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TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Bars and restaurants can stay open later and sports can gather in larger groups, the Shawnee County Commission decided Thursday. The decision to relax some coronavirus restrictions comes as Shawnee County's Health Department reports a decrease in the uncontrolled spread of coronavirus. The department's latest scorecard shows the county is right [...]
WINFIELD, Kan. (KSNT) - Despite the alarmingly fast spread of COVID-19 in a Kansas prison, state health officials said test results Thursday do not show a new variant of the virus in the area. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Dr. Lee Norman originally said his agency began investigating a coronavirus outbreak at the [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Topeka Municipal Court will resume in-person court dockets on Monday Feb. 1, the city announced. Those entering the courthouse will be subject to a temperature check and must be properly wearing a face mask. Other safety measures include plexiglass in both courtrooms, strict social distancing requirements, UV lighting, and hand [...]
President Joe Biden is expected to begin reversing health care policies from his predecessor former President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Kansas National Guard members sent to Washington D.C. for President Joe Biden's inauguration returned home Thursday. The guardsmen flew back on KC-135 planes piloted by Topeka's 190th Air Refueling Wing, a division of the Kansas Air National Guard stationed at Forbes Field. The guard members went to D.C. to provide security [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Shawnee County Board of Commissioners announced a new health officer Thursday. Dr. Erin Locke, M.D. MPH is a family physician and lives in Shawnee County. According to the Shawnee County Board of Commissioners, she'll be transferring from the Holton Community Hospital where she was the COVID-19 Incident Command Liaison Officer, [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - The city of Manhattan is facing a budget crisis and it could mean difficult decisions in the near future. This week, the Manhattan City Commission received an update from city departments. This includes an overview of 2020 and challenges going into this year and beyond. Assistant City Manager Jason Hilgers told [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Topeka police said Thursday that two victims who drove to a local Sonic with gunshot wounds were shot accidentally. The Topeka Police Department said it has completed its investigation into the incident, and everyone involved has been identified. Police originally responded Tuesday night to the Sonic after two people showed up [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Transportation will begin a field survey Monday, Feb. 1, for a proposed bridge replacement on I-470 in Topeka. The proposed replacement is the bridge from northbound I-470 to westbound I-70. The survey will gather information needed for the detailed design of the proposed improvement and is estimated [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Shawnee County Interim Health Officer Dr. Dennis Cooley issued an emergency health order Thursday. The following changes were made to sports and athletic activities: Sports and athletic activities are allowed, subject to the limitations of social distancing and mass gatherings. Spectators of sporting events should follow the mass gathering rules. For [...]
After a chilly start, we will see a warming trend through the end of the week with afternoon highs today in the upper 30s and lower 40s. We'll be back into the 50s by Friday and Saturday as southerly breezes increase during this time, too. Our next storm system moves in on Saturday with a [...]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KSNT) - An AMBER Alert has been sent out for an 8-year-old girl and a 4-year-old girl from Kansas City, Kansas early Thursday morning. 2:49 a.m. The two girls have been located in Kansas City, Mo. and are safe, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. 1:45 a.m. The 8-year-old girl is [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas gun rights supporters are pushing to lower the age for concealed carry of firearms from 21 to 18. Wichita Republican Rep. Blake Carpenter and a Kansas State Rifle Association lobbyist on Wednesday told the House Federal and State Affairs Committee that it’s already legal in Kansas for those 18 to [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Kansas is now in phase 2 of the vaccine plan, which includes people 65 and over. But many are still waiting for their turn. Julie and Dan Hejtmanek of Topeka fall into that category. They're hoping that both they and their elderly parents can get their vaccines soon. The Hejtmaneks have [...]
WACO, Tx. (KSNT) - Kansas State's struggles reached rock bottom on Wednesday night in a 107-59 loss at #2 Baylor. It's the largest margin of defeat in program history for the Wildcats. The Bears opened the game on a staggering 41 to 7 run. To make matters worse, Bruce Weber said the bus to the [...]
LAWRENCE, Kan. (KSNT) - According to a report from ESPN's Adam Rittenberg, Kansas offensive Coordinator Brent Dearmon is leaving the Jayhawks to take the same position at Middle Tennessee State. Dearmon was promoted to offensive coordinator at KU back in October of 2019.
MANHATTAN, Kan (KSNT) - The last time Aggieville had any major construction done, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States. A lot has changed since then, including the size of the city of Manhattan, enrollment at Kansas State University and the overall demands for a district like Aggieville. Recently, the City of Manhattan completed [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A report from the federal government newly unsealed Wednesday marks multiple Kansas towns and the state itself in a "red zone." The Biden administration has released the once-secret COVID-19 State Profile Reports for all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. These reports have been providing Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Seniors at Lexington Park Independent Living Center in Topeka received their first round of the COVID-19 shot Wednesday. The residents living at this facility are not considered part of a group in a long-term care facility covered in Phase 1, like Lexington Park Health & Rehab right next door. This means [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A Topeka Public School's band director got recognition Wednesday from an international corporation for making a musical difference for her kids and teachers abroad. Jennifer Antonetti works for Topeka Public Schools teaching all ages at Topeka High School, Robinson Middle School, and Meadows Elementary School. The Yamaha Corporation selected her for [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Labor is going offline starting Saturday to install a new security system to fight identity theft. The agency announced a partnership with LexisNexis to get new identity verification software for the state's unemployment claim process. The agency will shut down its servers starting Saturday and may stay [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Kansas is getting a vaccine finder tool, will find out if a new coronavirus variant is in the state tomorrow and receive a bump in vaccines received, according to to Gov. Laura Kelly and Dr. Lee Norman at a Wednesday afternoon coronavirus briefing at the Kansas Statehouse. Kelly began the conference [...]
What We're Tracking: Areas of freezing fog tonight Warmer with more sunshine through Friday Rain chance for Saturday We should start to clear through the night with lows in the middle to upper 10s and calm wind. After some of the snow melted back today, this could lead to a bit of patchy freezing fog [...]
