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Custom Bottle Labels: Elevating Your Product's Appeal

A well-crafted label with clear, high-quality design speaks volumes.

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Larry Deval Williams

Larry Deval Williams, 61, of Emporia, Kansas, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2025. He was born on February 28, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois.

Scoreboard for Tuesday, March 18

North Dakota State at Kansas City, 11 a.m. North Dakota at South Dakota, 11 a.m. Minnesota State at MSU Moorhead (2), noon and 2 p.m. Concordia at UM Morris (2), 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. North Dakota State at Oklahoma State, 4 p.m. North Dakota State at Northern Colorado, 3 p.m. North Dakota State at Northern Colorado, 1 p.m.

State Bowling wraps up, several local teams earn trophies

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - State Bowling is complete, and quite a few high school teams local to WIBW’s viewing area left with some hardware. The Hayden boys are the 4-1A State Champions, ending the week with a series score of 3,666.

Spring Break fun at the library

Deanna Niles and Jayna McFarland say the library 'is alive' with many planned activities to keep your children busy for Spring Break

Andover boys pulls away in second half, avoids 5A’s upsets

By LIONEL TIPTON ANDOVER, Kansas – For much of his high school career, Andover senior Josh Kim has been a key component of the Trojans’ offense. But Kim suffered through one of his worst halves of basketball in the first half Wednesday night and had just three points at halftime in the Class 5A sub-state

Kansas singer Ronnie Platt, 65, shares major health update amid brave cancer battle

Kansas frontman Ronnie Platt announced he's now back home and doing well following thyroid cancer surgery, just over two weeks after confirming his diagnosis on Facebook.

Roundabout project starts next week in Topeka

A road project being funded with a county-wide half cent sales tax will start next week in Topeka. Shawnee County announced in a press release that on Friday, March 14,

Dedicated, hardworking Kansans support farmers. DOGE has targeted their office.

Dedicated USDA public servants work every single day to meet the needs of more than 117,000 farmers and ranchers across the state of Kansas.

Advisors Excel Promotes David Franzke to Chief Marketing Officer

Advisors Excel is proud to announce the promotion of David Franzke to Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Franzke, formerly the organization's Vice President of Marketing & Media Solutions, will take on this new leadership role overseeing the strategic planning,

Topeka homicide trial closes after plea deal reached

The Shawnee Co. District Attorney’s Office says Devonta Miller’s trial in connection to the death of Kristy Ann-Rodriguez started Monday, March 3. It was paused when Miller pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery. Miller will be sentenced April 14, 2025.

Hot Spots and Food For Thought

If you look at the new leadership, you’ll see people connected to the community, some with children, some with deep roots, others wanting to establish a life here for themselves and their families. You’ll see working folk, business folk, people with commitments to this community. You’ll see people who are open to new ideas, open to listening.

Thunderstorms, high winds likely in Douglas County; snow could return

Lawrence and parts of northeastern Kansas should expect rain and thunderstorms overnight into Tuesday, followed by possible snow Tuesday night into Wednesday.

Detective describes effort to find evidence of 2002 murders in Chandler trial

WESTMORELAND — Former Topeka Police Department detective Richard Volle described police efforts to uncover evidence of a 2002 double murder during his testimony Monday in the Dana Chandler trial.

Freshman Kansas senator ‘trying to stop bad stuff’ while pressing for property tax relief

Freshman Sen. Patrick Schmidt, a Topeka Democrat, talks about property tax relief and other topics on the Kansas Reflector podcast.

Vote for the Topeka-area's high school Athlete of the Week for Feb. 24-March 1

Last week was highlighted by the wrestling state tournament while basketball concluded their regular season. Vote now for the Topeka-area's athlete of the week.

Mike Lupica: Giants desperate enough to think Aaron Rodgers is the solution at QB

It is almost too good to be true that the Giants might be interested in Aaron Rodgers now that Matthew Stafford has shown that he’d prefer to keep playing for a team that actually blocks for him.

NOTO Arts Center is offering a new opportunity for emerging artists

The NOTO Art Center has announced a new residency program for emerging artists. The program offers studio space, classroom access, and networking opportunities for one year.

