Amber Peery, convicted Aug. 15 in the October 2022 Kansas Turnpike crash deaths of three Girl Scouts, including her daughter, ...

Peery, 35, was admitted Dec. 17 to the Topeka Correctional Facility, the state's women's prison at 815 S.E. Rice Road, according to the website of the Kansas Department of Corrections ...

Cherry’s plea in Shawnee County District Court in Topeka ... Kansas hasn’t executed anyone since 1965. With Cherry's guilty plea, state law requires Heinen to sentence Cherry to life in prison ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — A man who lived in a makeshift camp with a homeless 5-year-old Kansas girl and her father pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder and rape in connection with the child’s death.

Terra Morehead, who was disbarred by the Kansas Supreme Court in April 2024, was involved in several legal scandals including ...

TOPEKA — A ... carried out because Kansas hasn’t executed anyone since 1965. With Cherry’s guilty plea, state law requires Heinen to sentence Cherry to life in prison with no chance of ...

As 2024 draws to a close, Topeka has seen 21 homicides as of Monday, Dec. 30, while another two have been reported by Shawnee ...

A Lansing, Kansas inmate, already serving time for rape, is convicted of kidnapping a prison employee last year.

Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab gavels a meeting of the state’s presidential electors in the state Senate chamber to a close, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka ...