Lane News

After three generations, the Lane family is closing its doors downtown. Lane's BBQ and Bar served customers for the last time Friday night, pulling the last drinks from the cooler doors that date to 1934 when the Lane family ran a grocery store there.

El Segundo's Acacia Avenue for many of the past 60 years has morphed into the glowing holiday centerpiece Candy Cane Lane, thanks to the efforts of its devoted residents.

A naked man armed with a gun Friday night was taken into custody after pointing the weapon at two people near S.W. 12th and Lane, police said.

Fear filled Megan Erickson a year ago when she lost her job at a local hotel. Her husband had already been let go at his work installing satellite dishes, and the couple and their three kids faced plunging bank accounts.

To the casual observer, it looks like Harry Peckham grows pumpkins and Christmas trees to sell.

Rehearsing for the Topeka Symphony Youth Ensembles concert Sunday in White Concert Hall, Michael Navarro, 9, plucks the strings of his violin in a pizzicato portion of a song he and other members of the Debut Orchestra will perform.

The decor in the dining room at the Westboro home of Shanna Dunn-Vigare and Sam Vigare is based around red amaryllis.

" With a giant crane and construction materials blocking off car traffic and parking spots right in front of their businesses as the holiday season gets under way, some may think the area businesses would be very upset.

Hats off to the Rev. W.L. Templeton, who last weekend was honored for 50 years in the pulpit at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, 610 S.E. Lime.

Frederick O. Thomas, 78, Lane, died Tueday, Oct. 27, 2009, at his home. He was cremated.

Topeka City Manager Norton Bonaparte's proposed 2010-2014 capital improvement program the city council will consider Tuesday is available at http://cjonline.com/multimedia/documents/2009/102009/CIP_recommendations... . The first two years of that prorgram make up Bonaparte's proposed 2010-2011 capital improvement budget.

John Haupt Chapter DAR, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Ritchie House Tour, 1116 S.E. Madison. Program: Robin Shrimplin.

Duplicating services isn't an effective way to better the community; instead, financially supporting local programs that already are working to help families and kids in Finney County is the goal of one local agency.

The vehicle of Denise Vesey balances in April on the roadside as flood waters from Pottawatomie Creek sweep over Virginia Road north of Lane.

With tears in his eyes and a smile on his face, Eddie Williams waved his cowboy hat to acknowledge the standing ovation in Wagstaff Theater when he received the title of chairman emeritus of the American Royal livestock auction.

Cowskin Creek floodwaters surround a home on Karren Lane in west Wichita Wednesday morning.

While many companies have been cutting back on the perks normally offered to employees, Jewels by Park Lane is doing just the opposite.

Looking out of the windows of Debra Clayton's office, it's easy to daydream. Debra and her husband, Randy, operate Clayton Financial Services Inc.

The Pottawatomie Indians were moved from the lands around the Great Lakes to the Lane area in 1837 and established their settlement about a mile north of the Pottawatomie Creek bridge on the east side of the road.

Deborah Barker, right, director of the Franklin County Historical Society, discusses historical points of interest on a Franklin County map as Robyn Bowman, left, Ottawa, and Eileen Bowling, center, of Ottawa, look on two years ago at Ottawa's Old Depot Museum, 135 W. Tecumseh St., during the museum's unveiling party for its new exhibit ...