MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - The Riley County Health Department is offering vaccines for people 65 and older until 4:00 p.m. Tuesday at Cico Park with no appointment needed. RCHD tweeted the announcement around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. The health department warned people to be prepared for extended wait times and to enter the park from Wreath [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Kansas City Police have released the report surrounding the serious injury crash involving former Chiefs linebackers coach Britt Reid. The report is heavily redacted, but it does show that the Dodge Ram pickup Reid was driving at the time of the crash is owned by a Kansas City, Mo., dealership. [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNT) - Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has forgiven $5 million given to 344 Kansas businesses Tuesday after converting all Hospitality Industry Relief Emergency loans to grants. The state government started the HIRE funding in March 2020 to provide relief to Kansas hospitality businesses faced with income losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It [...]
LOS ANGELES (KSNT) - Firefighters and paramedics have rescued Tiger Woods Tuesday from a rollover wreck in Los Angeles, and took him to the hospital for injuries. Watch a live helicopter feed from the crash scene below: The crash happened around 9:12 a.m. central time, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Woods was [...]
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – With the House Budget Committee advancing a 591-page, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Monday, many are wondering whether they’ll qualify for the promised $1,400 stimulus checks included in the proposal. The short answer as of now: If you got a check in the last round, you’ll get one this time as well. [...]
President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met virtually Tuesday to discuss a host of issues, including climate change, China, vaccines and the economy.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers hope that a legislative audit to be released later this week will provide an estimate of how much the state has paid out in fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature remained frustrated Monday with the lack of an estimate from the [...]
EMPORIA, Kan. (KSNT) - Authorities believe a truck driver who fell asleep accounted for an accident on the Kansas turnpike this morning around 7:30 a.m. The driver of a semi-tractor trailer heading north on I-335 near Admire appeared to have hit the barrier and flipped on its side. Several pigs had to be euthanized at [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A GraceMed Health Clinic in Topeka will get direct supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to give shots to minority and underserved residents, according to a spokesperson for the organization Tuesday morning. The Centers for Disease Control along with the federal Health Resources & Services Administration selected GraceMed's non-profit network of health centers [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Kansas Republicans are holding a press conference to discuss legislation. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, Senate President Ty Masterson, House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr., and other senior elected leadership of the Kansas House and Senate will hold a joint news conference Tuesday, at 9:15 a.m. at the Kansas Statehouse to announce [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A Topeka grandmother has died from injuries she suffered in a Friday night crash on I-70 in western Shawnee County. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol report, Douglas and Betty Foutz were traveling home for the night on Friday when the driver of a pickup truck rear ended their car on [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Shawnee County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will discuss the Family Park master plan at its meeting Tuesday. This is the second time the board has discussed the plan and could be the final step before it moves to the Shawnee County Commission. The park will be located at 21st [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNT) – Rhys Allen, 25, had a bout with coronavirus in late November 2020. Over two months later, he still faces daily headaches, occasional shortness of breath, and even some stomach issues. “It’s just been a whole bunch of stuff, and it’s been two months,” Allen said. Allen’s doctor performed an electrocardiogram (EKG) [...]
The wind turns to the south-southwest at 10-15mph today, and it could gust around 20-25 mph through the afternoon. Most of us will at least make it into the mid, even upper 60s! Of course, the big warm-up doesn't last forever as a cold front is expected to push through later this evening, but temperatures [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Two Topeka teens are hoping to make history. They are both in Boy Scouts and are working to become the first girls in the Topeka area to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Savannah Mazas and Camryn Clark were initially in Girl Scouts. They joined the Boy Scouts in 2019 when [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Amy Watson teaches language arts at Jardine Middle School in Topeka. When she learned the wait to get the coronavirus vaccine was over, she couldn't have been happier. "I was incredibly excited because I knew that it was really going to change what was happening in education right now," Watson said. [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A Kansas woman said she's starting a hunger strike, protesting the state's unemployment system. The woman, Re'Nae Pherigo, drove all the way from Wellington to stand outside the Kansas Department of Labor Monday morning. Pherigo said she's planning to go without food until every Kansan has received their benefits. She said [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan (KSNT) - COVID-19 has taken thousands of lives across Kansas. One of those was Rita Smith's sister. "I lost my sister to COVID last March, and we still have not been able to have a celebration of life for her, and then my best friend lost her husband just recently," Smith said. To [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT)– Governor Laura Kelly announced Monday that she authored and delivered a letter to Congressional leaders urging the federal government to take action in addressing an issue that's burdened the state's labor department since the start of the pandemic. Gov. Kelly joined state leaders in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in asking Congress to provide [...]
A switch in management at the Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center is bringing bigger and better opportunities to the community, according to Director Brendan Wiley.
After a delay in coronavirus vaccine shipments due to the winter weather last week, Shawnee County has continued vaccinating both K-12 school staff and people 65 and older.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A local infectious disease expert and a doctor from Stormont Vail Health answered your questions Monday about coronavirus. Part of a weekly town hall series, "We Together: A Coronavirus Discussion," aired at 6:30 p.m. on KSNT. Stormont's Dr. Soni Mathew and Shawnee County's Infectious Disease Manager Derik Flerlage answered viewer-submitted questions [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A production facility in Northeast Kansas is now home to an indoor air quality company that is expected to bring several new jobs to the area. The company, "EnviroKlenz", will reside in a 50,000 square foot facility located in Topeka. The facility includes state-of-the-art technology and equipment that will allow for [...]
"The issue that rests with me the most is how do I get more vaccine produced in this country and distributed to Kansas," Moran said.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Kansas' U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is asking some federal agencies for aid for Kansans facing astronomical monthly bills after cold temperatures rocked the state's utility providers. Moran made the comments during a tour of the Topeka VA Medical Center's vaccination site. His work on the energy crisis comes as he recognizes [...]
