Lecompton News

I have always respected the office of the state's governor. A few days ago, I went inside the old Constitution Hall, a wooden building at Lecompton, which was the home of the old Territorial Capital of Kansas.

Gov. Mark Parkinson has appointed three people, including a state senator, to the Kansas Commission on Rural Policy.

Highlights of the celebration will include a re-enactment of the pre-Civil War Battle of Fort Titus, the play ``Bleeding Kansas'' and pioneer skills demonstrations.

The Ottawa Herald, May 19: Today's arguments between conservatives and liberals don't even compare to the literal skirmishes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery delegations in Kansas in the 1800s.

Two of the greatest early leaders of Kansas were also great rivals. Charles Robinson was a Massachusetts-born physician who worked as a paid leader of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, the group of people who founded Lawrence.

Heavy rains that spawned a flash flood warning this evening for parts of Shawnee County and surrounding locations havena t caused problems for Topeka-area streams, county officials said.

CLOSE AVERAGE USER RATING Marketplace Meditations 5/1 May 1 "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

The National Weather Service in Topeka at 2:15 p.m. Monday issued a river flood warning for the Kansas River at Lecompton.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning effective until 6:15 p.m. Saturday for northern Douglas County and south-central Jefferson County.

DAILY MEDIA RELEASE April 21, 2009 Motor Vehicle Accident 200 North Main Street, 1531 hours, Della Luttrell 24 year old female from Ottawa ran into the back of a vehicle driven by Clinton Spears 16 year old male from Ottawa.

The sign attracts customers off K-4 highway. Photo 1 of 2 Photo 2 of 2 CAROLYN KABERLINE/SPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Lynn Littleton opened Taco Den in Meriden in a former doughnut store with fixtures from a Topeka restaurant that had closed.

Nearly 400 firefighters and emergency responders from across the state are expected to attend a five-day school that kicked off today in downtown Topeka.

Just because it's spring break for most students in Kansas doesn't mean there shouldn't be any learning going on for the next seven days.

Dave Bruns leads a bit of a double life. By day, he's a special education teacher at Perry-Lecompton High School; by night, he's a well-known area musician.

Americans across the nation are being encouraged to participate in the Great American Spit Out, a crusade to help people quit chewing tobacco.

With several departments in the University facing the possibility of budget cuts, some may not be able to afford to continue using the University's two private aircraft.

A 24-year-old man was emergency airlifted after his car rolled over on a rural road in Lecompton, Kan., tonight.The Lecompton resident was driving a 2007 Honda Civic northbound on E 175th Road, when he lost ...

A Topeka man has been sentenced to life in prison for felony first-degree murder in the slaying of retired jeweler David Boose.

Sarah Moore recalled Wednesday the hands of her grandfather, Clarence David Boose, as she described the anguish her family suffered after Allen Dale Smith gunned down the elderly man when he interrupted ...

Although the sign on the garage door of his home reads "Oklahoma Fan Parking Only," retired history professor R. Alton Lee spends most of his time writing about Kansas history.