Tim Hrenchir
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Topeka, KS, United States
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$8.3 million, 3.5-acre Giraffe and Friends habitat at Topeka Zoo will open Friday
The Giraffe and Friends habitat will open Friday at the Topeka Zoo in Gage Park. → Read More
Four New Yorkers will win trip to Topeka and spending money after Eric Adams' punchline
Due to the Big Apple's mayor's snub, four New Yorkers will get a free taste of Topeka. Meanwhile, Gov. Laura Kelly says he owes Kansas an apology. → Read More
'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling interviewed by Megan Phelps-Roper for 'Witch Trials'
JK Rowling has drawn criticism for comments she made about transgender people. Critics have called her a TERF. → Read More
Here's what Topeka's mayor and council decided about loft apartments at Potwin Place
Potwin Presbyterian Church was built in 1924 and no longer needs its former education wing. → Read More
Judge seals charging affidavit against Dustin J. Kelley Sr. in death of Topeka toddler
Wednesday's affidavit denial was the third in less than a year in a murder case in Shawnee County District Court. → Read More
Kansas City Chiefs theme energizes students for upcoming 'Super Bowl of Learning'
"Football brings people together in a really special way," said Tiffany Anderson, superintendent for Topeka USD 501. → Read More
Topeka hired its 1st female police officer 130 years ago. Today, 13% of force are women.
13% of officers in Topeka's police department are women, but that's close to average for cities of Topeka's size. → Read More
Inmate seeking gender-affirming surgery moved to women's prison in Topeka
It wasn't clear Wednesday if Michelle Lamb had received gender-affirming surgery. → Read More
2 children, adult die in house fire at 916 S.W. Warren Ave.; another adult injured
Three people died Friday morning in a house fire at 916 S.W. Warren Ave. in Topeka. → Read More
Topeka Fire Department has seen an upsurge in applicants. This change may be the reason.
EMT training programs in Kansas tend to take eight to 10 weeks to complete and to cost between $2,000 and $4,000. → Read More
'Like little sponges': Benefits of mentoring extolled as International Mentoring Day nears
"They're just little sponges," Mary Smith says of the children she mentors at Northern Hills Elementary School. → Read More
Bill Fiander came to Topeka with a 2-year plan; 26 years later, here's what makes him proud
Bill Fiander is joining the political science department faculty at Washburn University. → Read More
Widow says Topeka man put down his gun before another man pulled one and shot him to death
Jahiem Brown is charged with murder linked to a Topeka homicide committed early July 5. → Read More
Here's how city of Topeka will save without car insurance and how it will cover claims
Topeka city manager Stephen Wade anticipates the city will save about $250,000. → Read More
Here's the latest about discussion of proposed city of Topeka utility rate increases
Topeka Mayor Mike Padilla said Tuesday he thinks the city government's efficiency deserves "a little scrutiny." → Read More
These were Topeka's 2022 homicide victims. They ranged in age from 6 months to 81 years
Males were victims in 15 of the homicides so far in 2022 on a list maintained by the Topeka Police Department. → Read More
Siberian winds could send wind chill to minus 37, Topeka's lowest since 1989
Topeka could see the wind chill indices plunge to as much as 42 degrees below zero late Thursday and early Friday. → Read More
A Ukrainian couple left wartorn homeland with baby on the way. She was born in Topeka.
Saturday brought Topeka the birth of its first refugee baby from the war in Ukraine — just in time for Christmas. → Read More
One person died and another was hurt as fire destroyed a 154-year-old house east of Topeka
Firefighters arrived to find the 154-year-old house fully involved in flames. → Read More
A hurricane destroyed the boat on which a former Topekan lived. Now he's bought another
Retired Topeka police officer Randall Listrom, who lived on a fishing boat that sunk in a Florida hurricane, is now buying a sailboat to replace it. → Read More