Stan Strater News Today

TOPEKA — Standing on the southwest corner of the four-way stop in downtown Topeka shortly after noon on Monday to get a breath of fresh air, Topeka Town Marshal Stan Strater Jr. ended up saying hello to the drivers of almost every car that passed by. He knows them all by their first names. “Ah, Ruth, how are you?” he shouts, waving back to the woman driving a maroon SUV who waved at him first as she rounded the four-way stop in Topeka. Across the street, a brown Ford F-250 haulin...