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A man has pleaded guilty to the death of a 5-year-old girl living in their Kansas homeless camp
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man who lived in a makeshift camp with a homeless 5-year-old Kansas girl and her father pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder and rape in connection with the child’s death. Prosecutors said Mickel Cherry, 26, admitted under questioning to suffocating...
An ex-detective accused of abusing women died in an apparent suicide as his trial was starting
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A white ex-police detective in Kansas died Monday in an apparent suicide just before the start of his criminal trial over allegations that he sexually assaulted Black women and terrorized those who tried fight back. Local police found Roger Golubski dead of a...
Kansas man sentenced in fire that killed 2 children and his girlfriend
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for setting a house fire that killed his girlfriend and their two daughters. Kyle Tyler, 33, won’t be eligible for parole until he serves at least 25 years of his life sentence for first-degree murder in the...
Capitol Federal: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Capitol Federal Financial Inc. (CFFN) on Wednesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income of $12.1 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Topeka, Kansas-based company said it had net...
