Topeka News

Topeka Fire Chief, Howard Giles, announced his resignation Monday in an email to all department personnel.

Topeka Fire Chief Howard Giles announced Monday he is resigning effective September 4, 2009.

The stage was set Monday for Michael Jackson's final act as the world capital of make-believe braced for what could be the biggest, most spectacular celebrity send-off of all time.

Only a small number of fans will be able to attend Michael Jackson's memorial service.

Born to Grants zebras Kitwo and Shani, t his is the first offspring for this pair of zebras and the first zebra birth in 12 years at the Zoo.

A new estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau puts the Kansas capital's population as of July 2008 at 123,446 _ up by 881 from July 2007.

That was one of several findings in a state audit published Wednesday. Auditors found an executive secretary and administrative specialist at the Topeka lottery office had more than 700 hours of overtime in one year.

Hamburgers, fried chicken and artisan breads are among the menu choices at eight restaurants determined to be the "most iconic" in Kansas.

Overweight patients near Topeka, Kansas, will have to pay a heavier price to ride in an ambulance.

Kansas officials are bracing for more gloomy news about the states tax collections.

Shirley Phelps-Roper of Topeka, Kan., was charged with violating the law in 2007.

A Topeka company will begin charging some overweight and critical care patients more to ride in its ambulances.

All the baby-sitters of Topeka make a difference in their community. Whether he or she is fourteen, sixteen, or twenty- five years old, a baby-sitter listens to the kids and does what is best.

Those mourning the loss of Ruby Tuesday 's will soon have a new place to dine. Famous Dave's barbecue restaurant is moving into the building at SW 17th and Wanamaker where Ruby Tuesday used to be.

A woman charged with driving the wrong way on Interstate 70 during a head-on wreck that killed another motorist has been sentenced to prison in an unrelated federal embezzlement case, according to federal court records.

The Topeka Fire and Police Departments want you to have a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July holiday season.

TOPEKA, Kan. - The Kansas Board of Regents voted Thursday to require state universities to conduct regular audits that include their athletic departments after revelations that Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder and others received tens of thousands of dollars in undocumented payments.

A Topeka woman will stand trial on charges of having unlawful sexual relations with an inmate while she was in jail in Shawnee County .

A jury trial has been set for a Topeka teen facing murder charges. Pedro Galicia-Hernandez is being charged with second degree murder and aggravated battery charges in the shooting death of Felipe Barranco .

Environmentalists sent a letter to a state agency on Monday demanding that it hold public hearings on plans to build a new coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas.Earth Justice and the Kansas Sierra Club sent the letter to Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby demanding that the public have a chance to weigh in on ...