Rossville News

Prosecutors added 10 names to their burgeoning list of witnesses in the upcoming trial of a man accused of killing a prominent abortion provider, including the defendant's brother.

Amid concerns that a proposed charter resolution he's sponsoring would mean less money for small cities in Shawnee County, Commission Chairman Vic Miller has introduced a companion measure that would arrange for those cities to instead receive more money.

Apparently more than $2 million in annual fuel tax money received by the city of Topeka would go instead to Shawnee County if county commissioners approve a proposal before them, Commissioner Shelly Buhler said Monday.

Action on whether to close Emmett Grade School in Pottawatomie County was postponed for a month at Monday night's meeting of the Kaw Valley Unified School District 321 board of education.

Topeka law enforcement officers work the scene of an accident near S.W. 6th and Randolph Tuesday due to slick weather conditions.

The average flood insurance policy costs $540 a year, according to a Web site maintained by the National Flood Insurance Program.

Beverly Bernardi Post dancers perform Saturday night during the Miracle on Kansas Avenue Christmas Parade.

Rossville Elementary students will have a chance to put on their creative caps today and work with a designer to formulate ideas for the Rossville Park Improvement project.

Heartland Visioning is reporting back to the Topeka community Wednesday about what has happened with this crucial process over the past year.

Residents of the Pottawatomie County community of Emmett will get to weigh in on the proposed closing of their town's grade school at a special hearing next month.

A single-engine Cessna airplane ended up in a field Sunday night just north of the 6800 block of N.W. US-24 highway after the plane made an emergency landing on the highway.

Emmett Grade School head teacher David Steele and parent Amy VandeVelde talk Wednesday about the ramifications of closing Emmett Grade School in Pottawatomie County.

John Gonzales, of the Topeka Police Department, handcuffs Brandon Justice on Saturday for a mock trial during the Young Citizens Academy.

Question: I heard there was funding available to help homeowners purchase efficiency heating and cooling units.

Rural Mobile Food Pantry Distribution by Community Action Inc. and Harvesters Food Network will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Oct.

The Kansas Health Care Association honored local professionals and citizens Tuesday for their work with the elderly and disabled.

Kansas State Board of Education members learned Tuesday that for the ninth straight year, Kansas students have steadily made gains in reading and math.

FedEx workers joined kids from Rossville Elementary to practice walking safely alongside busy roadways.

A sparking transformer in Rossville Friday morning left about half the town without power for about 30 minutes, Lt.

Two days remain for the Kansas Children's's Discovery Center to come up with $64,000 in donations, ensuring it will receive a half-million dollar grant from an Oklahoma-based foundation for construction of the facility.