> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.citizenjournal.us/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Topeka daily brief - URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/topeka-daily-brief-114/ - Published: 2026-10-02T13:02:49.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-02T13:02:49.000Z - Description: Topeka, Kansas and US news for busy people - Oct 2, 2026 edition - Author: Greg Loving - Tags: Topeka, #brief, #fullemail # Topeka - Residents urged the Shawnee County Commission to reject a data center proposed near Montara, citing noise, water use, and low tax benefits. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/shawnee-county-commission-summary-35/) - Forbes Field in Topeka was named a candidate location to host next-generation Air National Guard KC-46A refueling aircraft. [→](https://www.wibw.com/2026/10/01/forbes-field-named-candidate-location-air-national-guard-kc-46a-mission/?ref=citizenjournal.us) - Between 30 and 40 percent of Shawnee County detention center job applicants fail a polygraph, mostly after admitting past drug use or poor attendance, and the county has renewed its $170-per-exam contract for the tests. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/shawnee-county-commission-summary-35/) - The Shawnee County Commission approved a contract for aggregate at higher prices, requiring limestone use on upcoming road projects. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/shawnee-county-commission-summary-35/) - The Shawnee County Commission voted to seek engineering design services to replace the Northwest 86th Street bridge over Cross Creek. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/shawnee-county-commission-summary-35/) - The Shawnee County Commission approved $18,195 in Gage Park sales tax funds for tree removal and eight Welcome to Playland signs. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/shawnee-county-commission-summary-35/) - Expect a beautiful, sunny Friday in Topeka with a gentle northeast breeze and highs reaching 66°F. --- # 🌾 Kansas - The Democratic Governors Association released a digital ad Oct. 1 linking Republican gubernatorial nominee Ty Masterson to Sam Brownback's tax cuts, which Masterson called a "lie" based on deceptive editing. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-280/) - Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Adam Hamilton's campaign refused Sen. Roger Marshall's demand to pull an ad about his former practice's medical-debt collection tactics, instead sending a letter warning against frivolous litigation. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-280/) - The Olathe school board voted 7-0 Oct. 1 to close five elementary schools and one middle school after the 2026-27 school year, affecting about 2,200 students, while United Teachers of Wichita rallied Sept. 30 to support USD 259's $615 million bond on the Nov. 3 ballot. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-280/) - Riley County commissioners agreed Oct. 1 to extend the county's moratorium on data centers and battery energy storage systems by six months to await possible state legislative action in 2027\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-280/) - Gov. Laura Kelly issued a verbal statewide disaster emergency declaration Sept. 30 as remnants of Hurricane Polo merged with a storm system, prompting a flash flood emergency in Dodge City and Ford County and washing out roads statewide. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-280/) --- # 🇺🇸 US - Manufacturing output and unemployment claims stayed strong in September even as prices and oil costs rose, with the ISM manufacturing index hitting 54.5 and jobless claims falling to 197,000\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-278/) - British counterterrorism police arrested a 27-year-old British-Iranian man in London on Oct. 1 in an investigation into a possible Iranian link to a security incident at RAF Fairford air base. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-278/) - The Supreme Court agreed Oct. 1 to decide whether the Trump administration can hold immigrants arrested in the U.S. without bond hearings while their deportation cases proceed. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-278/) - The FDA approved Edwards Lifesciences' Autus valve, the first expandable artificial pulmonary valve for children with congenital heart disease, the company announced Oct. 1\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-278/) - President Trump said in a Time interview published Oct. 1 that heavier U.S. bombing of Iran after the Nov. 3 midterms was "possible," as the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier group headed to the Middle East. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-278/) --- # Weather ![Weather](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/e6/f7e66a8b-8f27-493f-8b7e-664ecefd4c3d/content/images/2026/10/Tab2FileL-2.png) --- --- # October 2, 2020: President Trump and First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19 On October 2, 2020, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 amid a resurgence of the pandemic. The diagnosis followed a White House event for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and came just days after Trump’s first presidential debate against Joe Biden. *This article was written using our proprietary AI system, Cronkite. The final decision to publish this article was made by a human. For more info, read our [AI policy](https://www.citizenjournal.us/ai-policy/).*