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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
David Neely, 76, of Lawrence, died after being involved in a head-on traffic crash Sunday morning on N.E. River Road in northeast Topeka, police said.
Ricky R. Washington Jr., 45, of Topeka, was the man killed in Sunday morning’s double shooting in central Topeka, police said Tuesday. Police still weren't making public the name, age or gender ...
Old Lawrence City Hall: February 24, 1971 : 1047 Massachusetts St. Lawrence: Built 1885-88 for Watkins National Bank; city hall, 1929-1970; Watkins Community Museum since 1975. 68: Old Lawrence City Library: Old Lawrence City Library
Cyrus K. Holliday (1826-1900), first president of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad; founder of Topeka township John F. Kilmartin (1921-2004), retail executive [ 49 ] Crime
A court order says Topeka Police Chief Bryan Wheeles wouldn't pose for photos with two newly promoted female officers who sued Wheeles and the city.
1873: The Topeka Blade is founded by J. Clarke Swayze. 1879: George W. Reed buys the Blade and changes its name to The Kansas State Journal. 1879: The Topeka Daily Capital is founded by Major J.K. Hudson as an evening paper but changes to morning in 1881. Its press is claimed to be the first electric motor press in the United States [citation ...
Ward, 25, of Topeka, was arrested Sept. 16 after officers attempting to find him went to the 2900 block of S.W. Oakley Avenue, where he initially fled but was subsequently arrested, said Rosie ...