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Many gathered at the Ted Ensley Gardens to make a special dedication to someone who was responsible for the tulips, Jerold Binkley.

Destiny Magnett now attends Grinnell College in Iowa, but her roots in Kansas helped her determine her career choice.

Not only 200 more here but McDonald’s plans to hire nearly 1,500 workers across the state of Kansas.

April 11th is National Pet Day and Helping Hands Humane Society spoke about why its important to adopt or foster a pet rather than buying it from a pet store.

Maxwell Kelly was in a car accident nearly four years ago while returning home for Christmas break.

Anonymous donors have given the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center the funds to be able to begin several summer programs.

Sister Good’s organization says they found that 1 in 5 teenage girls miss school because they lack feminine products.

Last year Fellowship Hi-Crest Church may have looked different as easter was at the beginning of a pandemic and most churches closed their doors or went virtual, but that wasn’t the case this year and people filled the seats ready to attend Easter service.

Fresh lemonade, vegetables, and homemade jewelry are all things you can purchase at Topeka’s Farmer”s Market, as they set up their tents.

The Topeka Zoo will host “Awaken The Senses”, a variety of activities and events will take place in the Kay McFarland Japanese Garden just in time for spring.

Topeka High students are finally back walking the halls full-time, five days a week.

According to the U.S Marshal--last year Topeka saw a sharp rise in shootings--fueled by a feud between local neighborhood-based gangs.

They always say when one door closes--another one opens.

Helping Hands hosted purrs and paws baby shower to help give back to foster animals.

Fellowship started its clinics earlier this month -- using the two-shot Pfizer vaccine.

Kaden Meiers is just 7-years-old and has gone without fully functioning kidneys since birth.

According to a new report from the national energy group, Polsinelli, wind energy is stirring up jobs and money for the state of Kansas.

It was a colorful day in Rossville as over 200 runners showed up in white shirts ready to get showered with color.

Local Topeka talent was apart of the team that created the horror film “I Am Lisa”.

According to the new proposal--the city at the core of a metropolitan area must have at least 100,000 people.

Governor Kelly talked with the staff about Covid-19 -- plus the need to expand Medicaid and why she says that needs to happen right away.

At the beginning of March, Fellowship church partnered with Shawnee County Health Department to have a mobile clinic visit locations and provide the vaccine.

It takes a special request for a BlackHawk to be sent, but when the Kansas army national guard got the call--they were ready.

Governor Laura Kelly went to McFarland for the first cycle of investments from the broadband grant program.

Merlin and Teresa Strahm are retired and they say others around the community are struggling because of the pandemic--- and the money could be best spent helping them.

Restaurants like The Pennant and Brew Bank told 13 News that they will not be going back to their regular hours, but the local bar, Riegals 20′s West said they are making that change.

According to Kansas vaccine data-- the rate of vaccinations among those who are not Hispanic or Latino is 125 per one-thousand people, but for Hispanics -- it’s just 75.

Eric Snell has been a custodian at Seaman High School for four years, he’s adding his voice -- now that the issue of Fred Seaman’s name on the school is at the forefront.

Salute Our Heroes: One eagle scout didn’t let a disability stop him from helping others.

Augie Gomez was told he was never going to walk again when he was 29-years-old but, as the years have gone by--he’s realized his current mode of transportation needs to change.

Students of USD 345 want the board to consider renaming Seaman High School after he discovered the schools, founder Fred Seaman had relations to the Ku Klux Klan.

Chris Ware wanted to bring awareness and support black business owners so he created the black restaurant and food truck week here in Topeka.

Inpatient Nurse Manager, Christina Fisher said this was determined as a need when they realized they needed something to help the kids release their energy.

Gov. Kelly says she knows people need to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and is hoping this bill will help them get there.

One Kansas woman is making a statement that she has had enough with the Kansas Department of Labor by starting a hunger strike on Monday.

There are over six million supermarket employees throughout the United States --- and Gov. Laura Kelly is making sure our workers in Kansas don’t go unrecognized.

Riley County police are asking for information on reports of gunfire at two separate parties last night.

Emporia hosted their 16th annual Polar Plunge to help raise money for Special Olympics Kansas.

Aaron Atchison says he’s getting more unemployment help from strangers on Facebook than he is from the Kansas Department of Labor -- but he is still without a check.

Rene Bberhart says she’s hasn’t had any income since November -- and cannot reach anyone with the department of labor.

Hazel Hill Chocolate is working extra hard to make sure it feeds everyone’s chocolate needs--even if that means working longer hours.

The Topeka Police Department implemented its walk-in accident reporting for the City of Topeka.

The Topeka Habitat noticed other food drives were being canceled because of the harsh temperature drop.

Broken water mains are common whenever the temperatures start to change.

The Red Cross has responded to nearly 300 house fires this year in Kansas and Oklahoma alone. With colder than usual temperatures coming our way--they want to remind us what to do when trying to keep warm.

A study from Wallethub shows that men spend more than double the amount women do when it comes to Valentine’s Day gifts.

A 28-year old male is in custody facing charges including interference with law enforcement and reckless driving.

Topeka will be seeing temperatures it has not seen in awhile in the next couple of days--this means the homeless will be looking for shelter and the rescue mission is prepared.

The Salvation Army is making several stops to campsites where they have noticed multiple groups in need of food assistance.

A Topeka man is behind bars after being accused of attacking a police officer.