Online Newspaper Access

Access the local, regional and national news online with your library card and without a paywall at NewsBank: America’s News. NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.

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Current full text articles and archives of local and regional newspapers including Topeka Capital-Journal, Emporia Gazette, Hays Daily News, Hutchinson News, Kansas City Star, Manhattan Mercury, Salina Journal, St. Joseph News-Press and the Wichita Eagle. To browse a specific publication, search for the newspaper in the "A-Z Source List" next the NewsBank logo then select the newspaper and enter your search term(s).

Search the full text of the Topeka Capital-Journal from 2001 to today. Or read the "image edition" of the Topeka Capital Journal from 2017 to today – looking at each page of the newspaper as it was originally published. Similar access is available for the Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle.

Newsbank searches make it easier than ever to find relevant news articles from your internet devices.

Lissa Staley

Librarian

Lissa Staley is a familiar face around the library and throughout Topeka. As Community Connections librarian, she comes alongside people and organizations while they work to learn, experiment and improve their own lives and the community around them. From Library Trivia and NaNoWrimo to voter education and non-profit support, she enjoys helping people make connections to the community and each other. She reads a combination of speculative and science fiction novels, self-help and social justice, and local news, while trying to make sense of them all together.

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