Jefferson County News

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.

A 9-year-old Oskaloosa bicyclist was taken to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center Monday evening after he ran into the side of a car in Jefferson County, the Kansas Highway Patrol said.

The man accused of killing Oskaloosa farmer Dale Kingsbury will undergo a mental evaluation before his case continues in Jefferson County.

This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating Kansas history. The series' name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: "To the stars through difficulties." Moses Harman thought and did things that made Kansans uncomfortable.