The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office is noticing an increasing amount of mail theft being reported throughout Shawnee County.

Democratic leaders in the Kansas Legislature are criticizing Secretary of State Kris Kobach for serving as the honorary campaign chairman for a fellow Republican.

Topeka Kwik Shops are starting a Valentine Day campaign that will help benefit the Helping Hands Humane Society’s new building.

Shortly after 4 a.m. Friday Topeka Police responded to a call of an armed robbery at the Kwik Shop located at 1114 NW Topeka Blvd.

Workers at the General Motors Fairfax plant in Kansas City, Kan., voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike.

State health officials say the water in an east-central creek is safe for animal consumption again, after cleanup of a chemical spill.

A former associate vice provost at the University of Kansas has settled a discrimination lawsuit against the school.

A Reno County jury found a 28-year-old Wichita man guilty of using his sister as a shield during a standoff with police last year.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there will be no New York City parade for Iraq War veterans in the foreseeable future because of objections voiced by military officials.

A federal judge has sentenced Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his two-year, international crime spree. 

The Obama administration is expanding its signature foreclosure-prevention program to try to help those with heavy debt loads avoid losing their homes.

Reno fire investigators have confirmed arcing power lines caused the wind-blown blaze that destroyed dozens of homes on the southwest side of town in November.

President Michel Martelly says he will let justice run its course in the case of the man known as "Baby Doc."

Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear agency is including two senior weapons experts on a mission to Iran on Saturday.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will make a short trip to Europe next week, making her sixth visit to Germany and first to Bulgaria as America's top diplomat.

The U.S. ratings agency says it is downgrading the credit ratings for five European nations including leading economic heavyweights Italy and Spain.

The social networking website could file regulatory papers for its initial public offering of stock as early as next week.

The automaker reported $13.62 billion in net income, but investors brushed off the result because most of that came from an accounting change.

The power company says its fourth-quarter earnings surged 75 percent, largely due to a court decision in Texas that went in the company's favor. 

The consumer products maker says fourth-quarter net income rose six percent, boosted by results from emerging markets and market-share gains in North America.