Lecompton News

Two men riding a motorcycle were hurt in a traffic accident at about 5:35 p.m. Friday at the junction of K-10 highway and the Kansas Turnpike, near this community in western Douglas County, authorities said.

An accident on K-10 at the Lecompton Kansas Turnpike interchange left two people seriously injured.

Dustin Cox and Robin Robertson, right, of Standard Tire and Auto. Cox opened Standard Tire and Auto in Perry four years ago after growing up in Lecompton and graduating from Perry- Lecompton High School.

Historians and re-enactors will share their knowledge of the Kansas National Guard's role in the Civil War and Indian Wars at a gathering in Topeka.

Security Benefit retirees luncheon, 11 a.m. Friday, McFarland's in Gage Center. Retirees and former employees welcome.

Summit Materials LLC, a mining and materials holding company, announced Friday that it had concluded the acquisition of Hamm Inc., a regional mining, highway construction, and waste services company serving northeast Kansas.

Michael Johnston, president and chief executive officer of the Kansas Turnpike Authority, displays a K-Tag starter kit that will be sold starting Tuesday at Walgreens, Dillons and AAA locations.

Mike Hendrix, of Grantville, never realized there were so many motorcycle riders in the Perry area until he became director of the American Legion Riders group.

A Lawrence man's quick peek at the radio ended in a minor injury accident on the Kansas Turnpike just west of the Lecompton exit Sunday afternoon.

A former research assistant who had been banned from the University of Kansas campus is jailed after being seen on campus, allegedly with a gun in his pickup truck.

A former research assistant who had been banned from the University of Kansas campus is jailed after being seen on campus, allegedly with a gun in his pickup truck.

A former research assistant who had been banned from the University of Kansas campus is jailed after being seen on campus, allegedly with a gun in his pickup truck.

A former research assistant who had been banned from the University of Kansas campus is jailed after being seen on campus, allegedly with a gun in his pickup truck.

A former research assistant who had been banned from the University of Kansas campus is jailed after being seen on campus, allegedly with a gun in his pickup truck.

The Wednesday farmers market from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the south side of the Statehouse has these guests scheduled: Today - Amy's Meats, organic meats and eggs, Aug.

Fellowship & Faith Inc., a United Methodist Church agency, gives a huge "thank you" to the 10 United Methodist Churches and a community church for supporting vacation Bible school with leadership and food.

Fellowship & Faith Inc., a United Methodist Church agency, gives a huge "thank you" to the 10 United Methodist Churches and a community church for supporting vacation Bible school with leadership and food.

People often forget their dreams right when they wake up, but for Ray Buckingham, he made his dream a reality in October 2007.

Most history textbooks will tell you the Civil War began with an attack at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

I have always respected the office of the state's governor. A few days ago, I went inside the old Constitution Hall, a wooden building at Lecompton, which was the home of the old Territorial Capital of Kansas.