TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Governor Laura Kelly is holding a news conference Monday to discuss the ‘Ad Astra’ Plan and to address actions taken to improve the Kansas Department of Labor’s response to the unemployment caseload. Labor Secretary Delia Garcia resigned from her position Monday. The Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff Ryan Wright will serve […]
What We’re Tracking: Isolated evening showers, then clear again Sunny, pleasant and less humid Tuesday into Wednesday Higher humidity and a few storms possible late week A few isolated showers will slide to the south and southeast through the evening hours, giving parts of the area a brief passing rain chance as the front slides […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Shawnee County leaders want to help small businesses affected by the coronavirus. At Monday’s county commission meeting, commissioners approved the county to apply for money from the Cares Act. It’s specifically for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus. Eligible businesses can have up to 50 employees and at least 51% of […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Monday was the first day pools run by Shawnee County Parks and Recreation could be open. Pools were allowed to carry half capacity so as to maintain social distancing.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Monday afternoon, TopCity Interns sponsored a virtual leadership forum that included a few of Topeka’s business leaders. The forum was held at Advisors Excel and was broadcast to Topcity interns wishing to watch and learn what Topeka business leaders had to offer in the way of entrepreneurship. Each summer, Topeka welcomes […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Topeka Salvation Army is distributing 700 fans to the community with a donation from Evergy. The fan distribution began Monday morning at The Salvation Army corps community center located at 1320 SE 6th Avenue in Topeka. They will continue to give out fans all week until supplies last. “We’re standing […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Washburn University football team is holding half day football camps this week at Yager Stadium. The camps are for kids age 7-12 and emphasize the basic skills of football. Washburn University head football coach Craig Schurig said, “We are excited to have camp and the kids are excited to be […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Shawnee County Commission has approved issuing $13 million in industrial revenue bonds Monday morning for the AT&T building in downtown Topeka, allowing a real estate firm to lease and renovate the space. The building constructed in 1969 houses some 100 AT&T employees according to an attorney for AIM Strategies. Cody […]
LYON COUNTY, Kan. (KSNT) — A seventh person has died from coronavirus-related complications in Lyon County, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported Monday. Health officials say the patient who died was a Hispanic male in his fifties. The death makes 258 total in the state, with 12,145 total coronavirus cases as of June […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Kansas Department of Labor Secretary Delia Garcia has resigned from her position Monday morning, according to a press release from Gov. Laura Kelly. The secretary’s resignation comes as frustrations mount from the public over Kansas’ aged unemployment system, which has struggled to keep up with thousands of benefit claims during the […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Police have shut down a stretch of a major Topeka road Monday morning while they investigate a deadly crash. The crash happened at 5:25 a.m. near Southeast 21st and Madison Street. Topeka police have asked drivers to avoid the area as they have shut down 21st Street from Southeast Adams to […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Someone shot a person Monday morning in north Topeka and sent them to the hospital, Topeka police confirmed. Officers went to Little Russia in the 500 block of Northeast Sardou Avenue around 6:45 a.m. on a report of shots fired. They said they found a person suffering from a gunshot wound […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Shawnee County Parks and Recreation will open community pools and aquatic centers Monday with some restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Topeka’s three aquatic centers and three community pools will be open at half-capacity. Aquatic Supervisor David Allacher said restrooms will be cleaned every half hour. Each facility will also take […]
Friday certainly gave us a break from the recent hot spell. We enjoyed a mostly sunny Saturday as the rain stayed away, and summer officially began in the late afternoon. The weather Sunday was mainly cloudy with scattered showers west. Late night thunderstorms stayed in Nebraska or well to our southwest, although a few showers […]
EMPORIA, Kan. (KSNT) — Thirteen-year-old Maddox Gutierrez just started coming out to the Southwest Santa Fe Skatepark about four months ago when he first took up skateboarding. “It’s actually like one of my favorite things I do right now and I take a lot of pride in it,” said Gutierrez. Now, he’s working to get […]
EMPORIA, Kan. (KSNT) — Some local veterans are asking for your help after two of their flags were stolen. According to Ron Whitney with Emporia’s American Legion Post No. 5, an American flag and a POW flag were stolen from in front of their building. It happened early Monday morning. While they were able to […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – All good things come to an end. “Let’s give it up for Steve Bushnell, our leader,” a Seaman coached yelled as fans looked on and wished their 20-plus year head coach a goodbye. Most don’t end like this. “He’s always been a fierce competitor but he does it the right way,” […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – On Sunday a man was arrested after investigators said he set fire to an air conditioning unit that was behind a Topeka building. Fire crews responded to calls of a fire around 10:00 A.M. on Sunday on 1118 NE Seward Avenue. They said there had been a fire on an air […]
EMPORIA, Kan. (KSNT) – Life Time, the group that owns Emporia’s Dirty Kanza bike race, has fired one of the founders of the event after a controversial comment he made on social media. Jim Cummins, who founded the Dirty Kanza, made a post on his personal facebook page in which he called the shooting of […]
SHAWNEE COUNTY, Kan. (KSNT) – Shawnee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 3 men early Saturday morning in connection with car burglaries. The sheriff said they got a call around 3:00 a.m. on Saturday about a suspicious person in the 7000 block of SW Queens Court. When they got there deputies noticed several cars that they believed […]