TOPEKA — Attorneys for the City of Topeka and five police officers named in a wrongful-death lawsuit urged a federal magistrate to sanction a lawyer representing the dead man’s family for disclosing body-camera footage of…

TOPEKA — A Topeka man who blocked officers on Jan. 6, 2021, during an attack on the U.S. Capitol building asked a federal court to delay his trial after Donald Trump won the presidency. In…

For the fourth time in recent weeks, Topekans found themselves cleaning up Thursday morning in the wake of a severe overnight thunderstorm. Winds estimated at 80 mph did widespread tree damage late Wednesday evening  in…

TOPEKA — House Speaker Dan Hawkins on Monday urged Gov. Laura Kelly to sign bipartisan tax relief rather than summon lawmakers back to Topeka for a special session that would cost $84,000 per day. The…

Voters to decide $2M school bond LE ROY — Voters in the Le Roy-Gridley USD 245 school district will decide on May 14 whether to approve $2 million in bonds for improvements including a new…

TOPEKA — Bills containing the new state government budget and a three-year, $1.5 billion tax reduction plan crafted by the Republican-led Kansas Legislature await action this week by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly ahead of lawmakers’…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Legislature is scrambling to address tax cuts, funding for disability services and immigration issues ahead of its annual three-week spring break starting next week. Most bills that don’t pass…

TOPEKA — Rep. Ford Carr feels unseen. The Wichita Democrat, who is one of eight Black lawmakers in the 165-member majority-white, majority-Republican Legislature, shared a letter on social media in which he vents frustration with…

Sen. Caryn Tyson, a Republican from Parker who represents Allen County in the 12th District, is serving her third term as a state senator. She served a term as a representative before that. Having that…

A Veterans Administration clinic is expected to open this spring at the Family Physicians building at 1408 East St.  The Iola VA clinic will absorb three other clinics — in Chanute, Garnett and Fort Scott…