TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Governor Laura Kelly on Wednesday discussed the state's response efforts to the coronavirus outbreak in Norton County, as well as gave an update on coronavirus in Kansas. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Reno County Health Department 71,785 positive cases of coronavirus statewide. That number includes 57,988 recoveries and 900 deaths. Reno [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - One person is in custody after a car crashed into an apartment complex Wednesday afternoon in southwest Topeka. This happened around 2 p.m. near Southwest Westport Drive and Southwest 23rd Terrace. That's near the Whispering Pines Apartments. This is a developing story.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - Manhattan resident Skylar Lundeen is disappointed, but not deterred by thieves who stole three large Halloween decorations from her front lawn. Lundeen doesn't want their Halloween Grinch to steal her enthusiasm for decorating, but she said next time she'll take more precautions. "Our community loves it so much," Lundeen told KSNT [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Whataburger has specified two future locations in the Kansas City metro, announcing them through job posts for general manager positions. The jobs for the future restaurants are in Blue Springs and Overland Park. They were listed Tuesday, Oct. 20. Some speculated that the Missouri location would be in Lee’s Summit. [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - If you come to Kansas from North Dakota the state has asked that you quarantine for 14 days. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has amended its travel quarantine list to include those who have traveled to North Dakota and the country of Andorra beginning today, October 21. This list [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Despite the cold temperature, Josh Vowell & Whitney Frost, a.k.a. Soul 2 Soul, delivered their usual fiery combination of powerhouse harmonies and bass guitar sounds at the Live at Lunch Concert Series Wednesday afternoon. The concert series is held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays at Evergy Plaza in [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSNT) - In a video posted on Instagram Wednesday, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his fiancée Brittany Matthews announced they're having a baby girl. Mahomes commented on Matthews's post with the hashtag: #GirlDad. The couple announced they were expecting at the end of September. That announcement came almost one month [...]
You can ride the bus in Topeka for free until Nov. 30, 2020.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - According to organizer David Braun, there will not be a traditional gathering on Thanksgiving Day at the Stormont Vail Events Center's Agriculture Hall as in years past due to the coronavirus pandemic. KSNT first reported Tuesday about the cancellation. However, Braun said the Community Thanksgiving Dinner Foundation will hand out 3,500 [...]
Two weeks until election day and one Congressional candidate said campaign advertisements running against her are going too far.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Lowman Hill Elementary School received a $5,000 grant from Laird Noller Ford of Topeka on Wednesday. The grant was used to purchase uniforms for the students enrolled in USD 501's Early College Prep Academy Program. Mr. Anderson's 5th grade College Prep class tried on their new uniforms and later wrote 'thank [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Holy Family Catholic School closed Wednesday morning out of what Principal Nick Anderson is calling an "abundance of caution." Early in the morning, a teacher reported a smell of gas. The Topeka Fire Department responded and found nothing. The gas company was called and found nothing as well, however the school [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Shawnee County Parks & Recreation office is reaching out to Topekans to find out what they want regarding the campground at Lake Shawnee. A recent survey asked residents what they like to see. Results show a preference for adding sewer hook-ups, online reservations and concrete parking pads to the Lake [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Someone stabbed a man to death Tuesday night in Topeka's Oakland neighborhood, according to police. Tyler S. Parkinson, 31, of Topeka, died from stab wound injuries at a local hospital. Officers went around 9:15 p.m. to the 3200 block of Northeast Seward Avenue on reports of a fight outside a home [...]
We'll have cloudy skies today and a slight chance for a few showers with temperatures ranging from the low 50s to the upper 50s, maybe low 60s, from north to south. Overnight, we'll see some clearing take place, and our temperatures will begin to rise after midnight. We continue warming through Thursday thanks to breezy [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT)-- Since 1970, a Manhattan man has collected more than 550 Chiefs memorabilia items, and now he's taking his collection to the Guinness World Records. Curt Herrman has been a Chiefs fan since he was eight years old when the team went to Super Bowl IV. It was in 1970 when the team [...]
NORTONVILLE, Kan. (KSNT) - The Silos Haunt has entered its second year after a successful haunt season in 2019, and is looking to expand their reign of terror. The attraction owners point to a unique setting and a realistic atmosphere for its popularity. The site consists of silos several stories tall on a cattle farm, [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Topeka City Council voted to rescind a city plumbing ordinance, preventing excavation workers from repairing or working on city plumbing. In a 9-0 vote, the Topeka City Council decided to rescind the ordinance. Now, only plumbing companies will be allowed to install or repair plumbing within the city, according to [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Record numbers of Kansans are advance voting this election season, and according to the secretary of state’s office, Democrats are leading in numbers of returned ballots. More than 77,000 Kansans and counting have successfully casted their votes this year. That’s at least 25,000 more votes cast than any previous year at [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Election Day is now only two weeks away and in Kansas, early voting has begun. KSNT Political Analyst Bob Beatty is joining us every Tuesday until the election.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Officers arrested two Topekans on Tuesday after a double narcotics search warrant in downtown and south Topeka, according to a news release. Officers arrived at the 200 block of Southwest 21st Street and the 700 block of Southwest 8th Street where they arrested 31-year-old Taylor Arterberry and 30-year-old Damien Arterberry. The [...]
What We're Tracking: Continued cool tonight & Wednesday Big warm-up for Thursday Cold by the end of the weekend Some breaks in the clouds for tonight as temperatures dip into the upper 30s and lower 40s by early Wednesday morning. The wind will stay fairly light through the night, as well. Any early sunshine will [...]
For the first time in 52 years, organizers have called off Topeka's popular Community Thanksgiving Dinner. Instead, frozen meals will be passed out across Topeka.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Fall 2020 graduates will be able to participate in in-person graduation this November, according to the university. Washburn University will hold an in-person graduation ceremony at Lee Arena to recognize the graduating class of Fall 2020. The ceremony will also be live-streamed to allow access to those not attending in-person, according [...]