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5 days ago | 
wibw.com | Callie Holthaus
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Mental health services in Kansas are set to lose at least $7M in federal funding as the Trump administration cuts funding for related services nationwide. Governor Laura Kelly announced these cuts have resulted in 56 jobs eliminated at the Department of Health and Environment, and more than $7 million in grants administered by the Department of Aging and Disability Services have been terminated.
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6 days ago | 
wibw.com | Callie Holthaus
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Some builders in northeast Kansas remain optimistic about the long-term impacts of tariffs despite the rising costs they’re seeing now. Randy Matzke, owner of Denali Home Design, says he is seeing some prices rise. “Well it’s all of it, actually,” he says. “Tile, carpet, hard surface materials like laminate, luxury vinyl.
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1 week ago | 
wibw.com | Callie Holthaus
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Between the food, art, and live entertainment, there’s not much you won’t find at the Artismo Gallery and Bistro. The eclectic venue found its second home in NOTO after a rash of severe storms forced an unexpected move last year. Now, situated at 1035 N Kansas Ave, Artismo is ready to welcome guests. A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the occasion Friday afternoon, ahead of the First Friday Art Walk.
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1 week ago | 
wibw.com | Callie Holthaus
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - With federal funding to Head Start programs on the chopping block, educators are sweating over how those cuts could impact disadvantaged children and their families, and the governor isn’t confident the gap could be filled with state monies. “This really does get kids ready to join their peers in kindergarten that are more advantaged,” says Shanna Hailey, director of early childhood outcomes at Community Action Topeka.
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2 weeks ago | 
wibw.com | Callie Holthaus
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The last Monday of each month means one thing at the TopekA LULAC Senior Center: cooking class with Chef Sean Hall. The class gets folks up and moving while teaching new recipes and cooking skills. Hall makes it a point to meet people where they are with his recipes. “We try to do a nutritional meal every time that we present or something quick that they can produce at home,” he says.
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2 weeks ago | 
wibw.com | Callie Holthaus
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Alongside Republican and Democrat lawmakers, Governor Laura Kelly on Thursday signed a bill aimed at addressing Kansas’ childcare shortage. It’s touted as a bipartisan compromise to relieve financial and regulatory burdens on those seeking childcare and those providing it. “We are making government more smarter and more transparent,” said Sen. Dinah Sykes, a Lenexa democrat.
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3 weeks ago | 
wibw.com | Callie Holthaus
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Friends and family of a man murdered in 2022 are reinvigorating their efforts to find his killer. Tuesday will mark exactly three years since 35-year-old Dustin Clayton was shot and killed in the 500 block of S.W. Lane St. in Topeka. Kevin Clayton was returning to the home he shared with his brother Dustin the night of April 22, 2022. He noticed a heavy police presence at a neighborhood gas station.
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3 weeks ago | 
kwch.com | Isaac Deer |Callie Holthaus
SENECA, Kan. (WIBW) - The man accused of killing Catholic priest Father Arul Carasala told the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office that he “shot Father Arul,” an affidavit from the Nemaha County District Court stated. According to the affidavit, Nemaha Co. Sheriff Richard Vernon was informed on April 3 at approximately 2:50 p.m. that dispatch took a 911 call that someone was shot near the Catholic church in Seneca, at 411 Pioneer St., about a block east of the Sheriff’s Office.
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3 weeks ago | 
wibw.com | Isaac Deer |Callie Holthaus
SENECA, Kan. (WIBW) - The man accused of killing Catholic priest Father Arul Carasala told the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office that he “shot Father Arul,” an affidavit from the District Court of Nemaha County stated. According to the affidavit, Nemaha County sheriff Richard Vernon was informed on April 3 at approximately 2:50 p.m. that dispatch took a 911 call that someone was shot near the Catholic church in Seneca, which is a block east of the Sheriff’s Office.
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3 weeks ago | 
wibw.com | Callie Holthaus
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A series of unimpressive bids will delay work on several construction projects in rural southeast Shawnee County. A culvert replacement near 69th and Berryton Rd. is delayed after an unsuccessful bid let by Shawnee County Public Works. “We received a single bid, which was approximately $500,000 higher than the engineer’s estimate,” says Curt Niehaus, director of Shawnee County public works. That comes out to a 27 percent increase, well above the 10 percent allowed by state law.
