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Casper and Joan Eakes
... and Casper Eakes Jr., Topeka, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at the home of their daughter in Topeka's Oakland area. Casper Eakes Jr. and Joan McKnaught were married July 3, 1952, in Topeka. Their children are Candice Elaine Bayless ...

Program will teach children about culture, commerce
... through the Global Education Partnership of Oakland, Calif. The program has been in place in other cities such as Los Angeles, Oakland, and Chicago for years. Winston said ... college in Walnut and Laney College in Oakland. After his coaching career, he moved

Carolyn and Max Taylor
... and Carolyn Taylor, Topeka, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 20 at Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N.E. Chester. Max Taylor and Carolyn Pollom were married Dec. 10, 1953, in Topeka. Hosts

Gina and Darreld Ledbetter
... Gina Ledbetter of Tecumseh will observe their 30th wedding anniversary on Monday. The couple were married June 18, 1971, at Oakland United Methodist Church in Topeka. Gina and Darreld Ledbetter Their children and spouses are Troy and Jennifer Ledbetter ...

Man shot, killed outside home
Police were investigating the city's latest homicide this morning after a man was shot outside a home late Thursday near Oakland. A Topeka Police Department spokesman said at 11:10 p.m. police responded to a call of gunshots being fired at 215 S ...

Man shot, killed inside home
Police were investigating the city's latest homicide today after a man was shot late Thursday at a home near Oakland. Lt. John Sidwell said at 11:09 p.m. police responded to a call of gunshots being fired at 215 S.E. Lake. The officer ...

Gina and Darreld Ledbetter
... Gina Ledbetter of Tecumseh will observe their 30th wedding anniversary on Monday. The couple were married June 18, 1971, at Oakland United Methodist Church in Topeka. Gina and Darreld Ledbetter Their children and spouses are Troy and Jennifer Ledbetter ...

Accidents accompany winter's return
... several traffic accidents this morning, including at least five separate accidents that forced authorities to close much of the Oakland Expressway. The expressway was closed from about U.S.-24 highway to about the N.W. Seward Avenue exit, a Shawnee ...

Winter hangs on, causes accidents
... traffic accidents Monday morning, including at least five separate accidents that forced authorities to close much of the Oakland Expressway. The expressway was closed from about US-24 highway to about the N.W. Seward Avenue exit, said Deputy Martha ...

Family lived city's hard life
... they worked on farms before settling in Oakland. Rudolph and his father went to work ... four sons. "We were born and raised in Oakland, at 203 N. Lake," Lucero, 70, said ... Outside of work, the sisters -- like most Oakland residents -- were active in Our Lady ...

Briefly in Topeka
... will be from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Oakland IOOF Hall, 745 N.E. Chester, sponsored by Oakland No. 616 Rebekahs. All you can eat pancakes ... the community service of the Rebekahs and Oakland No. 640 Odd Fellows. Comedy show set at ...

Papan's Landing
... other volunteer activities should call 232-1968. 10 -- Oakland community nursing, 10 a.m. Cards, games and lunch. 11 ... Cards, games and puzzles. Lunch, 11:30 a.m. 24 -- Oakland community nursing, 10 a.m. Cards, games and puzzles ...

County employee injured
... employee was injured Thursday afternoon while he was spraying weeds on the Kansas River levee just south of the Sardou Bridge in Oakland. Cletus Calteux was taken by American Medical Response ambulance to St. Francis Health Center at about 3:30 p.m. with ...

10-year-old evacuee made sure he had a comic book
Robert Bugg was 10 years old and living just a block and a half from the Kansas River in Oakland 50 years ago. "I don't know if it was the Red Cross or some kind of agency who came around and said you need to get out ...

Police capture shootout suspect
... focused on southeast and central Topeka, a fugitive accused of shooting at officers was captured late Sunday in the city's Oakland community. Michael Robinson, 21, didn't resist when officers arrested him and another man after they left a house at 723 ...

Teacher training offered from water departments
A two-day urban water education workshop will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Oakland Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1115 N.E. Poplar. Organizers encourage educators who work with preschool through high school ...

Police briefs
... Topeka man remained jailed without bond Sunday in connection with four felonies linked to a shooting incident Saturday in the Oakland community. Shawnee County Jail records identified the man as Charles W. Tinoco, 19. Police said there were no known injuries ...

Police seize crystal meth, arrest three
... seized more than $14,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and arrested three people late Tuesday at a home in the city's Oakland community. Lt. John Sidwell said today that the department's narcotics unit and Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control officials ...

