A Night for the History Books with Bill Kurtis is 6 p.m. June 8 at Washburn’s Memorial Union. The event will benefit the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Shawnee County Historical Society on Sunday, Oct. 13, will offer a chance to tour four major buildings/lofts in downtown ...

An anticipated positive step for Topeka will be taken on the anniversary of one of the worst days in its history. The Kansas Department of Transportation announced May 26 it will shut down Interstate ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An event Saturday will honor the historical significance of the African-Americans known as Exodusters who came in the late 1800s ...

The Bleeding Kansas section of the Kansas Museum of History has been revamped, along with the rest of the museum's galleries. When the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka opens its new galleries on ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A new exhibit explores Topeka’s diverse history and heritage. Staci Dawn Ogle of the North Topeka Arts and Entertainment District and exhibit curator Lisa LaRue-Baker of 785 Arts ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Just this past month, Andy Valdivia completed an addition to his nearly 100-foot mural in the Marlo Cuevas-Balandran Activity Center. Each foot of the ‘Our History’ mural is part ...

A rededication of Exoduster Boulevard on the Stormont Vail Events Center grounds is among events set to take place Saturday at that location. An event Saturday will honor the historical significance ...

The Shawnee County Historical Society on Sunday, Oct. 13, will offer a chance to tour four major buildings/lofts in downtown Topeka. The organization's annual Historic Homes Tour fundraiser that day ...