Shawnee County News Archives

Brian Dean Wilson told a Shawnee County District Court judge Wednesday he was only trying to stop a very intoxicated friend from driving away from a bar when things got out of hand.

Shawnee County is taking steps to stop one planned memorial for murder victim Gerald Eberhardt.

Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor on Wednesday filed an additional charge of solicitation of first-degree murder against 43-year-old Michelle L. Eberhardt of Tecumseh.

Topeka, Kan. _ The first round of the swine flu vaccine is set to be given out Thursday at the Kansas Expocentre from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 1,400 doses of the vaccine will be given out.

The remains of two bodies were found just east of Ogden in Riley County. Autopsy results on the human remains found in Riley County Sunday afteroon could come as soon as Thursday.

Three people were arrested in the shooting death of a man early Sunday in his home southeast of Topeka, including a woman and man who shared the same address.

The bodies of of a woman and a small child were discovered in a shallow grave in Riley County, police said Tuesday.

Shawnee County is ready to offer its first public H1N1 vaccinations, but only to people who meet certain criteria.

A Tecumseh woman, her teenage son and his girlfriend have been charged in the shooting death of the woman's husband in their home.

Shawnee County sheriff's officials are investigating what they are calling a "suspicious" shooting death that occurred early Sunday southeast of Topeka.

A northeast Topeka man was accidentally shot in the leg Friday while practicing shooting with his grandson.

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A former assistant Kansas attorney general is disputing allegations of misconduct stemming from investigations of abortion providers.

The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle.

In the second week of District 5 play, Junction City will match up with Centennial League foe Topeka High.

A shooting during an armed robbery Monday night at a Highland Park liquor store left one person dead and capped a wild west type of day in the capital city.

TOPEKA, Kan. a ' Authorities responded to an overnight house fire in the 3200 block of Northwest Rochester early Saturday morning.

A fire early Saturday destroyed the historic Owen House at 3212 N.W. Rochester Road, which was thought to have been a way station on the Underground Railroad.

Shawnee County has put forth an interesting proposal to remove the county treasurer's spot from a partisan, elected office to an appointed one.

The Shawnee Co. Sheriff's Office announced the seizure of over than a thousand marijuana plants worth an estimated one and a half million dollars.

The Shawnee County Health Agency has received the first doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine.

Hall Commercial Printing says it never received a check for $2,102 that Shawnee County issued to it on May 8. Shawnee County commissioners plan Thursday to consider a resolution that would authorize County Clerk Cyndi Beck to cancel that check and issue a replacement.

Topeka Unified School District 501 was defrauded of more than $515,000 earlier this decade after failing to reconcile bank statements regarding its financial institution, US Bank.

All Shawnee County Health Agency offices will be closed on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 for staff training.

Shawnee County sheriff's Sgt. Jay Simecka says an anonymous tip led investigators to the extensive outdoor marijuana operation in a large wooded area.

By Audrey Esther The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation seized and destroyed $1.5 million dollars worth of marijuana plants.

A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the February shooting of a North Topeka bartender, which critically wounded the victim.

A chase reaching speeds of 110 miles per hour ended with three people being taken away in handcuffs.

The first H1N1 flu vaccinations are expected to arrive in Kansas later than state officials initially had predicted, with the date varying by location.

Two employees of the all-female Topeka Correctional Facility have been accused by the Kansas Department of Corrections of engaging in sex with inmates in the past two years.

The shooting occurred just after 12:30 a.m. in the 6700 block of SW Shadyvale Lane.

Wind advisories have been issued across the state today including in the Topeka and Shawnee County area.

New concerns over money management in the Shawnee county Treasurer's Office. County commissioners learned today that the office has not reconciled its bank statements since august 2008.