Norton News

As part of a strategic planning process, Topeka's administration has adopted a "mission statement" describing the city government's fundamental purpose and a "vision statement" outlining what it wants the city to be.

After deciding two years ago not to install traffic signals at S.E. 4th and Branner, the Topeka City Council on Tuesday will again consider doing so.

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums has agreed to conduct an independent, top-down review of the Topeka Zoo sought by city manager Norton Bonaparte.

Well, folks, sit down on our pondering bench and visit with me awhile. I'll probably do most of the talking as I have a story about a trip we took in 1979 and a couple of rare Railroad wrenches we found.

Proposals to allow the Kansas Children's Discovery Center to operate at Gage Park and to upgrade the community kitchen at the Kansas Expocentre's Agricultural Hall are among items before local governing bodies this week.

Participants in the 26th Young Citizens Academy will see demonstrations from the Topeka Police Department's bomb and canine units beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Law Enforcement Center, 320 S. Kansas Ave.

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.

A Los Angeles man was injured Saturday when the motorcycle he was riding crashed in Norton County.

The Topeka City Council will wait three months before deciding whether to upgrade lighting at the Felker Park Softball Complex.

A Western Kansas man was killed in a car crash early Sunday morning near the Norton/Phillips County line.

Topic: Law Enforcement Accidents : Accident At Four-Way Stop Published Online Aug 27, 2009 - 01:25 PM Email this to a friend A Trenton man received a traffic ticket following an accident at the four-way stop at the intersection of 28th Street and Oklahoma Avenue.

NORTON, Kan. a ' Heather Cole's home sits just a few feet away from the railroad tracks in Norton, so she's used to hearing whistles blow and feeling the occasional shake.

The MidwestDirt Late Model Series is ready to kick back into action with a doubleheader weekend this Saturday and Sunday at the Elmwood Park Speedway in Norton.

The Topeka Fire Department possessed only one boat on the rainy morning in May 2007 when flooding forced the evaucations of more than 500 people from homes in Shawnee County.

The firefightersa union won and didna t even know it. Topeka Fire Department Deputy Chief Jeff Davis has resigned, effective at the end of this year, city spokesman David Bevens disclosed Friday afternoon.

Time to test your knowledge of current events. Question No. 1 -- Which of the following is the title of a new story about machines that cause all kinds of commotion and just won't go away? A. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." B. "Budget seeks higher taxes: Proposal includes money for police helicopter program." C. Take your pick.

According to a Kansas Highway Patrol report, Damien C. Davis, 15, of Norton, was driving west on Kansas Highway 383 when he drove off the north shoulder and then back onto the highway, skidding into the south shoulder and striking the south ditch at 6:05 p.m. just over a mile east of Kansas Highway 60.

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Ellis, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Russell, Smith and Trego counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in Hays.

A southwest Nebraska man has been sentenced to nearly six years in a Kansas prison for indecent acts with two young girls.

A McCook man will serve 5 1/2 years in a Kansas correctional facility after being sentenced on two counts of felony aggravated indecent solicitation of a child.