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Demolition work was taking place Thursday afternoon at the site of the former Falley's supermarket at 3110 S.E. 6th Ave. that caught fire earlier this summer.

Staff and students at Meadows Elementary School started the day off in secure campus as KHP dealt with an incident nearby.

Two suspects were arrested early Wednesday morning after breaking into an occupied apartment.

Day 10 of the Dana Chandler double-murder retrial Thursday in Shawnee County District Court ended before it started.

A Manhattan man remains behind bars after he allegedly knocked a woman’s tooth out when he hit her.

A 78-year-old Manhattan woman was given a citation after a crash that sent a 17-year-old girl to the hospital.

A Riley Co. corrections officer was sent to the hospital after an inmate body slammed him.

Two people were arrested following a Boating Under the Influence incident during the Midwest Boat Festival at Lake Perry.

LMH Health and OrthoKansas are now the official healthcare providers for student-athletes at Baker University.

One person has been hospitalized after an early-morning shooting in Topeka.

Students have voted Kansas State University as the best place to be in the nation.

No injuries were reported after a 70-year-old woman backed her Camaro into a school bus with four children on it.

Two Lenexa women recovered in an Emporia hospital yesterday after their car went airborne attempting to miss a semi-truck.

A woman was rushed to the hospital via life flight after a motorcycle accident on Fort Riley Blvd.

The initiative involves a team of recruiters and private investigators who work with urgency to find forever families for kids in foster care.

Rep. Steven Johnson wins the GOP State Treasurer nomination by 475 votes over Sen. Caryn Tyson.

Patrick Zollner who is the Executive Director of the Kansas Historical Society says, when the doors open again, it will be a totally new museum.

The Cincinnati Zoo's new baby Fritz is half-brother to the Topeka Zoo’s hippo Vision.

A Topeka senior living center heard from a man who described his life in a concentration camp.

The team is in agreement that this year feels different from 2021.

Community members in Shawnee, Jackson, and Jefferson counties have until 5:00 p.m. on Monday to nominate their favorite local volunteer for United Way of Greater Topeka’s (UWGT) 2022 Ad Astra Volunteer Honors.

Their shows feature master jugglers, low wire fanatics, dazzling contortion, wild trampoline antics, and also a wheel of death.

The intersection of SW West Hills Dr. and Danbury Ln. will close for three weeks to complete a waterline replacement.

With Deer Creek Trail completed, less than a mile of trail is left to construct in order to connect Shawnee Co.’s trail system.

Governor Laura Kelly took a sneak peek at one of the training centers that will be crucial in the development of the workforce for the new Panasonic facility to be built.

The Phase III Expansion Facility at KU’s Innovation Park was dedicated by the Kansas Governor on Wednesday marking progress on the decades-long project.

Park Police rescued a man from the waters of Lake Shawnee within 15 minutes of receiving the call that his boat had capsized.

The Clay Center City Council voted to change the language in the deed for the high school athletic stadium during its Tuesday meeting.

Officials say they now have reason to believe that two missing girls may be together.

A Manhattan man is out about $500 after his red iPhone was stolen on Tuesday.