A Topeka man who was set to be tried for rape in two weeks instead entered a plea Thursday in Douglas County District Court to two counts of sexually motivated aggravated battery. The man, Daniel James Garcia-Hernandez,

The state of Kansas has been granted an extension to submit a request for a major federal disaster declaration after a major winter storm struck the state on Jan. 4 and 5, officials announced Friday morning.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A black hawk helicopter was one of the two aircraft involved in the plane crash on Jan. 29. Steven Hood of Topeka was a pilot with the Kansas National Guard for more than 30 years. “I transitioned to the black hawk in ’93, I believe,” Hood said. “I did four deployments one to Kosovo, two to Iraq, and one to Afghanistan.”

A child sex abuse survivor and advocate thinks it’s “more than a coincidence” that three men accused of child sex crimes died by suicide in December. Survivors of the three men are now left without the possibility of seeing their alleged abusers held accountable for their crimes,

Topeka and Shawnee County leaders are unsure what the new White House-mandated federal funding freeze will mean for residents.

On Friday, the State of Kansas was granted an extension to file for federal disaster relief for the winter storm that hit the state on Jan 4-5. Governor Laura Kelly submitted a letter requesting the extension on Jan.

A Kansas man whose Jan. 6 case was dismissed last week by President Donald Trump is demanding that Kansas State University immediately give him back the teaching job it fired him from, along with four years of back pay.

Kansas has a new mural in its Statehouse honoring women who campaigned for voting rights for decades before the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S.

TOPEKA, Kan. (KWCH)—Kansas lawmakers will once again debate a bill set to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The bill is similar to one Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed last year. Republicans came up one vote short of overriding that veto, although similar laws have been implemented across the U.S.

Kansas became the 33rd state. All week, the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library (TSCPL) is celebrating Kansas Day in their own unique way. The library is hosting

Happy 164th Birthday Kansas! There were many celebrations today which included local kids learning about the state’s uniqueness at the Kansas Children’s Discovery

Independent pharmacies across Kansas will close on Wednesday, Feb.5, for a day of advocacy to raise awareness of what they call unfair business practices by pharmacy benefit managers.