Jerick Tafoya

Feb 21, 2024 | wibw.com | Jerick Tafoya

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - This week, we’re featuring two good kids on a mission to help others like them. Harper and Tatum Ewald are sisters actively involved with the Impact Topeka Foundation. The local non-profit foundation aims to help area children serve others. Harper and Tatum have helped with food pantries, bed and pajama giveaways, holiday meal boxes, and back-to-school supplies. For more information on the Impact Topeka Foundation, click here. Copyright 2024 WIBW. All rights reserved.

Feb 21, 2024 | wibw.com | Melissa Brunner |Jerick Tafoya

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Feb 14, 2024 | wibw.com | Shalynn Long |Jerick Tafoya

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Shawnee County District’s Attorney’s Office filed charges against a Topeka man for multiple charges including rape. Authorities arrested 36-year-old Aaron M. Kraemer last week for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. Kraemer was booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections.

Feb 13, 2024 | wibw.com | Jerick Tafoya

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Authorities arrested a Kansas wrestling coach for alleged child sex crimes. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says agents arrested 31-year-old Michael Linden this evening for eight counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The agency says it started its investigation on June 2022 after the Coffey County Sheriff’s Office was informed of a sexual relationship Linden had with a student at Burlington High School in 2012.

Feb 13, 2024 | wibw.com | Jerick Tafoya

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Topeka man has pled guilty to first-degree murder that occurred in early 2023. The Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office Wesley Rayton, 48, agreed to a plea deal charging him with one count of first-degree felony murder. The Topeka Police Department responded on January 31 last year to a wrecked tow truck driven by 40-year-old Michael Comp. Comp was found dead inside the truck — which had been fired at from an SUV.