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Alonzo Tyree Brooks was born on May 19, 1980, to Billy Brooks Sr. and Maria Ramirez. [2] A native of Topeka, Kansas, Brooks was of African American and Mexican descent. [3] At the time of his disappearance, he was 23 years old and working as a custodian for Countryside Maintenance in Gardner, Kansas.
Detectives asked anyone with information regarding Wednesday's homicide or the Oct. 6 homicide to email telltpd@topeka.org or call the Topeka police criminal investigations bureau at 785-368-9400.
Cyrus K. Holliday (1826-1900), first president of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad; founder of Topeka township John F. Kilmartin (1921-2004), retail executive [ 49 ] Crime
Elkhart, circa 1905. Elkhart was founded in 1913, [4] and was named after Elkhart, Indiana. [5]Elkhart was the starting point of the Elkhart and Santa Fe Railway. [6] This line, both leased to and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, [7] was built in 1925 to Felt, Oklahoma, and extended into New Mexico in 1932; but, was abandoned in 1942.
WIBW-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV.Owned by Gray Media, the station maintains studios on Commerce Place (next to the interchange of I-70, I-470, US 40, US 75 and K-4) in west-southwestern Topeka, and its transmitter is located on Windy Hill Road in Maple Hill.
Oskaloosa was founded in 1856. [4] It was named after the city of Oskaloosa, Iowa. [5] The first post office in Oskaloosa was established in November 1856. [6]In 1888, Oskaloosa citizens elected Mary D. Lowman mayor with a city council composed entirely of women, making the city the first in the state to elect an all-women city administration.
The Ward-Meade house is considered the first mansion built in Topeka. Construction began in 1870, the same year as the first wing of the Statehouse. Anthony Ward was a wheelwright who held the sand rights on the Kansas River near his house. He sold sand to the builders of Topeka and made wheels for wagons that carried settlers to California.
Location within Jefferson County and Kansas. ... ZIP code: 66088. Area code: 785: FIPS code: 20-73300 [1] ... Valley Falls is part of the Topeka, ...