Police seize $14,000 in meth
... said they seized more than $14,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and arrested three people late Tuesday at a home in Oakland. Lt. John Sidwell said Wednesday that the department's narcotics unit and Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control officials executed

Two arrested for drug possession outside bar
A Topeka man carrying more than $9,000 worth of cocaine was arrested late Tuesday outside a bar in Topeka's Oakland community, police said. Lt. John Sidwell said the department's narcotics unit received information that Gerard Laron Swopes ...

Betty and Edward Smith
... Smith of Topeka will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary as guests of honor at a reception from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Oakland Community Center at 801 N.E. Poplar. Hosts will be their children, Edward Smith Jr., Topeka, and Michael and Suzanne ...

Callers sought regarding slaying
... would like to talk to two people who left messages for police after last week's beating death of Mitchell L. Davis at his Oakland home. One person called the CrimeStoppers hotline Oct. 9 and left limited information about the homicide on an answering ...

Fiesta Mexicana Schedule of Events
... of what's happening and where during the Fiesta Mexicana. Saturday 8 a.m. -- Fiesta 5K Run/Walk/Wheelchair Race, Oakland Community Center, N.E. Sardou and Poplar. 11 a.m. -- Fiesta Parade, downtown Topeka. 8 p.m. -- Coronation Ball ...

Callers sought regarding slaying
... would like to talk to two people who left messages for police after last week's beating death of Mitchell L. Davis at his Oakland home. One person called the CrimeStoppers hotline Oct. 9 and left limited information about the homicide on an answering ...

Religion calendar
... 300 S.E. Lawrence St. Singing, preaching, testimonies and praise. Sponsor: Women's Mentoring Ministry Fellowship. Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N.E. Chester, "Influence of Time" musical drama about the birth of Jesus, 5 p.m. dinner ...

Wayne and Katherine Boline
... Sr. of Topeka will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a renewal of their marriage vows at 2 p.m. July 30 at Oakland United Methodist Church in Topeka followed by a reception at the church until 5 p.m. Reception hosts will be Mrs. Boline ...

Man arrested in beating death
... arrested a Topeka man Thursday in connection with the Oct. 7 beating death of Mitchell L. Davis, who was found behind his Oakland home. Russell Lee Shumway, 37, was arrested in connection with first-degree murder, aggravated robbery and theft in connection ...

What's going on
... walk will be included in the meeting. Oakland -- Cheer classes Four 30-minute classes ... will be instructed by Haley Harrison at Oakland Community Center. Sessions include dance ... Lance Wilson, recreation specialist at Oakland Community Center,368-3793 or e-mail ...

Papan's Landing
... November at Papan's Landing Senior Center, 619 N.W. Paramore, has been announced. November 8 -- Blood pressure by Oakland nurses. Library, 11 a.m. Lunch, 11:30 a.m. 9 -- Bingo. 10 -- Leave for Sac & Fox Casino at 10 a.m. 12 ...

Esther M. Henderson
... Esther M. Henderson of Topeka will celebrate her 85th birthday as guest of honor at a reception from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 18 at Oakland Community Center at the corner of Sardou and Poplar. Hosts will be children, Colleen and Butch Walstrom, Dorothy and Dick ...

Man shoots brother after argument
A Topeka man shot his brother early Tuesday as an argument erupted into gunfire in the front yard of a home in the Oakland neighborhood. Police said Keith Orender, 43, was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County jail in connection with the ...

Local highway projects proposed
... inclusion of the following projects: Oakland Expressway. She is proposing a $75 million ... other city services to the area of the Oakland Expressway in anticipation of development ... commission to allow annexation of the Oakland Expressway area before the city commits ...

Police credit neighbor with burglary arrest
... credited an alert neighbor today with their ability to arrest a Topeka man late Sunday who allegedly broke into a house in the Oakland community. Police spokeswoman Kristi Pankratz said a neighbor notified police at 11:30 p.m. about a burglary in progress ...

Papan's Landing
... at (785) 354-5420. December 7 -- Library, 11 a.m. Oakland Community Nursing, 10 a.m. to noon. Foot clinic, 1 p ... 27 -- IHS, Highland Park. Beth, 10:30 a.m. 28 -- Oakland Community Nursing, 10 a.m. to noon. 29 -- Bingo, 10 ...

CJ Online Local News: Plan would extend path to North Topeka 03/09/98
... Santa Fe Park, then move northeast to Oakland-Billard Park at N.E. Poplar and Sardou ... portion of the trail between Santa Fe and Oakland-Billard Parks merely represents starting ... thinking is that the trail could leave Oakland-Billard Park and travel along the top ...

