Topeka News

TOPEKA, Kan The Boat, R.V. and Outdoor Show is back to The Kansas Expocentre for a three-day weekend.

Topeka Police Department officials will have to hand over defensive action reports they've previously determined to be confidential, including the names of the officers involved in shootings.

Project Topeka has established a lofty goal for its 27th annual drive to stock the shelves of local food banks.

Riley County detectives say the man accused of killing a Topeka native admitted to the deadly shooting but said he did it to protect himself.

Susan Baker Anderson pushed the back wall of her house back several feet to make room for a dining room and family room.

A Topeka man sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a teenaged co-worker presented his appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court Friday morning.

TOPEKA, Kan. -- It's a powerful statement that jurors in a Topeka double murder case will never hear.

U.S. Attorney for Kansas Barry Grissom on Friday filed charges against a Kansas City, Mo., man who allegedly tried to rob the Educational Credit Union on Thursday in Topeka.

A hearing at the Kansas Statehouse before two House committees, included testimony from SRS about the number of youths diverted from residential care for mental health.

Former astronaut Steve Hawley says he feels privileged to have memories of what the earth looks like from 200 miles up.

A woman who police said had suffered a medical condition was taken to a local hospital after the sport utility vehicle she was driving crashed into a power pole early Friday in west Topeka.

Kansas Democrats are offering an alternative to Gov. Sam Brownback's plan for rewriting the state's school funding formula.

They won $2500, choosing not to trade their winnings for what turned out to be the bigger deal - a trip to Naples, Florida.

A person was victim to a strong-armed robbery by to two gunmen with clown masks Thursday evening in southwest Topeka, a Topeka Police Department official said.

Gov. Sam Brownback has ordered flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff Saturday to honor a Kansan who had been the oldest sitting federal judge in U.S. history.

Teachers from Kansas City-area school districts have delivered petitions on pension issues signed by more than 6,400 school employees to the Statehouse.

Kansas House members are expected to give final approval to a bill that will give Junction City more time to pay down its debt related to growth at Fort Riley.

The late Bob Marley, who would have turned 67 this week, will be celebrated in Topeka with the Jamaican music he helped spread around the world.

Three youngsters, all charged in the shooting death of lawyer Natalie Gibson and all facing more than a dozen charges apiece, made their first appearances in adult court on Wednesday.

A Kansas House committee has endorsed Secretary of State Kris Kobach's proposal to require some potential Kansas voters to prove their U.S. citizenship ahead of this year's presidential election.