Jefferson County News

An ethics complaint filed with the state's attorney disclipinary board on Monday alleges former Kansas Attorney General chief of staff Eric Rucker considered the high-stakes pursuit of abortion clinics worth the gamble "for the greater cause." New details arose in the complaint, which alleges the attorney general's office staked out a Wichita ...

Jefferson County authorities are looking for an elderly man who hasn't been seen since Thursday morning.

Oklahoma state health officials on Tuesday announced the H1N1 vaccine is being made available to the general population after a dip in demand from priority groups including children and pregnant women.

After an exceptionally dark afternoon on Monday, rain began falling across Topeka and much of northeast Kansas around 4 p.m., giving the area a good soaking.

Jefferson County medical providers involved in administering H1N1 vaccine will receive limited doses of vaccine this week, reports the Jefferson County Health Department.

Nick Nelson, left, lifts up a recycle bin Tuesday to Nick Nelson in the parking lot at the city's salt storage barn, Harold and Northgate streets.

In August, Feyh and his wife, Angie, bought the Max Mart convenience store and Becker Retail Liquor in Meriden.

H1N1 vaccine remains available in very limited supply in Jefferson County, reports County Health Officer Eileen Filbert, RN.

A Topeka man died Tuesday when he was thrown from his vehicle on a Jefferson County highway.

A Topeka man died Tuesday after being ejected from his vehicle and falling more 30 feet from a bridge near Williamstown in Jefferson County, authorities said.

Dennis Stebbins of Overbrook admitted to defrauding the owners of J Bar Ranch in Jefferson County by inflating the average weight and cost of the cattle he bought for the ranch.

The duties of Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig have gotten somewhat busier in his first full year of his first term as sheriff as he recently joined the Kansas Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Former Jefferson County commissioner Don Edmonds of McLouth has been charged in a theft investigation.

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A man charged with killing a Jefferson County farmer will be heading back to Larned State Hospital for more evaluation.

The search continues for an elderly Atchison couple who disappeared Friday, September 11 and the sheriff's department issued a Silver Alert to launch a statewide search for them.

Divers were in the Missouri River north of Atchison late Tuesday investigating a sunken car discovered earlier in the day following a tip that an elderly couple missing since Friday may have been sighted in the area, authorities said.

Authorities are working to pull a car out of the Missouri River in Atchison, a task that could bring an end to the search for a missing elderly couple.

Sharon Laverntz asks Rep. Lynn Jenkins a question during the listening tour stop at the Oskaloosa Public Library.

The Kansas Highway Patrol will be conducting two check lanes in the Jefferson County area this weekend.