Shawnee County News

Earlier this month, Shawnee County Commissioners voted down a conditional use permit for Big Springs Recreation Area at 37th and Woodring.

Ray Anthony Miles was arrested Wednesday after two employees at the WIBW-TV station were stabbed by a man who broke through a glass security door to enter the station.

Ted Mize paints fire hydrants, a lot of them. He also has enlisted and inspired others to help with the job.

The family of a recent Seaman High School graduate who was killed Friday gathered Sunday morning at Northland Christian Church to listen to a sermon written especially for them.

Some Tecumseh residents are none too pleased about a motorcycle event near their homes today, while the riders say they won't stop riding until the law makes them.

I was shocked, but not awed by the so-called public meeting conducted Jan. 17 by the Topeka Unified School District 501 board to discuss closing Avondale East Elementary School.

The North Topeka Community Band will begins its summer season of free concerts with one at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 4, in Garfield Park, where it also will perform June 25 and July 9. A summer of band concerts in public parks, including one preceded by a fundraiser run-walk and dinner, will get started with one by the Topeka Jazz Workshop Band at the ... (more)

Young women in Topeka will have a chance to learn about a field that needs more workers such as themselves - construction.

As schools across Kansas head into summer recess, attorneys representing 54 school districts will be heading to Shawnee County courtroom to challenge the way the state funds public education.

A 36-year-old Topeka man was arrested Friday in connection with Wednesday's copper theft from a Westar Energy substation.

A Topeka man was being held without bond Saturday morning in the Shawnee County Jail in connection with first-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Brenna Morgart, a former schoolmate who was struck by a vehicle Friday north of Topeka.

Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor, shown here earlier this month announcing his intention to run for re-election, continues to catch heat from Republicans for his investigation into whether violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act occured during Republican-only dinners conducted at the Governor's residence at Cedar Crest.

"Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" which features Jim Carrey as the voice of the Who-hearing elephant Horton kicks off the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library's A Storybook Film Series at 6:30 p.m. Fridays in Marvin Auditorium of the library, 1515 S.W. 10th.

Shawnee County's Sheriff's officers have called off the search for a missing 18-year-old woman, saying only that a press release would be issued later in the evening.

Miami-Dade police detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying a man they say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old boy at the Allapattah Metrorail station last week.

Eleven Topeka area attorneys submitted applications Thursday to fill a vacancy on the Shawnee County District Court created by the retirement of Judge Charles Andrews.

Megan Lee Hines was arrested Thursday after leading police on a car and foot chase through central Topeka.

Youngsters can sing and dance their little feet off at the second annual Kids Stampede from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Old Prairie Town.

A man arrested Wednesday in connection with a melee at the WIBW-TV station has a history of battery and fighting, according to court records and information that surfaced at a hearing Thursday.

The Shawnee County Parks and Recreation department will get five new utility vehicles on top of the four mowers the department was authorized to purchase April 12.