Topeka News

The group Chris Aytes and the Good Ambition kicked off the return of the brown bag concert series.

Gas prices are rising rapidly in the nations heartland and its mainly due to refinery problems that have reduced the supply from four refineries to the mid-continent and Great Lakes regions and Kansans have a lot to say about it.

Marlena from Country Legends 106.9 will broadcast live from 11 am to 2 pm Thursday, May 23, from the Red Cross office at 1221 SW 17th St.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the bill approved in the Senate would provide about $15 million in federal matching funds for Topeka to correct problems with its levee system along the Kansas River.

Topeka police Sgt. Steve Roth, right, and another officer examine a motorcycle that was invovled in a wreck Tuesday afternoon in the 5900 block of S.W. 21st.

Police say a woman found shot to death in an abandoned Yakima house had a history of run-ins with police and was known to belong to a group of squatters.

The city council's Transient Guest Tax Committee tonight elected Richard Harmon their chair, then received positive news from the 2012 fiscal year.

TOPEKA, Kan. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has scheduled a public participation meeting concerning the proposed Tarkio CD Disposal, LLC, construction and demolition landfill planned for a site along East 56th Avenue in the Zeandale community in Riley County, Kan.

Neighbors were concerned about the live power line being down in their neighborhood.

Native American actress Misty Upham never dreamt she would be walking the red carpet at Cannes to showcase a film shot on her reservation.

Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms swept across Kansas and Oklahoma on Sunday, uprooting trees, downing power lines and causing structural damage to homes and businesses.

A 27-year-old Topeka man and a 33-year-old Topeka man, whose names haven't been released, were taken to Kansas City area hospitals with gunshot wounds that were considered life-threatening, said Lawrence police Sgt.

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Sunday evening, the National Weather Service placed the Shawnee County area and much of the northeastern part of the state in a severe weather warning.

The Kansas Dept. of Transportation detailed its upcoming safety campaign in a news conference May 9 at the Law Enforcement Center in Topeka.

Be sure to watch the NHRA drag racing coverage on ESPN2 tonight and tomorrow to get a glimpse of the '14 Cobra Jet Mustang testing done by MM&FF editor Evan Smith.

A Topeka man who was drunk when his speeding car crashed and killed a 15-year-old passenger has been sentenced to 10 years and three months in state prison.

A group of singing Memphians ran a group of controversial picketers from a Kansas church right out of town.

Benicio Del Toro and Mathieu Amalric get personal, medical and a bit abysmal in Arnaud Desplechin's drama about some real-life post-war mid-west therapy sessions An F for Jimmy P a Mathieu Amalric and Benicio Del Toro in Jimmy P. . Photograph: Nicole Rivelli "I could talk about my dreams all day," says Benicio Del Toro 's wounded-soul soldier near ... (more)

Dorothy Mae Carver, 75, Topeka, passed away May 17, 2013 at Midland Hospice House.