Topeka

A Dillons grocery store closed. Three central Topeka census tracts became federally designated food deserts. Now a local movement aims to fill the gap.

The Winter Paralympics are beginning in Beijing, where Topeka native Dan Cnossen will compete as one of the world's best Paralympian cross-country skiers. Plus, Missouri food stamp applicants are suing over the state over a "dysfunctional" system that's shutting them out of benefits.

With congressional redistricting out of the limelight for now, education issues are moving to the forefront in Topeka and Jefferson City.

Retired Navy SEAL veteran Dan Cnossen will compete at the upcoming Winter Paralympics in Beijing in Nordic skiing events. Cnossen is arguably the world's best, earning six medals at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

The trail, which follows key moments and locations in the Civil Rights movement across the United States, also stops in Independence and St. Louis on its way to Kansas City.

In a public forum Saturday, many community members discussed the need for a public defender's office. There was opposition, too, mostly from defense attorneys in the county.

In an effort to stimulate the local economy, Choose Topeka has been offering qualifying candidates $10,000 to $15,000 to relocate to the capital city of Kansas.

As employees in Topeka, Kansas, enter a new round of negotiations, they are calling for the public to resist the urge to indulge in Doritos and Cheetos until a new deal that includes less forced overtime is reached.

Union members rejected a contract offer and walked off the job this week complaining about stagnant wages and sometimes being forced to work six- and seven-day weeks.

Maria Martinez is a graduate of Emporia State University in Kansas. She spent last semester student teaching in a kindergarten classroom in the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools.

Maria Martinez, interna en educación se pregunta cómo será enseñar a su clase de kinder por primera vez este año. Así se ha preparado para ellos.

Lawmakers in Kansas and Missouri worked to limit the power of certain officials at the state and local levels to take emergency actions during a public health crisis.