The fifth annual ‘Happy Birthday, Kansas!’ photography contest winners were announced Wednesday at the State Capital during the Kansas Day Celebrations. Students in 1st-12th grade from across the state submitted up to 5 photographs for the contest. The theme for this year’s contest is “Going to school in Kansas.” Students were encouraged to be creative […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Chinese coronavirus outbreak has Washburn University students on lockdown in the country, according to college officials. Three Chinese students have been unable to come back from their hometown Wuhan, ground zero for the novel coronavirus outbreak and subsequent quarantine. Washburn Director of Public Relations Patrick Early confirmed travel restrictions by […]
Kansas was admitted to the Union on January 29th, 1861. Today Kansas celebrates it’s 159th Birthday. The Kansas Museum of History, 6425 SW 6th Ave., held an open house in celebration of Kansas Day. Visitors enjoyed a free admission, pottery making, Civil War Games, Decoding Kansas Geography and more. Kansas Lt. Governor Lynn Rogers gave […]
WASHINGTON (KSNT) – President Donald Trump is participating in a signing for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Wednesday morning. The USMCA was created after the former NAFTA trade agreement was renegotiated. The new deal would require changes such as stricter labor laws. According to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Kansas exports $4 billion worth of product […]
Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Ben Gardner tweeted that lanes are opening back up, but traffic is slow going.
The restaurant Wings Etc. Grill & Pub is going to be built in southwest Topeka.
Winter Weather Advisory for the following counties until 8am: Anderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Lyon, Osage and Shawnee. Flurries developed near the western counties overnight Monday into Tuesday. Areas of northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas got hit hard heavy wet snow and some freezing rain…especially the Dodge City and Liberal areas. Trace to 1 inch […]
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (WDAF) – The phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” couldn’t be truer for one Chiefs fan. When Trevor Lane moved into his Independence home three years ago, he told his wife he was taking the corner room in the basement so he could finally have a permanent space for all his […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT)– A Topeka girl started her balloon art business at just the age of 10. Channeling her artistic abilities in ways you wouldn’t believe. Santana Holbert is a 17-year-old business owner. She makes things like crowns, dogs and even dresses out of balloons. “It’s a way to make a kid happy,” Santana said. […]
The Kansas Chamber held their annual Dinner at the Stormont Vail Events Center Tuesday evening. Keynote speaker for the event was former White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer. Fleischer was the primary spokesperson for President George Bush and delivered the daily White House briefings from 2001 to 2003. The vision of the Kansas Chamber of […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – “Bad Luck Chuck” nodded his way into the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame this week. Its inspiration came from Chiefs Fan Charles Penn, nicknamed “Bad Luck Chuck.” His friends said the team came back for a landslide victory after Chuck left the AFC divisional playoff game early. The 31-year-old postal clerk […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) — A Topeka organization is helping neighborhoods get to know one another in order to prevent crime and they’re among the best in the country at doing it. Rhonda Cathey and her husband Ron know the names of everyone in their 50 home neighborhood. “Our neighborhood is an aging neighborhood, so we’re […]
It would allow judges to serve until their 80th birthday in Kansas. Currently judges can’t be over the age of 75 when they’re up for retention.
MIAMI, FL (KSNT) – Three Kansas State Wildcats are set to play in the Super Bowl on Sunday. Byron Pringle will suit up for the Chiefs while the 49ers roster features D.J. Reed and Elijah Lee. “Just being able to be in this position and kids in my neighborhood look up to me like a […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Kansas is celebrating its 159th birthday Wednesday. Like every birthday, a cake is in order. Lauren Berg, Dillons pastry chef, has been baking the official celebration cake for Kansas Day for the past four years. While she says it’s an honor to make the cake, this year it means a little […]
Tabatha Rosproy, a preschool teacher at the Cumbernauld Little Vikes early learning classroom in Winfield, was named the 2020 Kansas Teacher of the Year by the Department of Education. Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson made the announcement at during the Kansas Teacher of the Year banquet at the Marriott Hotel. Tabatha, a graduate […]
What We’re Tracking: Some light snow showers tonight Cool weather through Friday Much warmer Saturday through Monday Temperatures will fall back into the middle to upper 20s tonight as a storm system slides east across southern Kansas tonight. With the close proximity to the storm system, it’s possible that part of the area–primarily along and […]