Shawnee County News

Sentencing for Hunter Hillmer, 20, continued for more than 3 1/2 hours Friday Shawnee County Court Judge Nancy Parrish ruled that Hillmer must serve 10 years and 3 months in the Department Of Corrections.

If trustees of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library pass a tougher smoking policy, it will all but snuff out tobacco use on library property.

As a member of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, I know one of the best ways to lower crime in the future is to provide high quality, pre-kindergarten early learning opportunities to kids today.

Expocentre general manager H.R. Cook points to a master plan rendering of improvements suggested for the 26-year-old facility.

Topeka Metro is partnering with the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, the Kansas Children's Discovery Center, Brown vs.

Lu Min, co-owner of Mr. Stirfry, 1700 S.W. Wanamaker, on Tuesday points to new labeling the restaurant has added in light of several repeat violations noted by the Kansas Department of Agriculture.

Soldier Township and Topeka fire crews work Tuesday afternoon to control a blaze at a home at 808 N.E. 43rd St.

Commissioners Shelly Buhler, Kevin Cook and Bob Archer on Thursday are set to discuss an extension of the tax, including projects already identified for the money.

Fire crews at 3 p.m. were attempting to douse flames from a large blaze that ripped through a Shawnee County home Tuesday afternoon north of Topeka.

The jury trial of Billy Frank Davis Jr., which was set to start Oct. 7, was postponed Tuesday until March 2014 to allow the defense more time to prepare.

The accident was reported around 9:15 a.m. Tuesday just east of S.W. Wanamaker on eastbound I-70. A Shawnee County dispatcher said one person was injured and police were directing traffic out of the right-hand lane.

County Commissioners approved a $129,110 contract with Helping Hands Humane Society to take in all stray animals that are delivered to the shelter by Shawnee County residents and animal control officers.

The Monday Market at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library started Monday, May 13.

As the legislative session grinds toward Day 80 on Monday, the gulf between the House and Senate on extending a 0.6 of a percent sales tax set to expire July 1 remains the obstacle to adjournment.

The virus is a highly contagious, and is spread through droplets in the air, typically when someone coughs or sneezes.

An apparent dispute escalated to the point that one woman attempted to use a Molotov cocktail on another woman's doorstep but was unable to ignite it, authorities said Saturday.

A 26-year-old Topeka man was arrested late Friday after two people injured and robbed a man at an apartment complex in the 1300 block of S.W. Tyler, authorities said Saturday.

Cassie Taylor, the bass-playing, blues-singing daugher of blusman Otis Taylor, and her band will kick off the Topeka Blues Society's Summertime Blues series with a free concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Gage Park Amphitheater.

A previously rejected proposal to change zoning for property near S.W. 37th and Burlingame Road is among matters local governing bodies will take up this coming week.

According to the officers who use them, and their supervisors, the cameras offer a very effective means of protecting everyone involved at a crime scene or dispute - police officers, criminals and victims.