Topeka
CRIME & SAFETY
Topeka woman involved in injury accident after hydroplaning on I-70
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - According to the Kansas Highway Patrol online crash logs, a Topeka driver was involved in an injury accident on Tuesday night. A Topeka woman was westbound on I-70 in the right lane when her vehicle hydroplaned due to the heavy rainfall at approximately 6:25 p.m. As...
Topekan arrested after false bomb threat at Stormont Vail Events Center
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Topeka woman is in jail after a false bomb threat was made at Stormont Vail Events Center. Just before 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 2, the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center received a call about a bomb threat at Southwest Topeka Boulevard and Southwest 19th Street, Stormont Vail Events Center, according […]
Pedestrian sustains injuries in southwest Topeka hit and run incident
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Topeka Police are investigating a hit-and-run incident that left a pedestrian injured in southwest Topeka Saturday night. A press release from TPD says just before 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 29 a pedestrian was struck by a car in the 1100 block of S.W. 6th Ave.
Three arrested over the weekend on meth counts in Shawnee County
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Three men were behind bars following their arrests over the weekend in connection with methamphetamine possession, authorities said. The men were arrested following multiple encounters with Shawnee County sheriff’s deputies over the weekend. Officials said the first arrest came shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, when...
‘Pretty much a miracle’: Topeka mom, son survive deer flying through windshield
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A local mother says things could have ended much worse after she hit a deer on I-70 with her infant son in the backseat. Topekan Billie Fox was traveling home from Council Grove in the early evening of Friday, June 21. She was driving through Wabaunsee County when she noticed a deer […]
Search continues for 3rd suspect in acid attack on Kansas teen
SEDGWICK COUNTY —Police continue the search for a 16-year-old Kansas girl accused in a violent attack on a Kansas teen. Just after noon May 26, police responded to a disturbance in the 400 block of N Dodge in Wichita, according to Wichita Police Captain Aaron Moses. The victim in this case, an 18-year-old girl later arrived at an area hospital with second degree burns to the face and neck believed to be caused by a suspect throwing an acidic liquid on her during a physical fight.
Possession, child endangerment arrests stem from TPD narcotics search
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Topeka Police have arrested three people on Tuesday following a search warrant relating to an ongoing investigation, officials said. Members of the TPD Narcotics Unit served a search warrant in the 2100 block of SW 10th Ave. While the search warrant was conducted, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were located by officers.
Search continues for Kansas teen homicide suspect
SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a homicide are asking for the public’s help in locating 19-year-old Nassir Gill of Topeka, according to a media release from police. Gill is a person of interest in the homicide of Brian M. Wright Jr., 23, that occurred on June 21,...
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