TOPEKA (KSNT) - Fiesta Topeka held a Parade in downtown Topeka on Saturday morning. This was the first time the parade has been held since 2019. The annual parade was interrupted by the Pandemic in 2020 and 2021 and had a shortened schedule in 2022. Upcoming events for Fiesta Topeka include: The Fiesta Topeka will [...]
What We’re Tracking We have some dense patchy fog in areas this morning reducing visibility down to 1/4 or less. Give your self extra time to get to where you need to go this morning. Temperatures are in the 60s across the area. Today looks slightly less humid from the front that moved through yesterday [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A local AAU track team is asking the community for help to get to the 2023 Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa. Team United Stars Track hosts a few fundraisers each year to fund team travel. On Saturday, athletes and coaches will have a car wash to raise money for their Junior [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - On Friday, Topeka Police were dispatched to a local hospital in response to a victim arriving with an apparent gunshot wound, according to LT R. Connell. When officers arrived, one juvenile victim was found with life threatening injuries and later pronounced deceased according to TPD. That investigation is on-going at this point [...]
WAMEGO (KSNT) - The saying "it takes a village" is ringing true for one Kansas family. Their village has now expanded to include not only family and friends, but strangers who have stepped up to keep their farm afloat as they battle a tough and unexpected fight. Every flower bed, chicken and pig serves a [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Local public school students got the opportunity to eat a free lunch while seeing some unique animals. The United Way of Kaw Valley and the Shawnee County Campaign for Grade-Level Reading held their annual Summer Spike at the Topeka Zoo on Friday. The event offered free lunches to Topeka Public School students [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A powerful storm has left more than 150,000 people without power in Kansas and Missouri as reported by the power company Evergy. Strong wind gusts blowing at 70 mph knocked down power lines across much of northeast Kansas, putting thousands of people into a massive blackout on Friday, July 14. As the [...]
United Parcel Service (UPS) said Friday it will be training non-union delivery drivers in the coming weeks as the threat of a strike from tens of thousands of unionized workers looms closer. In a statement Friday, shipping giant UPS said many of their employees will “participate in training that would help them safely serve our [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Reports of widespread damage across northeast Kansas are coming in following a line of powerful storms Friday afternoon. A stormfront consisting of 70 mph winds blew across much of northeast Kansas on Friday, July 14, bringing with it hail and flash floods in some areas. Evergy reported nearly 3,000 outages left more [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Federal health officials say several hundred pounds of beef jerky sold nationwide is being recalled. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said Suya Slive, LLC, of Memphis, Tennessee, is recalling more than 400 pounds of ready-to-eat beef products made without being federally inspected. These products were [...]