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Ottawa woman injured in rush-hour turnpike crash east of Topeka
Westbound traffic on the Kansas Turnpike between Topeka and Lawrence was reduced to a single lane Friday morning.At one point, all lanes of traffic were → Read More
Two men run from Topeka police. Both get arrested
Topeka police arrested two men who ran from officers Thursday.Officers spotted the men walking in the area of S.W. 13th and Western just before 8 p.m. → Read More
Topeka weather: Fog and rain in the morning, more rain later
Fog and rain Friday morning in Topeka will give way to more fog and rain.Early morning commuters can expect mist, scattered showers and patchy fog. Fog is → Read More
Oh deer! Topeka police expect burglar, find deer in home
Topeka police officers expected to catch a bad guy sneaking around in a home.Instead they found a deer fumbling through the kitchen.Officers were → Read More
Cannabis is booming in Topeka, but these products won't get you high
The market for hemp-based wellness products, an industry expected to be worth billions of dollars in a few years, is burgeoning in Topeka.Business has → Read More
Fields & Ivy Brewery planned for former East Lawrence lumberyard
Lawrence’s beer scene is hopping.Lawrence Beer Co. celebrated its one-year anniversary Friday with a ska-themed concert, Black Stag Brewery is → Read More
Topeka man pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of a child
A relationship with a 15-year-old girl earned prison time for a 20-year-old Topeka man.Logan Stanton Thomas pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual exploitation → Read More
Man convicted in Topeka shooting gets nearly 50 years in prison
A Shawnee County man who fired a gun into a passing car will serve more than 46 years in prison, a district judge decided Thursday.A jury convicted Dalton → Read More
Man wanted on 150 rape counts back in Kansas
A former Kansas man charged with more than 150 counts of rape is back in Abilene.Eric Millsap, 44, was booked in to Dickinson County Jail Monday, the → Read More
Minnesota man pleads guilty to hauling 400 pounds of marijuana through Kansas
A man arrested in central Kansas with more than 470 pounds of marijuana in his minivan pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug trafficking, the U.S. Attorney's → Read More
Stutzman Leather Shoppe harkens back to Topeka's Hillmer's
Vestiges of Hillmer’s Luggage, Leather & Gifts — an iconic Topeka fixture that was the oldest downtown shop when it closed eight years → Read More
Lost or stolen gun? This envelope can help police find it
With more than 200 firearms reported lost or stolen in Topeka this year, the police department Thursday announced a tool they hope will help gun owners → Read More
Lamero Dunstan, charged in Justice Mitchell slaying, pleads guilty
Lamero Dunstan, charged in the death of Justice Mitchell, pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and related charges.Shawnee County District → Read More
He robbed five banks, judge gives him six years
A federal judge Tuesday sentenced a Topeka man who pleaded guilty to a string of bank robberies across the Midwest and Rocky Mountain region to more than → Read More
Who's ready for another baby giraffe? Topeka Zoo's Hope starts labor
Hope, the second Topeka Zoo giraffe expecting a calf this summer, went into active labor Monday night.Viewers on the zoo's live stream of Hope's enclosure → Read More
KHP is now accredited. Here's what that means
The Kansas Highway Patrol joined a limited number of law enforcement agencies awarded a "gold standard" accreditation from the nation's only independent accrediting organization.The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc., known as CALEA, awarded KHP accreditation earlier this year. The achievement will be formally announced Tuesday at a ceremony in the Kansas Statehouse.… → Read More
Have you seen this man? One arrested, another at large after Topeka shooting
Topeka police Sunday arrested one of two suspects in connection with a homicide near downtown.Officers continue to search for a second suspect — Brandon L. Gayer, 18.Thursday evening officers were called to the 400 block of S.W. Taylor Street on a reported shooting. There they found an unresponsive man, later identified as Gianni Sebastian Noriega, 20.Following the alleyway shooting, officers… → Read More
Police say he used a tire iron to rob two Dollar Generals. Now he's in jail
A man wielding a tire iron robbed two Topeka Dollar General stores within 30 minutes Friday.By Saturday he was behind bars, Topeka police said.Daniel A. → Read More
No tax increase, again. Topeka approves $309M budget
The Topeka City Council on Tuesday passed 2019's budget without funding for an affordable housing trust fund that advocates see as the key to helping low- → Read More
Dana Chandler won't be released on lower bond, judge rules
A Shawnee County judge on Tuesday rejected Dana Chandler's request for a significantly lower bond.Chandler, 58, filed a motion to have her bond lowered → Read More