GOP has launched a sneaky plan to ban abortion in Kansas. At least that’s what it looks like.

I’m not saying that GOP lawmakers have an elaborate plan to ban abortion in Kansas. But if they did, they’d be doing what they’re doing now.

Rep. Sharice Davids points to Kansas leadership ‘failure’ on Medicaid, vows to resist federal cuts

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids underscored her opposition to federal Medicaid cuts Friday and called out “failure of leadership” in Topeka for the Legislature’s refusal to expand Kansas’ Medicaid program.

VA puts some Veterans Crisis Line hires on hold, as it considers putting remote jobs in office

Many Veterans Crisis Line employees worked in the office pre-pandemic, but in most cases, they've been working remotely for years now.

Kansas panel weighs discipline for prosecutors who listened to lawyer-inmate conversations

In an extraordinary hearing, a federal judge testified at a Wednesday disciplinary hearing about a years-long case of two attorneys accused of ethical violations for watching and listening in on visits between inmates and their attorneys at Leavenworth.

Kansas Senate bill would address conflicts of interest in local government — but not in Legislature

A Senate bill seeks to prohibit conflicts of interests by banning local government officials from voting on major development projects in which they have a “substantial interest.”

Woman charged with 2002 double murder questions her son, takes the stand

Dana Chandler again testified in her own defense on Wednesday, at the trial in which she’s charged with the murder of her ex-husband Michael Sisco, and his fiancèe,

Topeka High girl’s basketball knocks off Washburn Rural on Senior Night

Topeka High girl’s basketball celebrated Senior Night with a big Tuesday night win over Washburn Rural. The Trojans took a nine-point lead into the fourth quarter....Washburn Rural cut into that lead thanks to a barrage of three-pointers,

Patricia Irene Hendrickson

OSAGE CITY - Patricia Irene Hendrickson, 83, passed away February 21, 2025, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

Contrasting Fifth District Savings Bank (NASDAQ:FDSB) and Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN)

Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN – Get Free Report) and Fifth District Savings Bank (NASDAQ:FDSB – Get Free Report) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings,

‘Spell Freedom’ celebrates unsung educators behind the Civil Rights Movement

When the Supreme Court announced the landmark ruling of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education in 1954, putting an end to state-sanctioned segregation of public schools, Septima Clark, the widowed daughter of a former enslaved person,

Time Machine: Holiday Inn

In June 1960, construction of the new Holiday Inn was announced. It was described as “one of the two largest motor hotels in Iowa.” The other one opened June 19, 1960, in Des Moines. The eight-year-old Holiday Inns of America Corp. owned 30 hotels in the United States in 1960 and licensed 120 more.

Salute Our Heroes: Topeka woman turns previous addiction into a beacon of hope

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - You’ll often hear the phrase ‘we can and do recover’ among people who’ve battled and beat various addictions. Jodi Whitt of Topeka embodies that sentiment, and shares it by making a difference in the lives of others walking the same path that she once did.

Kansas advocates condemn U.S. House budget tied to Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts

Kansas organizations advocating for sustained funding for Medicaid services said hundreds of billions of dollars in proposed federal budget cuts to the national health program can be deadly to vulnerable people with disabilities as well as seniors and children.

Possible Tinker Air Force base layoffs lead to fear, concern

Tinker Air Force Base is one of the largest employers in Oklahoma, with more than 26,000 military and civilian employees. Though it hasn't happened yet, hundreds of civilian employees could be in line to lose their jobs at Tinker Air Force Base sometime this month.

DOGE cancels Topeka lease for empty USDA office that was 'a huge waste of money'

After DOGE canceled a lease for USDA's Risk Management Agency regional office in Topeka, the building owner called it an example of government waste.

Crews respond to overnight house fire in west Topeka

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Crews were called to an overnight house fire in west Topeka. The blaze was reported around 11:34 p.m. Sunday in the 2400 block of S.W. 10th Avenue. The location was just west of S.W. 10th and MacVicar avenues.