Briefly
... Facility, just northeast of Interstate 70 and N.W. MacVicar; Crestview Community Center, 4801 S.W. Shunga Drive; and Oakland Community Center, 801 N.E. Poplar. The recycling facility is open from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:45 p.m. daily ...

Pastor celebrates spirit of fiesta
... Lady of Guadalupe Church, the Rev. Daniel Gardner not only talked about lust. He praised it. Sunday morning in a packed Oakland neighborhood church, Gardner, who this week will move to Emporia to assume the pastorship of its two Roman Catholic parishes

Cleanup crews close fiesta
... 2005, its chairman said Saturday evening, will be whether by tonight visitors can't tell the event occupied Topeka's Oakland neighborhood for five nights. Rudy Guzman, fiesta chairman, said cleanup would get started late Saturday for volunteers ...

Family fun and info
... classes, beginning at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Oakland Community Center. The class will focus ... Monday at the Mouse Trap park near the Oakland Community Center. This is a beginning ... from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 15 at Oakland Community Center. The fee is $8, and ...

CJOnline.com Handheld Version Francis Resseguie 10/18/02
... Resseguie, 62, Topeka, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2002, at her home. Mrs. Resseguie had worked for Mike's IGA in Oakland for more than 20 years. She later worked in health care administration at IHS of Highland Park and Infinia of McPherson before ...

Police following leads in pedestrian death
... received several tips in their search for a driver who struck and killed an 81-year-old woman Tuesday morning in the city's Oakland community. Police spokeswoman Kristi Pankratz said investigators are following up on leads today. Authorities haven't found ...

Community events
... of History, 6425 S.W. 6th. Event includes free candy, cookie and mask decorating, and costumed interpreters. Free. Oakland Christian Church CWF chili and soup bazaar, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, 1001 N.E. Michigan. Featured will be a country ...

Chipper saves landfill space
... sites. Those are the parking lots at the Oakland and Crestview community centers, and ... Christmas tree into the chipper at the Oakland Community Center. Trees can also be dropped off at the Oakland and Crestview community centers and at ...

Scout earns Eagle Award
... the son of Dave and Lonna Latimer, will receive the Eagle Scout Award in Court of Honor ceremonies at 2 p.m. today at Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N.E. Chester. Latimer is a member of Boy Scout Troop No. 18, charted by Tecumseh United ...

Family fun and info
... Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Sept. 4 at Oakland Community Center. Fee is $24. Call ... m. Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 5 at Oakland Community Center. Fee is $12. Call ... m. Fridays, beginning Sept. 14 at Oakland Community Center. A beginning-level

Religion calendar
... fellowship hall. A Thanksgiving service for the Oakland community in Topeka will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at Oakland Christian Church, 1001 N.E. Michigan. The Rev. Tony Hazen of Oakland United Methodist Church will speak. A community ...

Lou Ann and Marvin Godfrey
... celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary by renewing their marriage vows during the 10:30 a.m. worship service today at Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N.E. Chester. A reception will honor the couple from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the church and ...

Police and fire calls
... DepartmentDist.AddressCrimeTime, day 431800 N.E. Chesterattempted vehicle theft; criminal damage5 p.m.-8 a.m., 5/6-7 Oakland's Auto Sales reported damage to cars. 100 blk N.E. Independencefelony arrest12:55 a.m., 5/7 Officers arrested ...

Pushing the boundaries
... Still nothing happened for five years. Oakland The third incorporated city to merge with Topeka was Oakland on March 1, 1926. The courtship was hesitant ... neither party sure it wanted the union. Oakland, still the northeast tip of the city ...

Dale and Sondra Ridgeway
... family cruise to Alaska is planned for later this year. Dale Ridgeway and Sondra Glaspey were married March 14, 1952, at Oakland United Methodist Church. Their children are Cindy Mecham, Pam and Gary Simecka, Steve and Tina Ridgeway, and Chris and ...

Police and fire calls
... listed.Dist.AddressCrimeTime, day440300 blk S.E. Limeburglary, theft;8 p.m.-12:40p.m., 2/16-17 N.E. Oakland and Kellamarrestevening, 2/17 Linda K. Baker, 27, 512 N.E. Kellam Ave., was arrested in connection with a felony ...

Topeka man injured in ATV accident
... by friends to ride a four-wheel, all-terrain vehicle over a 20-foot dirt mound did just that Friday afternoon on the Oakland trails, a public ATV riding area near N.E. Chester and North streets. Unfortunately for Chris Kuone, he came off the ...

Police and fire calls
... day 430N.W. Myrtle, Lyman Rd.felony arrest4:10-4:50 p.m., 2/15 James Dean Lambert, 20, of 1133 N.E. Oakland Ave., was arrested in connection with crimes that included aggravated false impersonation, a felony. N.W. Independence ...

Papan's Landing Senior Center
... 20 -- Bowling at 10 a.m. 21 -- Darts, cards, games, puzzles. 22 -- Sac & Fox casino 1 p.m. 23 -- Library; Oakland nurse. 24 -- Bingo. 27 -- Closed for Memorial Day. 28 -- Nickel bingo. 29 -- Change How You See the Country, film ...

Police briefs
... physical agility tests for those wishing to become reserve officers. The physical agility test will be at 7:30 a.m. at Oakland Community Center, 801 N.E. Poplar. The written test will be administered to those who have passed the agility test at ...

Man arrested in stabbing
... afternoon after he stabbed a woman at a local gas station, Topeka police said. During a fight shortly after 3 p.m. at the Oakland Kwik Shop, 746 N.E. Wabash, Steven Richards stabbed a 21-year-old woman in the arm, police said. The woman was treated ...

Social calendar
... more information, call (785) 876-2300. 14 -- OAKLAND: Oakland United Methodist Church will have a carnival and ice ... School will be from 6 to 9 p.m. June 16 to 20 at Oakland Christian Church, 1001 N.E. Michigan. Theme is ...

Police arrest 2 in store robbery
... arrested two men who allegedly robbed a store and held a knife to a female clerk's throat Thursday evening in the city's Oakland community. Police spokesman Lt. Randy Listrom said officers are investigating a robbery reported shortly before 7 p.m ...

Chores help share faith
... the community," said Paul Martinez, senior pastor at the Oakland Church of the Nazarene. The young volunteers started their ... Schrope, 14. Schrope was working with other members of the Oakland Church of the Nazarene to scrape and repaint the home of Lawrence ...

'Railroaders' ride into Fiesta Mexicana
... just north of the El Centro offices at 134 N.E. Lake in the Oakland neighborhood. The free concert is part of Fiesta Mexicana ... Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 201 N.E. Chandler, in the Oakland area of Topeka How much: Free Learn more: Read daily coverage ...

Calendar
... 7 p.m., "The Last Words" drama. OAKLAND CHRISTIAN CHURCH, o q=l f=Helv Con ... Guest speaker: the Rev. Aleta Ash of Oakland Presbyterian Church. Participating churches: Oakland United Methodist Church; Oakland Presbyterian ...

Meal deals
... church youth group mission trip to help poor people in Appalachia. Breakfast, sponsored by Oakland Rebekah Lodge No. 616, 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Oakland I.O.O.F. Hall, 745 N.E. Chester. Menu includes pancakes, French toast, sausage ...

Police briefs
... driving deterrence program. Fire damages Oakland home One adult and three children escaped ... an estimated $35,000 in damage at an Oakland home. Shift Commander Leland Scott ... 36 a.m. to a house at 828 N.E. Oakland Ave. The fire's cause remained undetermined ...

Topeka has been to the table
... which will connect Interstate 70, the Kansas Turnpike and the Oakland Expressway. The $100 million job is in its second year of ... New interchange connecting I-70, the Kansas Turnpike and Oakland Expressway, in East Topeka. Work under way. Total project ...

Q and A: Pools of water are temporary holding basins
... fronting on N.W. 46th, Moody said. Question: Who named the Oakland Expressway? Why? It is at least a mile east of the Oakland area. -- W.V., Tecumseh. Answer: Oakland Expressway isn't the official name of that stretch of new highway ...

Social calendar
... 785) 966-2625 or (785) 364-0268. 13 -- OAKLAND -- The Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N.E. Chester, will ... Topeka is invited to these monthly meetings. 27 -- OAKLAND -- The Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N ...

City grows in all directions
... particularly the areas south and east of Lake Shawnee. Oakland -- A discussion of Oakland's boundaries can spark a heated debate. Some ... Others argue the logical choice is Division Street. Oakland grew up in the 1880s as a separate town. It was ...

Briefly in Topeka
... E. 8th, will serve a free community soul-food dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Car wash The Youth Group at Oakland United Methodist Church will have a car wash from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the church's west parking lot. The ...

Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run
... evening of a man who officers believe was driving the car involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident Tuesday in the city's Oakland community. "We received quite a number of tips and phone calls, and the arrest stems from one of those phone calls," said ...

