Shawnee County News

Tour sponsors say they aim to raise awareness of world hunger. They say the world will need 70 percent more food by the year 2050.

One man was in custody and another man was hospitalized after a late-night stabbing on Tuesday in southeast Topeka, authorities said.

The Shawnee County Commission on Thursday will consider applying for federal funding to cover most of the estimated $653,100 cost of replacing it.

An attorney with the Kansas Corporation Commission identified a previously unrecognized violation of the Kansas Open Meetings Act in processing of a controversial rate increase for water customers in Salina.

WIBWNewsNow reports that the owner, who they name as 51-year-old John Dasher, was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County Jail last week.

June 24 may throw a kink in many commuters usual routes as N.E. 39th closes from Croco to Meriden.

James Daily, a lawyer and co-author of The Law and Superheroes and the Law and the Multiverse , takes a look at the potential legal issues faced by Superman in the film Man of Steel .

A Topeka man serving time at a state correctional facility for an August 2011 burglary in Osage County is on the loose and sought by authorities after being declared an "unauthorized leave," a corrections spokesman said Monday.

A 12-year-old girl has died following a UTV accident Friday, the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

A Shawnee County District Court judge denied a defense motion Monday that would have required a juvenile sex offense victim to undergo a psychological evaluation tied to the defendant's case.

A 12-year-old Berryton girl injured Friday night in a utility vehicle crash has died, the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

Bill Lucero will attempt to make the ride Tuesday around Topeka and Shawnee County.

Now Rossville has been awarded a $532,000 federal grant to help improve its downtown streetscape, said Linda Gentry, assistant city clerk.

When defense attorneys first appeared in court in the retrial of capital murder defendant Phillip D. Cheatham Jr., they estimated they would file 35 to 40 motions before the jury trial started.

The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office reported that officers didn't arrest anyone for DUI, but made 31 traffic stops.

Carol Roberts operates Integrity Transcription from an office in her Topeka home.

A tent introduced at Wheatstock VIII proved handy Saturday at Wheatstock IX by blocking the sun when it broke through the clouds and keeping things dry when those clouds produced rain.

A Berryton girl remained in serious condition Friday night after sustaining head injuries when a utility vehicle rolled on top of her.

The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office says the girl was driving a four-wheeled, enclosed utility type vehicle through a grassy area.

Recently, a salesman came to our door offering "about $100 a year savings" on our trash service, compared with to the county rate, as an introductory offer.