Skiers take New Year's dip in Pomona Lake
VASSAR — The frigid waters of Pomona Lake proved no match Friday for about a dozen members of the Rough Water Warriors ski group.As they have done for the past 20 years, club members welcomed in the...
View ArticleFirst 2016 baby in Topeka delivered 42 minutes after mother arrives at hospital
Expectant parents Rebecca Rippe and Derek Frisby toasted in the new year early Friday with grape juice, then went to bed without expectations they might be parents within hours.They had no reason to...
View ArticleShawnee County husband and wife charged with sexually assaulting child since...
A Shawnee County husband and wife will stand trial on charges they sexually assaulted a girl from the time she was 10 until she was a teenager, according to Shawnee County District Court records.On...
View ArticleKansans seek better outcomes with KanCare
Mitzi McFatrich, Chad Austin and Jane Kelly took part in providing state legislators with unvarnished critiques of the $3 billion Medicaid system privatized three years ago by the administration of...
View Article2015's 'thousand word': The Topeka Capital-Journal's annual photo revue
The Topeka Capital-Journal’s photographers prove in almost every issue the veracity of the adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”Whether it was refueling the Blue Angels, a visit by President...
View ArticleWoman robbed at gunpoint in Wichita hotel room
WICHITA — Wichita police are investigating after a 19-year-old woman reported being robbed at gunpoint inside her hotel room.The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/1YXuCOg ) the robbery was reported...
View ArticleWelcome rains lead to drop in Kansas water use violations
HUTCHINSON — Abundant rainfall and a state program that allows water users to manage their water over five years helped reduce the number of water use violators in Kansas, a state official said.Kansas...
View ArticleSisters who went missing in Utah found with mother; teens released to father...
OREM, Utah — Orem police said the mother of two teenage girls caught in an ongoing custody dispute had been hiding her daughters for more than a year.The Daily Herald in Provo reported police in...
View ArticleKansas City crews team up to save pit bull terrier mix who was dumped by its...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Surveillance cameras set up in Kansas City, Mo., to catch illegal dumping also has led to the rescue of a dog who had been dumped.Kansas City codes officer Alan Ashurst told The...
View ArticleAttempted murder hearing set for man accused of shooting at Coffeyville...
INDEPENDENCE — A preliminary hearing is scheduled next month for a man shot and wounded by police in southeastern Kansas after he allegedly fired at them.The Parsons Sun reported 24-year-old Kenneth J....
View ArticleKansas tornadoes increased by 83 in 2015, preliminary data shows
HUTCHINSON — Kansas’ 124 confirmed tornadoes in 2015 were 83 more than the previous year, tying for the fourth highest number since 1990, according to the National Weather Service’s preliminary...
View ArticleCentrist Project, which backed Greg Orman in 2014, looks ahead
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A political action committee that backed independent U.S. Senate candidate Larry Pressler in 2014 is hoping that voters will be more open to shedding their partisan ties in 2016.The...
View ArticleImproved economy creates prison staffing crisis for Kansas
ELLSWORTH — Unemployment is down and wages are up in Kansas — except for corrections officers.They are leaving state prisons in droves because of low pay, creating a public safety crisis that...
View ArticleIllinois, Missouri assess damage, cleanup after flooding kills 25
KINCAID, Ill. — Sharon Stivers mustered a smile as a visitor walked into her muddy yard.“Welcome to my flood sale,” Stivers joked, nodding to a tall stack of water-soaked furniture, appliances and...
View ArticleKansas Capitol's cafe changing ownership after 39 years
Kathy Dawson patiently punched buttons on the cash register in the Docking State Office Building as the lunch crowd moved through the basement cafeteria.In short order, Dawson and her colleagues will...
View ArticleReward offered in cow mutilation death
CANTON — A central Kansas farmer is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to anyone responsible for killing and mutilating one of his cows.John Shearer tells KWCH-TV (http://bit.ly/1OBthqw)...
View ArticleLawrence shopping project discussed
LAWRENCE — The Lawrence City Commission will decide whether to make land-use and zoning changes that would allow for a new 250,000-square-foot shopping development.The Lawrence Journal-World reports...
View ArticleHomicide defendant tells judge he talked to defense attorney before he was...
Before Caleb John Kanatzar was arrested on Sunday on a charge of murder, he already had talked to a public defender about the case, Kanatzar told a judge Monday during his first appearance...
View ArticleMan arrested in Lawrence shooting
A 28-year-old man was arrested early Monday following a shooting incident in Lawrence.The arrested man was identified as Melvin D. Johnson Jr.According to Lawrence police spokeswoman Kim Murphree, the...
View ArticleCharter bus catches fire in western Kansas
Purdue University students who headed to Colorado for a ski trip are safe after the chartered bus they were on caught fire Monday morning in western Kansas.According to Tweets sent by Kansas Highway...
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