Hundreds gathered around the 68-foot-tall Christmas tree on Blue Earth Plaza in Manhattan this evening, to kick off the start of the Festival of Lights display
The organization’s founder, Emily Fawcett says the new non-profit donated one vest to the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, which will be worn by K9 Laika, and the other was donated to the Kansas Highway Patrol to be worn by K9 Mando.
The Kansas Supreme Court has agreed to consider an appeals court decision overturning the conviction of a daycare worker in the death of a 9-month-old.
Fran Martin has spent a career providing opportunities to high school girls in athletics as a coach, official and administrator: “I can’t think of anything that I would have rather done then be able to mold kids, help them to be better young women."
Recovering from a traumatic injury is tough, but it can be even tougher for people with special needs who may not understand or react to everything the way most other people would.
One year after limiting itself to a Hungry Man meal distribution, the 54th annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner returned to its roots with a pandemic-friendly twist.
Two people were taken to an Emporia hospital after a hit-and-run collision early Thursday on Interstate 335 along the Kansas Turnpike in Lyon County, authorities said.
A wooden power pole that crashed to the ground Thursday morning shut down the 200 block of S.W. 2nd Street. The location was beneath the Polk-Quincy Viaduct on the north edge of downtown Topeka.
The Topeka Police Department and Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office are teaming up this holiday shopping season to help keep you and your belongings safe.
Jason Peters, kitchen coordinator for the 54th annual Topeka Community Thanksgiving Dinner, loads a container of turkey into a warmer early Thursday at the Stormont Vail Events Center Agriculture Hall, near S.W. 17th and Tyler.
When it comes to gatherings and keeping disagreements on controversial topics from boiling over, family therapists say it’s important to remember why we celebrate.
Following a dominating performance in Sunday’s 19-9 win over the Cowboys, he NFL has named Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones the AFC Defensive Player of the Week.
“Wade will forever be remembered by our fans, his teammates and our organization as an elite competitor and a very classy person,” Royals president of baseball operations Dayton Moore said in a statement.
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is advising the state’s employers to not question employees who use religion to opt out of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Kansas energy regulators are asking whether billions of dollars in planned energy projects by a company serving 1.6 million customers in Kansas and Missouri will lead to unnecessary electric rate increases.
Maxwell L. Bergstrom, 32, and Thomas Gideon IV, 31, both of Topeka were taken into custody when they arrived to a residence thinking they were going to meet a 15-year-old girl who was home alone.
Darren Matthew Johnson was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday on the murder count and also sentenced to 94 months behind bars for the aggravated robbery charge.
A former Kansas police detective, who last year sued a sheriff’s deputy for running over him in a rural field, has been fatally shot by a police officer in Kansas City after disarming another officer and pointing the service weapon at both of them, police said Tuesday.
