Public Safety: Topeka police are investigating a double homicide in the NOTO Arts District; victims were identified as 75-year-old Larry Smutney and 74-year-old Warren Eteeyan, and a 21-year-old suspect, Kristen Knight Wahquahboshkuk, was booked on first-degree murder charges. Public Safety: Franklin County firefighters responded to a rural house fire that killed an adult woman; an adult man and an infant were burned and taken to KU Medical Center, with the State Fire Marshal and ATF joining the investigation. Cybersecurity: A Brevo marketing-services breach enabled a hacker to tamper with thousands of sites and push a fake “verify you are human” ClickFix prompt designed to get users to install malware. Energy & Local Economy: Evergy briefed Lyon County commissioners on the proposed Cottonwood Solar project, saying it could generate more than $60M in property taxes over 30 years, with no vote scheduled. Agriculture Costs: Kansas farmers are facing sharply higher diesel prices during harvest, with Sen. Roger Marshall urging USDA for targeted relief. Higher Education Tech: The Kansas Board of Regents is moving toward AI guardrails for teaching, research, and administration, starting with a committee led by SnapIT Solutions’ Neelima Parasker. Transportation/Infrastructure: KDOT will begin a $1.4M I-70 pavement patching project in Shawnee County next Monday, with lane reductions and ramp closures as needed.