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Topeka declares 'pothole emergency.' Meanwhile, this Facebook page offers a place to vent
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAs Topeka's city government scrambled Monday to deal with what it called a "pothole emergency," the...
Topeka police officer blamed wife for drunken driving crash. Here's the status of his certification.
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Topeka police officer hit a car while driving drunk last October, then told police his wife had...
Future uncertain for Topeka's former Van Buren School, damaged by raging blaze on Dec. 3
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoRecent years have seen more twists and turns than a soap opera for Topeka's former Van Buren School....
Topeka's water mains are breaking at higher rate in wake of extreme temperature changes
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoTopeka water mains are breaking significantly more often than they used to. Over the past 10 years,...
Topeka is seeing a lot of potholes, 'and we're not even into pothole season yet'
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTopeka's city government filled 627 potholes last week alone, and has already patched more than...
A Topeka tornado killed 16 in 1966. Here are seven improvements that make us safer now.
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFifty-six years ago Wednesday, on June 8, 1966, a monster tornado swept over the top of Burnett’s...
Monday's Topeka heat index was 123 degrees; city and county workers are taking precautions
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe protective gear Topeka firefighters wear can get pretty hot — especially if the heat index is...
Topeka heat index soars Sunday to 124 degrees. Hundreds at Lawrence lose electrical power
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTopekans sweltered Sunday amid a heat index that soared to an unprecedented 124 degrees. That figure...
Topeka man seriously hurt after he fired gunshots toward police. Four officers fired back
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTopeka police shot and wounded a man after he fired gunshots in the direction of officers during a...
Topeka hired its 1st female police officer 130 years ago. Today, 13% of force are women.
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWoman are better represented in the upper ranks at the Topeka Police Department than at most police...