials say Riley County Police received a call at 7:20 a.m. yesterday regarding a deceased man at a residence.

People are invited to bring photos for Penwell-Gabel's Wall of Honor to Topeka Harley-Davidson, SW 21st and Topeka Blvd., from 11 am to 3 pm Saturday,

Sentencing for Dana Chandler was delayed to August 20th from June 1st.

Phill Kline's lawyer had asked that Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Justice Carol Beier step aside because of perceived bias. Three others recused themselves because they had heard earlier parts of the proceedings.

In what is essentially a take-it-or-leave-it plan, the House offered Friday to give the Senate what it wants on education spending in exchange for an alternative tax-cut bill and a string of school policy changes.

It wasn't just the pros that hit the tracks Friday at Heartland Park.

On Friday, what is said to be the oldest continuously operated restaurant west of the Mississippi celebrated its grand re-opening after a fire forced the historic Hays House to shut down for five months.

In a press release sent today, City Administrator Danny Matthews stated all zebra mussels have been removed from the raw water intake tower at the Council Grove City Lake.

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The Senate voted 21-18 Friday against removing a procedural hurdle to debating a compromise tax cut bill.

Friday's 32-6 vote sent a new Senate budget plan to the House, where leaders have signaled they're unlikely to consider it.

A Manhattan man will spend nearly 18 years in prison for raping a woman during her morning jog and for beating a local veteran to death in the Aggieville district.