Except for Monday, it's Fiesta time
... school operated by Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in the city's Oakland neighborhood. Fiesta Mexicana gets started tonight with a mini ... the Golden Egg." Saturday, July 12 8 a.m. -- 5K Run, Oakland Community Center 10 a.m. -- Parade, downtown Topeka 8 ...

La Yarda became home for early immigrants
... clothes," said Jane Rangel, a longtime Oakland resident. "There was more than a dozen ... housing. Many of them moved into the Oakland area, where the German and Russian workers ... discovered they couldn't live anywhere but Oakland because of discrimination," Swan wrote ...

Happy trails for you
... 5 mile piece of trail from Santa Fe Park to Oakland/Billard Park and looping around Oakland/Billard up onto the Kansas River Levee ... river levee, then back along the levee to Oakland/Billard Park. The city has plans for other ...

Stores make immigrants feel at home
... to giant corporate stores like Dillons or Wal-Mart. In the rapidly growing "Little Mexico" community of East Topeka and Oakland, small Mexican shops have become a popular source for items usually not found north of the border. Eulalio and Anna Mu ...

Wedding Lady: Love right in front of them
... thank fate or circumstances for bringing them together. Clyde and Neva Padgett, married 50 years, met on a street corner in Oakland, where Neva, age 14, was waiting for the bus. Clyde's stepbrother and his girlfriend, whom Neva knew, drove up and ...

What's going on
... a Tenebrae Service at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. An Oakland Community Good Friday Service will be at 7 p.m. at 801 N ... March 27 after storms passed through the area. On Sunday, the Oakland United Methodist Church will have an Easter Sunrise Service ...

'For God's sake, take cover'
... near Philip Billard Municipal Airport in Oakland. The house suffered mostly superficial ... saw a home explode, and it go through Oakland, and when it was at the airport or river ... Santa Fe shops before heading into the Oakland community. Hitting Oakland Thad ...

Religion calendar
... Savior's Lutheran Church, 2021 S.W. 29th, "Medicare Prescription Drug Workshop," 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. today. Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N.E. Chester, Medicare drug workshop, 10 a.m. to noon today. Refreshments. Divine Mercy ...

Hispanic ministry to have enchilada dinner to raise funds
... Churches, will have a Christmas enchilada dinner tomorrow. The dinner will take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N.E. Chester Ave. The cost is $6 for adults and $4 for children. Puente de Fe is a Hispanic ...

Discrimination a fact of life
... even though it meant overcoming years of racial discrimination. In August, Munoz opened an auto repair shop in the city's Oakland community at 1728 N.E. Seward, where he specializes in custom hydraulics and building low-rider automobiles. Discrimination ...

CJ Online Celebrate 2000: Ice cream man was a big hit 03/19/99
... Journal I was born and raised in Oakland -- not part of Topeka yet -- no city ... Cream House. We walked to the old Oakland School -- it was a big, two-story ... north of our school was a brick building, Oakland High School that my brothers had attended ...

Church news
... The team of 19 returned home safely March 22 after spending a week building a house for a needy family in Juarez, Mexico. Oakland United Methodist Church The Chancel Choir will perform a cantata "You Are the Christ" by Lloyd Larson at 10:30 a.m ...
Fire destroys East Topeka home

... started a fire in the kitchen. Battalion Chief Ed Gerhardt said firefighters were called at 1:52 p.m. to 1033 S.E. Oakland on a report of a kitchen fire. He said the fire spread through the house, resulting in $35,000 in damage. Gerhardt said ...

Hear 'The Voice' at Fiesta Mexicana
... Guadalupe School. The fiesta continues through Saturday in the Oakland neighborhood around the school. Now known in Tejano music ... Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 201 N.E. Chandler, in the Oakland area of Topeka How much: Free Learn more: Read daily coverage ...

Briefly in Topeka
... Bauersfeld's and T&T Enterprises. Lodge to host breakfast feed Oakland Rebekah Lodge No. 616 will host a breakfast feed from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Oakland IOOF Hall, 745 N.E. Chester. The meal will feature all the pancakes ...

Hubert D. Townsend
... Saturday at the Gage Park Shelter House next to the zoo entrance. Mr. Townsend was born Aug. 31, 1922, in Topeka's Oakland community, where he resides with his wife of 55 years, Betty. Their children and spouses are Steve and Shelly Townsend ...

