Topeka News

A new estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau puts the Kansas capital's population as of July 2008 at 123,446 _ up by 881 from July 2007.

That was one of several findings in a state audit published Wednesday. Auditors found an executive secretary and administrative specialist at the Topeka lottery office had more than 700 hours of overtime in one year.

Hamburgers, fried chicken and artisan breads are among the menu choices at eight restaurants determined to be the "most iconic" in Kansas.

Overweight patients near Topeka, Kansas, will have to pay a heavier price to ride in an ambulance.

Kansas officials are bracing for more gloomy news about the states tax collections.

Shirley Phelps-Roper of Topeka, Kan., was charged with violating the law in 2007.

A Topeka company will begin charging some overweight and critical care patients more to ride in its ambulances.

All the baby-sitters of Topeka make a difference in their community. Whether he or she is fourteen, sixteen, or twenty- five years old, a baby-sitter listens to the kids and does what is best.

Those mourning the loss of Ruby Tuesday 's will soon have a new place to dine. Famous Dave's barbecue restaurant is moving into the building at SW 17th and Wanamaker where Ruby Tuesday used to be.

A woman charged with driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 during a head-on wreck that killed another motorist has been sentenced to prison in an unrelated federal embezzlement case, according to federal court records.

The Topeka Fire and Police Departments want you to have a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July holiday season.

TOPEKA, Kan. - The Kansas Board of Regents voted Thursday to require state universities to conduct regular audits that include their athletic departments after revelations that Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder and others received tens of thousands of dollars in undocumented payments.

A Topeka woman will stand trial on charges of having unlawful sexual relations with an inmate while she was in jail in Shawnee County .

A jury trial has been set for a Topeka teen facing murder charges. Pedro Galicia-Hernandez is being charged with second degree murder and aggravated battery charges in the shooting death of Felipe Barranco .

Environmentalists sent a letter to a state agency on Monday demanding that it hold public hearings on plans to build a new coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas.Earth Justice and the Kansas Sierra Club sent the letter to Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby demanding that the public have a chance to weigh in on ...

Artist's conception of gamma rays from a massive star explosion hitting the Earth's atmosphere.

A water main break was reported on Saturday effecting the area around 21st and Lincoln.

TOPEKA , Kan. - It's a bittersweet release from the hospital for a Topeka toddler who was severely burned while in the care of his babysitter April 11, 2009.

Kiowa County in southwest Kansas has its first confirmed swine flu case. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Friday that the virus was confirmed in an adult in the county.

Shirley Phelps-Roper of Topeka, Kan., was charged with violating the law in 2007.