Topeka News

Topeka police late Saturday released the name and photograph of a "person of interest" sought in connection with the predawn death of a 20-year-old man who was shot across the street from the College Hill ...

A man was injured when hit by what what detectives say was either a bullet or roman candle.

An Emporia jury has found a Topeka man guilty in the December shooting death of an 18-year-old hunter.

Topeka Police are investigating the homicide of 20-year-old Timothy Lister. Police found Lister suffering from a gunshot wound in the 1300 block of SW Lane St.

Topeka police say a man who was angry about two people shooting off fireworks late Thursday responded by firing a shotgun at them, missing them.

Topeka Police are continuing to investigate a homicide of a Topeka man. At about 5:20 a.m., officers were called to the 1300 block of SW Lane to investigate a shooting.

Topeka Fire Department crews were on the scene of a house fire in the 600 block of Southeast Lake Street late Friday night.

Rodney Tyrone Jennings Jr. dreamed of making it big in the music industry. "He played drums since he was about 2 years old," his mother, Sharon Harris, of Topeka, said Thursday.

A standoff occured in southeast Topeka Thursday night - as authorities were called to the scene near SE Girard and SE 35th Terrace on an attempt to serve a warrant.

A Topeka police officer critical of Shawnee County District Attorney Robert Hecht asserts the prosecutor doesn't want people arrested on Fridays and Saturdays because it would result in overtime for his office ...

A Mankato, Minn., woman is in satisfactory condition this morning after being transported to a Topeka hospital by Lifestar with injuries suffered Wednesday in a two-vehicle accident about six miles north of ...

The Topeka Police Department has issued a release saying that Rodney Jennings III, 21-years-old from Topeka has died.

Topeka Police say a shooting Wednesday night appears to have been an accident. It happened in a home in the 2400 block of SW Edgewater around 8 pm Wednesday.

Developer Gene Jani has dismissed the firm that was representing him in his lawsuit against the city of Topeka.

Police are investigating an early morning shooting in East Topeka that sent a man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A retired Wichita judge has been named to preside during court appearances in the counterfeit case against the 16-year-old son of a Saline County district judge.

The Kansas Department on Aging celebrated Topeka/ Shawnee County's focus on how best it can support people of all ages.

A man who started as victim of a robbery turned into the suspect of a burglary. Topeka Police responded to an alarm call at After Dark Video at 1:30 Tuesday morning.

Investigators believe a lightning strike is to blame for a Friday morning house fire.

The Kansas Sampler Foundation has announced the winners of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Architecture.