Topeka is the capital of Kansas and is located on the Kansas River. The city is also near the Potawatomi Indian Reservation and Perry Lake. It was settled as a railroad stop in 1854. Topeka hosts a festival every month except February. Among them are the Topeka Jazz Festival is in May, Shawnee County Fair in July, the Cider Days in September and the Apple Festival in October.
Can I vote before Tuesday? You can still fax an advance voting application to the Shawnee County Election Office at 266-0299 or drop it off at 911 S.W. 37th St.
Police arrested a Topeka man Saturday in connection with rape. Shawnee County Jail records indicated Daniel Lawrence Frost, 54, of 115 N.W. Redbud Circle, Apt.
A man struck in the head with a baseball bat Friday night was taken to a Topeka hospital after a string of violent events involving gunshots and a car chase that ended in a fight near the Capitol Plaza Hotel in the 1700 block of S.W. Topeka Boulevard, police said.
Shawnee County Commissioner Vic Miller holds up a copy of the April 7, 2009, Topeka Sales Tax Question while trying to make his point about what the City of Topeka can use the money for during a Shawnee County Commission meeting last December.
Kan. GOP hopeful seeks 'full-time' pledges TOPEKA - A Republican candidate for Kansas secretary of state is challenging his rivals to commit to being a full-time state official if elected and jabbed Thursday at an opponent who's become well-known for work on immigration issues.
A Topeka man faces federal charges of drug trafficking. 23-year old Damon R. Glass was indicted on one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in ...
Quintard Taylor, a professor of American history at the University of Washington , gave the keynote speech Thursday morning at the National Underground Railroad to Freedom Program Conference.
Guests to the Capitol City have a new place to get a good night's sleep. Community leaders were on hand as the Holiday Inn Express and Suites North held its official ribbon cutting Thursday morning.
Natalie Wood and James Dean star in the 1955 motion picture "Rebel Without A Cause," which will be shown after dark Friday outdoors at the Kansas History Museum, 6425 S.W. 6th, as part of its free Sundown Film Festival.
Judy Coder & Cowgirl Swing -- from left, Diane Gillenwater, Karla Campbell, Coder and Patti Nance -- will perform a street dance Saturday evening in Cottonwood Falls then perform Sunday afternoon in North Topeka at a fundraiser for Seaman Congregational Church.