TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT)– The Topeka Zoo announced Saturday their 16-year-old coyote, Smokey, passed away. The zoo said Smokey passed in her sleep and was found by zookeepers. Smokey outlived the normal age of coyotes as she was 16-years-old. Coyotes live six to eight years in the wild. Smokey came to the Topeka Zoo in 2010, […]
Local baker, Katie Van Blaricum, discusses the benefits of sourdough bread and how to start baking your own loaves without the use of commercial yeast on the morning show. You can find sourdough starters on sites like amazon.com or kingarthurflour.com. If you’d like to make an inquiry about acquiring a starter from Katie, email Becky […]
What We’re Tracking: Warmer weekend in store Chance for showers Monday into Tuesday Dry and seasonable for the rest of the week Our temperatures have been warming through the overnight hours thanks to the combination of cloud cover and southerly breezes. We’ll continue to see our temperatures warm though much of the day, into the […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Two people were able to safely exit their Topeka home after it caught on fire Saturday morning. The Topeka Fire Department says they were called to the 2500 block of SE Virginia around 12:15 a.m. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
(KSNT) – Highlights from Friday’s high school basketball action, including Topeka High and Washburn Rural, plus an overtime finish between the St. Marys girls and Rock Creek.
IOLA, Kan. (AP) – A Georgia nursing home company has been banned from working in Kansas for 10 years and fined $100,000 for failing to protect patient and employee records, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Friday. An Allen County District Court judge approved the consent judgment against AltaCare Corporation, of Alpharetta, Georgia, earlier this week. […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Despite the frigid temperatures, the Topeka Zoo wants parents to start thinking about summer. The Topeka Zoo offers summer camps for kids and teens in June and July, but spots are filling fast. There are nine week-long day camps for kids ages 6 to 12 and two 3-week long teen camps. […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Friday that a 17-year-old man has been charged with the 2019 homicide of an 18-year-old Topeka woman. In August, law enforcement responded to a gunshot wound call in a home located at 2229 SE Ohio Avenue. They found Ashley Usher, who was transported to […]
A flu death forced one Kansas school district to cancel classes.
The Mulvane Art Museum held a reception Friday evening featuring the works of Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Brian Lanker who created his project titled I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America. This collection of photographs and interviews with some of the most historically and socially influential women of the 20th century […]
This week the Capitol was filled with dairy farmers debating whether raw milk should be sold, and if so what restrictions it should have.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) – An Ohio teenager is accused of making threats at a Manhattan, KS elementary school and trying to attack an Ohio high school. Federal prosecutors said Allen Kenna, 18, called the Riley County Police Department and told them he was holding a hostage inside “and that he would injure any person attempting […]
SILVER LAKE, Kan. (KSNT) – A judge said Shawnee County prosecutors showed enough evidence Friday to take Timothy W. Funk to a jury trial. Funk faces one count of first degree murder, and two counts of aggravated endangering of a child. Funk’s granddaughter, 4-year-old Brandy Funk, was found dead in his home on July 23, […]
TOPEKA, Kan. – (KSNT) – The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board awarded financial assistance to victims of violent crimes on Thursday. The Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said the board distributed money to 334 victims in 175 new cases at its February meeting and that additional expenses were paid in 159 previously submitted cases. The […]
What We’re Tracking: Breezy tonight Warmer this weekend Chance for rain showers Monday Clouds decided to stick around throughout the day today as many of us struggled to get out of the 20s. If you have plans this evening, it will be cold but not nearly as cold as the past 24 hours. You’ll still […]