Nick Chiles, a prominent Black Topeka newspaper editor in the early 1900s, is buried at Topeka's Mount Auburn Cemetery. So are Negro Leagues baseball player and manager "Topeka Jack" Johnson and ...

Topeka Collegiate School students listened intently this past week as Dale Cushinberry talked about the days he attended Topeka's all-Black Buchanan Elementary School. Cushinberry, a retired principal ...

Though the onset of cold weather has put a chill on many things Kansans like to do, here are five great stops for Kansas ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - An icon of Topeka history is celebrating a special milestone. Leola Brown Montgomery turned 100 years old on Friday. “Well, I’m happy that we were able to do what we did and the ...

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Topeka occurred 30 years ago Monday, but forecasters are calling for near-record highs leading to Christmas this year in the capital city. On Dec. 23, 1989, an ...

Bonar Menninger's book provides the history of the 1966 Topeka tornado. On June 8, 1966 the most destructive tornado to date hit Topeka, Kansas. 16 were killed, 500 injured and property damage topped ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A local historian is making sure the memory of a lost Topeka neighborhood is preserved and shared for generations to come. Dr. Tara D. James-Wallace is making sure the history of the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - On a hot and windy Saturday, the community came out for the Topeka Family and Friends Juneteenth Celebration. Located at the Hillcrest Community Center, Topeka came out to take ...