EMPORIA (KSNT) - Emporia State baseball will have a new leader at the helm for the 2023-24 season. ESU Athletics announced Saturday that head coach Seth Wheeler will not return for next season. In five years in the head coaching position, Wheeler amassed a 97-116 record. This came after three years as the Hornets' pitching [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Washburn University recognized their Spring graduates Saturday with Commencement Ceremonies in Lee Arena. The 2023 Commencement Ceremonies include, In addition to the Commencement ceremonies some graduates were awarded certificates and were recognized with a pinning recognition,
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Topeka High School held its 2023 commencement ceremony on Saturday in Landon Arena at the Stormont Vail Events Center. Over 400 seniors were recognized during the Saturday morning ceremony. “We are honored to have the privilege to share this momentous occasion with all our TPS families from the 2022-2023 school year. We congratulate [...]
What We're Tracking After storms rolled through the area last night, most have been quiet heading into our Saturday. We have a few clouds out there and temperatures are starting off in the 60s and even some spots in the upper 50s. We actually get to start the weekend out with little to no rain [...]
Jquory Guest, an award-winning hip hop artist from the capital city, fulfilled his promise of a performance for the kids at the Topeka Performance Arts Center. The concert was a free event, and it was aimed at entertaining and inspiring the kids in attendance. The performance was promised a year ago, and Jquory Guest had [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Topeka Public Schools will honor students in the class of 2023 tomorrow, andall three ceremonies will take place at Stormont Vail Events Center. Topeka High School seniors will graduation at 9:00 in the morning. Highland Park High School will graduate at noon. Topeka West High School will have its ceremony at 2:00. If [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Midland Care held their Celebration Walk Friday evening on their campus, 200 SW Frazier Circle. The Celebration Walk honors lost loved ones with a luminary walk, a butterfly release, food trucks and live music by Paradize Band, Antiques & Collectibles, Mike Eichten, Flamingos, Jeff and Deb with Bill, Santa Fe Band, and [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Several new laws will be going into effect in Kansas, starting July 1. Political Analyst Bob Beatty joined the latest episode of Inside Kansas Politics to break down what to expect in the coming months. Beatty talks about everything from abortion legislation, to a bill defining biological sex in restrooms and locker [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Brandon Davis has been opening for Tim McGraw. Now, he’s holding his own show in Kansas. Brandon Davis will headline Red Dirt Saturday, a country music festival on a Manhattan farm. People Magazine profiled Davis for a car accident that nearly killed him and prompted him to launch his music career. Fans [...]
On May 1, the camera reportedly caught the license plate of a 52-year-old man suspected of a November 2022 homicide in Columbus, Ga.
TOPEKA (KSNT)- Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed Senate Bill 8 on Friday, which included several tax cut provisions, related to property, sales, and income taxes. Governor Kelly released the following veto message, regarding her veto of Senate Bill 8: “After years of fiscal mismanagement and budget deficits, I am proud that we have balanced the [...]
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - KU men's basketball has had incredible spring recruitment efforts, but didn't land a top prospect Friday. The Indiana Hoosiers picked up a commitment from the last remaining 5-star prospect in the class of 2023. Mackenzie Mgbako announced his commitment to Indiana on social media. His final two schools were Indiana and Kansas. [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Local mail carriers will collect food for a good cause this Saturday. It's called "Stamp Out Hunger." On Saturday, May 12 Topeka and Shawnee County residents can leave a bag of nonperishable food items by their mailbox and their USPS letter carrier will pick it up and deliver it to Harvesters in [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A historic theatre in the Capital City is about to see some major renovations. The Jayhawk Theatre was awarded $5 million from COVID relief alongside many other state landmarks, wineries and theaters to increase tourism in Kansas. The grant is targeted to boost tourism throughout Kansas after the pandemic. On Friday, Jayhawk Theatre board members [...]
**SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH** - Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Nemaha, Osage, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee counties until 11:00p.m. Scattered thunderstorms are possible this evening in the eastern half of the area. If they can stay isolated from each other, all modes of severe weather will be possible, but the main threats tonight will [...]
On Friday, Lori Vallow Daybell was found guilty of murdering her two youngest children, Joshua JJ Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 16, and conspiring to murder her husband's first wife, Tammy Daybell.
SHAWNEE CO. (KSNT)- A local school is starting major renovations to support children ready for preschool. Pauline Central primary school broke ground on an early child center that will serve kids between three and four-years-old on Friday, May 12. The district says it currently serves about 200 kids in that age range and adding six [...]
RILEY COUNTY (KSNT) - First responders are at the site of a crash involving a motorcycle and a car. The Riley County Police Department posted on social media the crash is near the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and West 92nd Avenue just south of four-mile corner. Police received the crash report just after 4 [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that would have limited the power of the state health secretary and local health officers regarding infectious and contagious diseases. That includes prohibiting the state health secretary from requiring COVID-19 vaccines to attend child care or school. “The field of public health was pioneered [...]