MCPHERSON COUNTY, Kan. (KSNT) – The KBI is looking for a missing woman from McPherson. Early on Saturday morning KBI sent out a statewide Silver Alert for 65-year-old Sharoll Joy Schoen. Investigators say she was last seen on Thursday night around 5:30 leaving the VFW on Taft Street in McPherson. Schoen is 5’4″ and weighs […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT)– Friday was National Motorcycle Day, and a Topeka therapy center helped people relive memories with the sound of bikes. It was definitely a trip down memory lane for people at the Tanglewood Health and Rehabilitation Center, as motorcycles brought back the days they were once on bikes. For months, employees have been […]
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Kan. (KSNT) – One woman is in the hospital with serious injuries after a crash on Saturday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, around 11 a.m. a motorcycle was driving behind a car on Highway US-24 in Jefferson County near US-59. The car slowed down to make a left-hand turn. The motorcycle tried […]
The Annual Fiesta Mexicana Parade was held Saturday in downtown. Fiesta Queen Monserrat Lopez, Princess Jeimmy Perez and King Gabe Mosqueda III headlined this year’s parade. Longtime supporters of the Fiesta, Felipe Rangel Jr. and family were Grand Marshalls of this year’s Parade.
When Dustin Gunter was eight years old, his life changed forever. “When I woke up from my 10 days in a coma it took about three days to open my eyes by myself and I couldn’t remember a thing after that. I was like a newborn baby,” Gunter said An ATV accident left him unable […]
The Cauldron lighting ceremony for the Sunflower State Games was held Saturday morning at Lake Shawnee’s Tinman Circle. The ceremony officially kicks off the 2019 games. The 2018 male and female athletes of the year, Chad Lorenz of Beloit and Mckinsey West of Emporia lit the Cauldron to begin the competition. The 5k and 10k […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Washburn football player Dwane Simmons was killed on April 28 and over two months later, charges were filed against his killer. KSNT’s McKenzi Davis spoke with Simmons’ parents Friday evening, just hours after they heard the news that murder charges had been filed against Francisco Mendez. Navarro and Yasmine Simmons are […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office swore in Undersheriff Jay Simecka on Friday. Simecka will serve as second in command to Sheriff Hill. During the ceremony, Sheriff Hill gave the Undersheriff’s family special challenge coins, which Sheriff Hill said he knows the kids will appreciate. “I think they are very excited. I’m […]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) – Let’s face it, having the motivation to consistently exercise and eat right is not always easy for most people. Not everyone can do it on their own! Reality hit for Liz Birk, of Manhattan, when she saw herself in a picture from her sister’s wedding. “I realized how bad it had […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The contest that decided the names of the two bear cubs at the Clay Center Zoo ended Friday. The Clay Center Zoo had a contest to pick out the names for the two sister cubs and ended with the names Honey and Coco. Now the people who came up with the […]
(KSNT) – Both Kansas State and Kansas have new coaches this season and each school has used social media to build excitement for the season.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – AT&T and DIRECTV subscribers have been without a number of their local channels since July 3, and Nexstar continues to work with the companies to negotiate the return of the channels. In a press release on Friday, Nexstar provided an update on the ongoing negotiations with AT&T and DIRECTV. Nexstar wants […]
EMPORIA, Kan. (KSNT) – A photo taken by an Emporia photographer of an 89-year-old flower girl is going viral. Thomas Felts snapped this photo of the bride’s grandmother in the role of flower girl at a wedding in April Felts said the photo has been shared hundreds of times online and even caught the eye […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A rollover crash on 10th and Wanamaker Rd. sent one man to the hospital Friday afternoon. Topeka Police and Topeka Fire Departments responded to a call of a rollover accident just before 4:30 p.m. Upon arrival, they found a car on its roof in a ditch just east of the intersection. […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Thanks to the help of a veterans group and Shawnee County Parks and Recreation, a new ADA accessible kayak launch is coming to Lake Shawnee. The new launch at Lake Shawnee’s south boat ramp will make kayaking accessible to patrons using wheelchairs, the elderly or anyone else who needs some assistance […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Topeka Police Department is set to host a new event called “Ice cream with a cop.” Officers from the Topeka Police Department’s Community Policing Unit will be giving away $1 ice cream cones as a new way to visit with the community and beat the heat at the same time. “This […]