Graffiti sprayed at skate park
... the city's new skate park. No arrests have been made in connection with the incidents at The Mousetrap, a skate park at Oakland Community Center, 801 N.E. Poplar Ave. An Oct. 15 grand opening has been scheduled for the facility but the park is open ...

Man surrenders weapon after morning standoff
... shotgun refused to put down the weapon. At 12:31 a.m., police responded to a domestic dispute at 432 N.E. Green in Oakland. While speaking with the couple, the man pointed a gun at his wife in the couple's bedroom, prompting police to take the ...

We can do better
... River. The state permit that allows Topeka to operate the Oakland treatment plant even expired in 1995. And although a 1997 ... division official acknowledges that a sample taken from near the Oakland plant last summer contained 2.3 million colonies of bacteria

Love spans the ages
... full of love, laughs and pure joy. The story begins in Oakland with the birth of Faye Townsend in May 1920. Just a few months ... University with a degree in agriculture. The two married at Oakland United Methodist Church on Feb. 19, 1943. For their honeymoon

Neighbors
... Davy" Martinez, a Mexican-American who was born and raised in Topeka, and they got married. The couple has lived in Oakland with their two sons, ages 10 and 13, and a one-year-old nephew for six years. Tracy Martinez, who turned 33 on Wednesday ...

Wedding Lady -- Crush lasts 50 years
... If she was playing on the walk, I made her jump off," he writes. In high school, they met again playing tennis in Oakland Park. They have now been married 50 years. "I don't know if it was love," Don writes, "but I was attracted to her ...

Fire destroys East Topeka home
... started a fire in the kitchen. Battalion Chief Ed Gerhardt said firefighters were called at 1:52 p.m. to 1033 S.E. Oakland on a report of a kitchen fire. He said the fire spread through the house, resulting in $35,000 in damage. Gerhardt said ...

Religion calendar
... children, 1 p.m. today on the church lawn. Oakland Church of the Nazarene, 939 N.E. Oakland, "Bow the Knee," drama-musical, 7 p ... Suggested donation: $7 adults and $3 children. Oakland United Methodist Church chancel choir, 801 ...

C-J Online Midway: Top ten news stories of 1997 12/28/97
... photo: Top ten 1997 The long awaited Oakland Expressway officially opened Thursday ... easier in July when the first phase of the Oakland Expressway opened. The $44 million ... long steel bridge that is part of the Oakland Expressway, billed as the longest steel ...

City goes west to new neighborhoods
... Lowman Hill, College Hill, Potwin, Oakland, Quinton Heights and Highland Park ... Bartholomew along the Rapid Transit in Oakland. In many places throughout the city ... additions, perhaps none was as important as Oakland, the home of much of Topeka's working ...

Police arrest young gunman
... Marcus A. Molinar, 22, of Topeka, was shot at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of N.E. Emmett in the Oakland community. Witnesses said a verbal argument was under way when a gun was fired. Police had been looking for 14-year-old ...

Not all fiesta talent comes from out of town
... Our Lady of Guadalupe School brings to Topeka musical groups from throughout the Americas, the cultural celebration in the Oakland neighborhood of Topeka also puts the spotlight on local talent. The fiesta winds down its 70th anniversary edition on Saturday

Police and fire calls
... 25-8/114351800 blk S.W. Wanamakervehicle burglary, theft6 p.m.-12:30 a.m., 8/11-124401300 blk N.E. Oakland Ave.vehicle burglary, theft10 p.m.-9:30 a.m., 8/11-124421000 blk S.E. 21stvehicle theft, criminal damagemidnight ...

Briefly in Topeka
... boy. Randy Holden was bitten by a small dog about 4 p.m. Monday while playing in the 700 block of N.E. Kellam in the Oakland area near Shunga Creek. Holden's grandmother, Margaret Barns, said they need to find out if the dog has had its shots ...

Killing in 2001 is crime of the week
... are trying to find his killer. Police were called to Charon Diaz's two-story, white house at 215 S.E. Lake in the Oakland neighborhood on reports of gunshots at 11:09 p.m. on Jan. 11, 2001, and found he had been shot several times. He was ...

Adventures in business
... long brass foot rail that helps patrons take a load off. Built originally as a market around 1900, the bar in Topeka's Oakland neighborhood has its original floors, too. Robert Stevens has added a signature burrito to the menu offerings at the pub ...

Marva Lee and John Powell
... at Croco Square, 6115 S.E. US-40 highway in Topeka. John Powell and Marva Lee Kreipe were married July 5, 1952, at Oakland Methodist Church in Topeka. Hosts will be their daughters, Jenny Powell, Valley Falls; Jolene Bickel, Meriden; Julie ...

