Lecompton News

College football fans headed to Lawrence Saturday to watch the University of Kansas Jayhawks battle Florida International should expect traffic delays.

The University of Missouri-Kansas City received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the workshop called "Crossroads of Conflict" about the Kansas and Missouri border war.

Testimony continues in the felony murder trial of a man charged with killing a 77-year-old Lecompton man.

Fifty teachers from across the nation are touring sites in Kansas and Missouri this week as part of a historical program.

Fifty teachers from across the nation are touring sites in Kansas and Missouri this week as part of a historical program.

Fifty teachers from across the nation are touring sites in Kansas and Missouri this week as part of a historical program.

Fifty teachers from across the nation are touring sites in Kansas and Missouri this week as part of a historical program.

For the past three years, commuters into Topeka from the east have been driving by a billboard, visible from the Kansas Turnpike and from US-40, suggesting they move to Topeka.

As the new leader of the American Angus Association, Bryce Schumann knows a lot about the iconic all-black cattle that dot pastures across America.

Don and Betty Smarker of Topeka are hosting a Huppmobile Car Tour today through Friday.

Historians will hold the annual Territorial Days celebrating the early years of Kansas this weekend.

City commissioners moved ahead on plans for a new industrial park near the Lecompton interchange on the Kansas Turnpike, saying it was a key piece of ground to attracting new jobs to the city.“I care ...

Schumann Named Association CEO by Amercian Angus Association Staff Bryce Schumann, Lecompton, Kan., has been named chief executive officer for the American Angus Association, effective June 13.

The storm is reported to be most dangerous near the town of Allen. This storm appears to be moving into Osage Co.

One of the two westbound exits from Lawrence onto the Kansas Turnpike will close next month as work begins on a three-year, $140 million project to replace bridges over the Kansas River.The work is supposed to ...

“Bryce's training in business management combined with his experience in all segments of Association business made him the choice candidate for CEO.”

Bryce Schumann, of Lecompton, Kan., has been named chief executive officer for the American Angus Association. via St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO

“A Quilt of Valor is a wartime quilt made to honor our War Wounded. It's a tangible way to say: Thank you for your service, sacrifice and valor for our country.”

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 :: Kelly O'Hagan The day is in recognition of the International Machine Quilters Association who is holding their 12th Annual Machine Quilts Showcase at the Overland Park Convention Center ... via Kansas City InfoZine

“Can you imagine people in Paris, France, reading the newspaper wanting to know what was going on in Lecompton, Kansas?”

It is one thing to read a book about early days Kansas settlers and something else to hear the stories told by someone who actually lived it - or at least the next best thing. via Topeka Capital-Journal

Former Perry-Lecompton High School teacher Melissa A. Fast has been sentenced to serve one year in jail. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

The 12th annual Civil War on the Border at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Historic Site on April 19 and 20. via Kansas City InfoZine