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Recreating images from the past is just one of Cecil Brown's talents, as he also enjoys sketching rural landscapes and doing portraits using a pen and ink technique.

Tree dedication ceremonies and candlelight vigils are planned Friday night for Topeka's sixth and seventh homicide victims of the year.

LAWRENCE New University of Kansas students and their parents from Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott and Wichita counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome ...

An apartment fire that killed a 26-year-old Newton man in May has been ruled an arson, and police now are investigating the death as a homicide.

The Kansas Adjutant General's office is trying to turn discouraging news into a positive for people affected by recent tornadoes.

Visit a limestone quarry and place an order for decorative yard art. Attend a powwow with the tribe for whom Kansas is named.

UNB, Dhaka Riding on a Azizur Rahman hattrick, Golam Mostafa Lane Kishore Sangha crushed Dhaka Mahanagar Jubo Kishore Football by 12-2 goals in a West Zone match of the Metropolis Pioneer Football League at the ...

The Topeka YWCA has been celebrating the leadership of women for the past two decades through its annual Leadership Luncheon awards ceremony.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a State of Disaster Emergency declaration Wednesday for 59 Kansas counties impacted by the severe thunderstorms, hail, lightning, tornadoes, high winds and flooding that begin May ...

Decatur County emergency-management officials report that several homes and a feedlot near Oberlin were damaged.

Storm Team 12 tracked several tornadoes as they made their way across western and central Kansas Thursday evening.

These animals have been brought to the Helping Hands Humane Society, 2625 N.W. Rochester Road. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

“I remember how friendly everyone was. I remember how positive our class sessions were - we were excited about Topeka. We really enjoyed them all, and we bonded very well.”

Today, Leadership Greater Topeka marks its 25th class with 36 graduates for a total of 740 graduates in the past 25 years, said Marsha J. Sheahan, vice president of public relations with the Greater Topeka ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

“From what details I know about it, it's very important”

Conflict over the proposed Holcomb coal-fired plant Tuesday jeopardized an income tax break sought by a company considering Topeka for a $150 million wind turbine manufacturing facility. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“It's rewarding to help people out who don't know how to do this themselves”

Lynn Margien believed angels were in her house Saturday. Actually, they were members of the 190th Air Refueling Wing of the Kansas National Guard, but to her, they might as well have been from heaven. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

“We are the blood supply for 73 hospitals in 70 counties in Kansas and Missouri”

Dena Ackors had a warm blanket thrown over her lap and was settling in to read a book. via Topeka Capital-Journal

The Stop the Violence Memorial Committee Tree Dedication Committee, Bias Busters of Kansas and the downtown McDonald's will conduct a tree dedication and candlelight vigil for homicide victim Albert L. Conley ... via The Topeka Capital-Journal

Students from five Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, April 16, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. via The University of Kansas

“All originals will be returned as promptly as possible to the owners”

Local authors Janet Shailer and Laura Lanese are seeking photographs to be incorporated into a regional history book about Grove City. via ThisWeek Community Newspapers

“The landfill is not for garbage or chemical containers.”

Ten area residents who attended a Kansas Department of Health and Environment meeting at Holcomb High School Wednesday regarding a proposed construction waste landfill raised no opposition to the project. via Garden City Telegram