EMPORIA, Kan. (KSNT) - Emporia State women's basketball sophomore Tre'Zure Jobe was named the MIAA Player of the Year Wednesday. Jobe leads the league in scoring and steals. She was also the only unanimous selection to the All-MIAA First Team and was named to the MIAA All-Defensive team. According to Emporia State, Jobe is the [...]
LYON COUNTY, Kan. (KSNT) - Lyon County Public Health announced it will stop adding names to its COVID-19 waitlist on Friday, March 5. Residents can sign up online at publichealth.lyoncounty.org/covid-vaccine-dashboard or call our COVID-19 Hotline at (620) 208-3741. Lyon County Public Health will use the waitlist to contact residents and schedule an appointment to be [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - An 18-year-old Topeka man without a driver’s license hit and killed a woman driving near Stormont Vail Hospital. Topeka police are working to figure out if the teen was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash. Kathleen Bryson, 65, was killed in the crash, which [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) — Crews who responded to a fire at 321 SW Orchard St. in Topeka Tuesday night found heavy smoke coming from the two-story home. The Topeka Fire Department said one person and one dog were able to get out of the home before the fire department arrived according to a fire incident [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - USD 345 Board of Education President James Adams announced in a letter to the district that it is the school board's intention to appoint a District Namesake Taskforce. The District Namesake Taskforce will include students, staff, parents, alumni, community businesses and organizations. It will be responsible for gathering feedback and public [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Kansas House took emergency final action Wednesday on a bill that would allow cities to take out low-interest loans to cover high utility costs offset by the freezing temperatures the state experienced in February. The bill, HB 2429, was added as a substitute to a Senate bill on Wednesday. The [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - The City of Manhattan is launching an online survey for its new "CrossroadsMHK" strategic plan. Anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in Manhattan can take part in the survey. This is part of an eight-month strategic planning process. Assistant to the City Manager Jared Wasinger said the survey is [...]
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The mayor of Missouri’s largest city has asked the federal government to make sure the state’s urban residents get better access to coronavirus vaccines. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas on Tuesday tweeted a copy of his two-page letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In it, he wrote that the federal [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Washburn University announced it plans to have in-person graduation ceremonies in the spring of 2021. The ceremonies will be held outside at Yager Stadium. The plans included ceremonies, with guests, at 3 p.m. on May 1 for 2020 graduates and at 3 p.m. on May 8 for this year’s graduates. The [...]
SURPRISE, Ariz. (KSNT)- Kansas City will host American League Central rival, Chicago White Sox on Wednesday afternoon. The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, 3-2. The offense didn't collect very much run support until a two-run homerun hit by Edward Olivares in the top of the seventh inning. The game [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter said a 35-year-old deputy who works in the county jail has been arrested during an investigation into contraband brought into the jail. Easter said the investigation began last week after officials got a tip that David Cameron was bringing contraband into the jail. During that investigation, [...]
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The student newspaper editor at Haskell Indian Nations University filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging the university and its president violated the First Amendment rights of the students by retaliating against them for engaging in protected speech and journalistic activities. The lawsuit stems from a directive Haskell’s president, Ronald Graham, sent [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Construction on S.W. 10th Street between Wanamaker Blvd. & Fairlawn Rd. began this week. The city of Topeka project is in the second year of construction. This project replaces S.W. 10th street from S.W. Fairlawn Rd. to S.W. Wanamaker Blvd. and includes replacing the two-lane, open ditch rural section with a [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNT) -- A bright and sunny day in Kansas can turn stormy quickly. One Kansas family that takes severe storms seriously survived the Greensburg tornado on May 4, 2007. The lessons they learned that night are lessons they share with their students in Haysville. The Greensburg tornado was on the ground for a [...]
Editor’s note: Some might find footage in the video above graphic. Viewer discretion is advised. PLEASANT VALLEY, Mo. — Surveillance video captured a Northland man striking his neighbor’s dog with a machete in his yard Saturday. Pleasant Valley police said this is still under investigation. They believe the neighbor was within his rights since the dog [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Kansans have the chance Wednesday night to comment and ask questions about a coming change to a stretch of I-70 in Topeka that was recently the scene of a deadly crash. The Polk-Quincy Viaduct is a bridge portion of I-70 with a 90-degree turn in downtown Topeka, and the current design [...]
We'll have light winds and clear skies today, making for a gorgeous afternoon! Highs should make it into the upper 60s and low 70s, so spend some time outside if you can! Tonight, we can expect clear conditions again and chilly temperatures as we drop into the low 30s. Overall, our weather pattern looks to [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT)-- It's morphin time, bringing together a social justice movement and a fan favorite tv show, as a Topeka actor gets ready to film, produce and star in a socially conscious fan film through the eyes of a Power Ranger. What do the Black Lives Matter Movement and the Power Rangers have in [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - It still remains up in the air if the citywide mask mandate will be extended in Manhattan. Despite commissioners voting 4-1 in favor of extending the mask mandate to May 16th at Tuesday's Manhattan City Commission meeting. The vote is not the final decision because it's only the first reading of [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - Manhattan's Damian Ilalio officially signed with the K-State football team last month, and not only he is one of the top football players in the state, but he's also one of the top athletes. "That kid's a winner, a flat out winner," says Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman. Over the [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSNT) - The Kansas City Royals have signed Jarrod Dyson to a 1 year $1.5 million deal. According to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand, Dyson reached an agreement with his former team on Wednesday night. Kansas City has yet to confirm the deal. Dyson was apart of the historic 2014 and 2015 Royals teams [...]
(KSNT) - Scores from Tuesday's sub-state basketball action. BOYS WASHBURN RURAL 51MANHATTAN 33 JUNCTION CITY 42FREE STATE 53 ST. MARYS 68 SILVER LAKE 51 WAMEGO 64HAYDEN 55 BISHOP WARD 55PERRY-LECOMPTON 62 BISHOP WARD 50RILEY COUNTY 61 ATCHISON 51HOLTON 58 OSKALOOSA 26ROYAL VALLEY 73 ROSSVILLE 19ROCK CREEK 65 BURLINGTON 79PRAIRIE VIEW 18 JEFF WEST 58NEMAHA CENTRAL [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) -- Crews responded to the 300 block of SW Orchard Street in Topeka Tuesday night. The call came in around 8:00 p.m. near 6th and MacVicar. Officials on the scene said no one was injured, but someone was inside the home at the time. Investigators think the fire started around a flume [...]
To-go drinks that have become popular during the pandemic could be sticking around well after it.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT)--- A Kansas senator is pushing for changes to the way the the state handles suspended driver's licenses. Senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau, D-Wichita, added an amendment to a driver's license bill on Tuesday. The amendment would waive the application fee for getting a restricted license, which costs about $25. She said she's been working [...]
