Kansas lawmakers will soon learn the consequences of failing to redraw the state's political boundaries.

Issues surrounding the off-road motorcycle events began almost two weeks ago when Shawnee County Commission denied the group a permit which would have allowed up to five motorized events a year. Instead, it limited the group to one event for the year.

A cold front pushes across the area overnight, bringing the chance for isolated storms. A few storms early Monday morning, then mostly sunny skies return for Memorial Day.

Seaman High School students and teachers shared memories and tied some to balloons to send up to Brenna.

Kansas lawmakers will soon learn the consequences of failing to redraw the state's political boundaries.

Issues surrounding the off-road motorcycle events began almost two weeks ago when Shawnee County Commission denied the group a permit which would have allowed up to five motorized events a year. Instead, it limited the group to one event for the year.

Boy Scouts of America and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War partnered up to place flags on the graves of union veteran soldiers at the Topeka Cemetery.

People in Topeka kicked off Germanfest with the annual Brat Trot 5-K run and walk Saturday morning. The runners hit the pavement at 8 a.m. in front of Sacred Heart Church on Freeman Avenue, which hosts Germanfest with St. Joseph Parish.

Forecasters say Beryl is now a tropical storm as it moves ever closer to the southeastern U.S.

The father of a U.S. soldier who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan is thanking the motorcycle riders of Rolling Thunder for raising awareness of missing-in-action troops and prisoners of war. 

Legal experts say prosecutors must meticulously piece together a case against a man who police say confessed to killing six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 in New York City.

The fiancee of a Texas man who died of gunshot wounds after holding hostages at a northwestern Indiana realty office says he had been reeling from a financial betrayal by a man who worked in that office.

The U.N. Security Council is blaming Syrian government forces for shelling Houla where an estimated 108 people were killed, including 49 children.

Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb exploded near a bus, injuring 24 Pakistani pilgrims who were on their way to a Shiite shrine.

Police say two people have been killed and seven injured after a race car went out of control on a rural Irish road and crashed into 30 spectators.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has made a nationally televised appeal to voters to support the European Union's fiscal treaty in a referendum this week.

Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.

The company's stockholders will vote next week on a proposal by New York's state retirement fund to put an environmental expert on the company's board.

A better hiring outlook and lower gas prices pushed U.S. consumer confidence to its highest level in four and a half years.  

A quiet day for corporate earnings and the prospect of a holiday weekend calmed some of the volatility that has sent investors to the exits recently.