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Buckle Up Event to teach proper child restraint 03/27/12 - 9:09pm

Safe Kids Shawnee County is sponsoring a Buckle Up Event on Saturday in which certified car seat technicians will be on hand to help people, Community Action said in a news release Tuesday. The free event will be from 9 a.m.

Council defers action on low-income housing 03/27/12 - 9:07pm

The Topeka City Council put off a decision for three weeks Tuesday evening on whether to support establishing a low-income housing complex targeted at serving military veterans in southwest Topeka.

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WU Tech to give away 2 'recycled' vehicles 03/27/12 - 8:49pm

A program that refurbishes economically totaled vehicles for financially strapped people is searching for applicants eligible to receive one of two automobiles that will be drivable by May.

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Beagle survives shooting, close call with car 03/28/12 - 12:11am

Some may consider this little beagle, which was found Friday soaked from the rain, covered in ticks and shot in the back of the head, unlucky. A Topeka family thinks the opposite. "We have been calling her Lucky Dog," Sarah Sachs-Jepson said Tuesday.

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More bones found on Osage Co. property 03/27/12 - 5:34pm

CARBONDALE - Osage County authorities have found more bones and bone fragments in a rural area where a human skull was discovered by a woman, an official said Tuesday.

Men remain in hospital following March 19 fatality wreck 03/27/12 - 5:26pm

Two men remained in a local hospital Tuesday more than a week after they were involved in a rollover wreck that resulted in the death of a 15-year-old girl. Hunter M.

Suit to come in natural gas blast death 03/28/12 - 12:10am

An attorney representing family members of Lucinia "Lucy" Tolliver, who died as a result of a Jan.

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Parks and Rec seeks own police agency 03/27/12 - 4:55pm

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Stormont-Vail official honored by ABWA chapter 03/27/12 - 9:21pm

Friends and colleagues of Carol Wheeler used numerous words in her praise. Respected. Generous. Affectionate. Confidante.

Jayhawks to fly Wednesday out of Forbes 03/27/12 - 4:44pm

The University of Kansas men's basketball team plans to take a 3:45 p.m. flight out of Topeka's Forbes Field on Wednesday en route to Final Four competition in the NCAA Tournament in New Orleans.

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