Meth arrest woman's second in two months
... John Sidwell said Terri May Willard, 42, of 1111 N.E. Forest was arrested after officers served a search warrant at her Oakland home. Police said officers from the department's narcotics unit and response team seized 26.70 grams of meth. Sidwell ...

Briefly in Topeka
... be provided. Sewer breach Topeka's water pollution control division has issued a health advisory to residents along the Oakland retention channel beginning at S.E. Seward Street, just east of Golden and extending east to S.E. Kincaid Road. Raw ...

Police searching for two attackers
... month. A man flagged down a Topeka police officer at 11:19 p.m. June 12 and reported that a woman inside a bar in the Oakland area asked him to drive her to a friend's house in southeast Topeka. The man drove the woman to the 3300 block of S.E ...

Woman: Spouse saw fatal beating
... 7 behind his home at 918 N.E. Michigan, in Topeka's Oakland community. Mary Finney testified she told her two sons that ... After the slaying, Shumway said North Topeka had to show Oakland who was "badder," Mary Finney said. At one point, Shumway ...

Calendar
... Ron Ash, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Oakland Presbyterian Church, 2810 N.E. Thomas ... Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Oakland, Calif., area. Ruano entered the Missionary ... Fellowship brunch, 9:30 a.m. May 5 at Oakland Christian Church, 1001 N.E. Michigan ...

Polling locations
... NE FOREST AVE 02 02 LUNDGREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1020 NE FOREST AVE 02 03 OAKLAND COMMUNITY CENTER 801 NE POPLAR ST 02 04 CHASE MIDDLE SCHOOL 2250 NE STATE ST 02 05 OAKLAND COMMUNITY CENTER 801 NE POPLAR ST 02 06 KAW VALLEY STATE BANK & TRUST 3160 ...

Skateboard parks - Twist and fly
... spotty between now and spring. The city recently dedicated its second skate park at 2400 S.W. Washburn. The other one is at Oakland Billard Park, N.E. Sardou and Poplar. These structures of carefully designed slopes and ramps weren't built with spectators ...

Neighbors
... Topeka for generations. The restaurant's food is based on family recipes brought from Mexico. Alonzo, 28, grew up in the Oakland area and graduated from Topeka High School. In working at El Taquito, Alonzo has gotten to know his customers well. "I ...

Faye and Scott Kelsey
... 16 at Thornton Place, 2901 S.W. Armstrong. Faye Townsend and Scott W. Kelsey were born one block from each other in Oakland, which was later annexed into Topeka. They met in second grade. They were married Feb. 19, 1943, in Topeka. Hosts will ...

Carol and William Manion
... Shelter House in Crestview Park, 4801 S.W. Shunga Drive. William Manion and Carol Skinner were married July 20, 1953, at Oakland Church of the Nazarene in Topeka. Hosts will be their children and spouses, Kenneth and Cheryl Manion, Overland Park, and ...

Glenna and James Zimmerman
... son-in-law, Margaret and Stuart Mallory of Olathe. James Zimmerman and Glenna Carley were married Dec. 14, 1951, in Oakland, Calif. Their children are Margaret and Stuart Mallory, Olathe, and Troy Zimmerman and James Zimmerman, both of Topeka ...

Calendar
... toss, egg decorating, drama, music, free food, clowns and balloons, 1 to 4 p.m. today at Oakland Church of the Nazarene, 939 N.E. Oakland. "The Case of the Show Stopping Nun Nabber," a dinner theater mystery, 6 p.m. today at ...

Social calendar
... LLC and Hesse McGraw. 23 -- TOPEKA -- Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N.E ... are welcome. 2 -- NORTH TOPEKA -- The Oakland Christian Church CWF will sponsor a chili ... baked goods and crafts. 4 to 7 p.m. at Oakland Christian Church Fellowship Hall, 1001 ...

Police raids net two arrests for meth
... John Sidwell said Terri Willard, 42, of 1111 N.E. Forest was arrested after officers served a search warrant at her Oakland home at about 7:15 p.m. The department's narcotics unit seized about 6.5 grams of meth, with a street value of ...

Man arrested in flag theft
... with theft. The flags were recovered. Woman assaulted in Oakland A 47-year-old woman told police she was the victim of an ... Thursday in the 2400 block of N.E. Thomas in Topeka's Oakland community. The woman reported that two people came at her ...

