TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has updated its travel quarantine list Friday to add two states: New Jersey and New York. Anyone who travels back to Kansas from those states should quarantine for seven days with a negative COVID-19 test results or 10 days without, according to KDHE. State [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSNT) - The University of Kansas men's basketball team is out of the Big 12 tournament due to a player's positive COVID-19 test, KU confirmed Friday afternoon. “Obviously we are disappointed and our players are disappointed that they can’t continue to compete for the Big 12 championship,” head coach Bill Self said. [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - With spring well on its way and summer not far behind, grass and prairie fires are becoming a common sight on the horizon. Have ever wondered why these fires occur? Here's a brief explanation of the origin of prairie fires and why farmers and ranchers burn the grass. Native Americans routinely [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - The St. Patrick's Day Parade is returning to Aggieville Saturday afternoon. The parade was one of the first events in the area to be canceled due to the pandemic last year. The parade route starts at City Park. It runs down 12th Street to Laramie Street, then east to 11th Street. [...]
Scattered showers will move in through the morning and linger for much of the weekend, bringing some much needed moisture to the area. By the time we start next week, we'll have picked up 1-3" of rain across the area with some locally higher amounts possible! Flooding will be the biggest concern over the next [...]
(KSNT) - A look at Thursday's high school basketball semifinals action. BOYS Wabaunsee 73Hoxie 56 Hillsboro 51Lyndon 45 GIRLS Sabetha 57Hugoton 55 Olpe 38Hodgeman County 21
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Washburn Ichabods open the NCAA Tournament against Missouri Western on Saturday night. KSNT takes a look back at how the Ichabods got here.
MCFARLAND, Kan. (KSNT)- Governor Laura Kelly is working to put an end to broadband access issues in Kansas. Kelly was in McFarland, a town with a population of 250 people, on Thursday to announce the first round of investments from the broadband grant program. In 2020, she launched the Office of Broadband Development to help [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The fate of the Topeka landmark, the Menninger Clock Tower is up in the air, but former Topekan Emily Cowan is hoping to bring attention to buyers by showing the inside. Cowan founded abandonedks.com, a company that keeps track of abandoned buildings and their history. She is shooting a documentary in [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr.’s father is now serving in the Kansas Senate. Republican Sen. Ron Ryckman Sr. of Meade took his oath of office during the Senate’s brief Senate session as family members watched, including the House speaker. The elder Ryckman also served in the House from 2011 through [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNW) – The criteria for qualifying for energy assistance in Kansas has changed so that more families can qualify. The deadline has also been extended. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly said she is expanding the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) to help Kansans who are getting higher than normal utility bills because of the [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT)--- Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal that would require universities to return tuition to students for days they were not in class due to the pandemic. Higher education officials testified to lawmakers in a House Appropriations Committee on Thursday, with some citing significant losses from reduced tuition and decreased enrollment. President Richard [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSNT) - The KU men's basketball team held off Oklahoma 69-62 Thursday night during the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. The Jayhawks led the Sooners 35-15 at the half before Oklahoma came storming back. Ochai Agbaji scored a career-high 26 points for the Jayhawks while Marcus Garrett added 17. Kansas plays [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT)--- Kansas lawmakers are deciding whether the government should pay businesses forced to shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate Assessment and Taxations committee started the first round of hearings for two bills on Thursday. One of the bills, Senate Bill 149, would require county governments to pay property taxes for business [...]
When Nicole Sanchez realized her then two-year-old daughter, Anneliese Sanchez, was experiencing developmental problems, she knew something needed to be done.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (KSNT) - Nearly 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine were lost during a transfer, Lawrence health officials said Thursday. They say Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health received 570 doses of the vaccine on March 3 and transferred them to LMH Health on March 10. The vaccines are placed in freezers until [...]
The proposal allows certain people 65 and older to get a refund from the state any year their property tax bill goes up.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (KSNT) - KU has named passing game/wide receivers coach Emmett Jones the football team's interim head coach. Jones is entering his third seasons with the Jayhawks. On Monday, the university and former head coach Les Miles mutually agreed to part ways after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced from his time coaching at LSU. [...]
ALMA, Kan. (KSNT) - A traveling Smithsonian exhibit is making its way to the historic Wabaunsee County. Governor Laura Kelly got the first look at the self-guided tour on Thursday. The exhibit focuses on the change in rural America. It's being showcased in the Volland Store, a general store that oepned in 1913. The governor [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Shawnee County Fire Department District No. 4 was called to a grass fire earlier this week to an area south of Dover near Southwest 77th Street and Southwest Douglas Road. Before crews arrived at the scene, flames spread to several buildings, according to local authorities. The firefighters were sent back [...]
The Kansas City Chiefs offensive line continues to come apart as starting center Austin Reiter is not expected to re-sign with the team.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSNT) - Kansas State fell to top seeded Baylor 74-68 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday. The Wildcats played hard trailing just 36-34 at the half. K-State held a 42-41 lead in the second half before the Bears pulled away. Davion Bradford and Nijel Pack each had 18 [...]