Fiesta features Fender
... school and the adjacent Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in the Oakland neighborhood. Submitted Three-time Grammy Award-winner ... around Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 134 N.E. Lake, in the Oakland area of Topeka How much: Free

Holiday Happenings
... Monday, Dec. 13 Trolley Rides -- Join Oakland Community Center for a 1 -hour tour beginning ... Christmas Treasures -- 6 p.m. Wednesday at Oakland Community Center. An hour to 1 hour class ... Christmas Treasures -- 6 p.m. at Oakland Community Center. An hour to 1 hour class ...

Meal deals
... with medical expenses, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Oakland United Methodist Church, 801 N.E. Chester. Lunch includes ... Shrove Tuesday pancake supper, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Oakland Presbyterian Church, 2810 N.E. Thomas. Menu includes all ...

A nod to a shared history
... Santa Fe Railway. And like the Mexicans, who largely lived in Oakland on the east side of the railroad tracks, the Germans settled ... Church near downtown and later founded Sacred Heart Parish in Oakland. Although the churches have become more diverse than their ...

New turnpike exchange: Yeah, it's a big deal
... interchange connects I-70 to the still-new Oakland Expressway and K-4 -- giving east Shawnee ... North Topeka to Kansas City. Before the Oakland Expressway, you had to motor through town. With the Oakland Expressway, you could make it as far ...

Neighbors
... That's why I stayed in Topeka," Muñoz said. "After I met her, we married." Muñoz, 43, owns a store in Oakland called Variedades Muñoz, which he opened seven years ago. His first job in Topeka was a at a nursery, before he started ...

Family tips hat again with fiesta float
... evenings in the three months before last year's parade would find friends and family gathered in the kitchen of the couple's Oakland neighborhood home tying strips of plastic ribbon into flowers to adorn a float. "Flower parties is what we called them ...

Fiesta heats up
... Weather Service reading at nearby Billard Airport, was 91 degrees at 4 p.m. when the fiesta began its five-night run in the Oakland neighborhood around the school. As dusk approached, temperatures began to drop. Not bad at all, said Topekans Terry and ...

Police and fire calls
... E. Poplarburglary; theft6 p.m.-7 a.m., 7/6-7 Oakland Community Center reported damage to roof, cages and pool lights ... S.W. 21stBrush fire.1:43 p.m.Mon.512 N.E. Oakland Ave.Brush fire. The fire caused $25 in damage.5:51 ...

Police and fire calls
... 11 435 1800 blk S.W. Wanamaker vehicle burglary, theft 6 p.m.-12:30 a.m., 8/11-12 440 1300 blk N.E. Oakland Ave. vehicle burglary, theft 10 p.m.-9:30 a.m., 8/11-12 442 1000 blk S.E. 21st vehicle theft, criminal ...

Briefly in Topeka
... call Dr. Carol Linhos, 862-0419. Oakland Pool reduces admission price Parks and ... Topeka reported the cost of swimming at its Oakland Pool had been reduced for the remainder ... cents for children 5 and younger. The Oakland Pool is located at N.E. Sardou and ...

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
... Llewellyn is owner, and William Lawson is manager. 50 years ago Oakland is out to get a community meeting hall; the project is well ... to erect a three-story building already are in the bank. Oakland is having a carnival on the grounds of the future meeting hall ...

Police briefs
... program through the Kansas Department of Transportation. Fire destroys home in Oakland A fire Saturday night rekindled early Sunday, destroying a home in Oakland. Topeka firefighters were called at about 7:45 a.m. Sunday to 2504 S.E ...

Updated March 25, 2009.

Police investigate carjacking in Oakland
Police were investigating a report of a carjacking that took place Monday night outside a business in the Oakland neighborhood of northeast Topeka. Authorities said the incident occurred about 8:50 p.m. in a parking lot at the Pizza Parlor ...

Driver critical after crash
... Medical Response ambulance to a local hospital late Monday night after a violent crash at N.E. Sardou and Winfield in the Oakland neighborhood of northeast Topeka. Police at the scene said the driver of a red Ford pickup truck involved in the crash suffered ...

Motorcyclist dies in collision with truck
... while riding in the 800 block of N.E. Oakland, police said. Topeka police said a Chevrolet ... dirt bike about 2:45 p.m. at N.E. Oakland and Fairchild. Police said the motorcycle ... the truck, traveling south on N.E. Oakland. Officers said the motorcycle driver ...

Man killed in accident identified
... involved in a collision with a Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck driven by David Allen, 50, of Topeka, at N.E. Fairchild and Oakland. Officers said Gillenwater was unresponsive at the scene. He was transported to a Topeka hospital and died of unspecified ...