LAWRENCE, Kan. (KSNT) - The Kansas Jayhawks defeated Air Force on Wednesday afternoon 7-4. Kansas (20-13, 2-7) swept Air Force (13-13, 7-8) in a short two day non-conference series. Skyler Messinger was the first one to put a run on the board with a double scoring in one run in the top of the first [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) -- The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a 64-team, $1 million winner-take-all event televised live on ESPN, announced Wednesday that Wichita will serve as one of the regional sites for the 2021 event, hosted by Visit Wichita and Wichita State University. Wichita State's alumni team, the AfterShocks, will headline the 16-team Wichita Regional taking [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) -- The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office said the Wichita Police Department has arrested one of its deputies. The sheriff's office said Deputy Tyler Brooks was booked yesterday on suspicion of aggravated domestic battery, domestic battery, criminal threat and domestic violence criminal damage to property. Brooks has been with the sheriff's office for [...]
NORTHEAST KANSAS (KSNT) - Cities like Emporia, Manhattan, Topeka, Junction City as well as nearly all rural areas in Northeast Kansas could see frost Thursday morning. The National Weather Service in Topeka issued a Frost Advisory from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m., stating the frost could kill "sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered." It recommends [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - The K-State men's basketball team landed its third transfer of the offseason in Wake Forest's Ismael Massoud on Wednesday. Massoud averaged 8.3 points per game as a sophomore at Wake Forest. Massoud joins fellow transfers Mark Smith and Markquis Nowell as new additions for the Wildcats.
What We're Tracking: Periodic cloud cover this week Cool to mild conditions Rain chances mainly on Friday FROST ADVISORY FOR NEARLY ALL AREAS. FREEZE WARNING FOR COUNTIES ALONG US-36 BORDERING NEBRASKA. After clouds roll through early in the night, the sky will once again clear out toward Thursday morning. With that, temperatures will fall back [...]
Headache, chills, fever -- these are just a few of the side-effects some have reported after getting the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A man intentionally lit a house on fire Wednesday morning while people were inside, and now faces an aggravated arson charge, according to the Topeka Fire Department. Police took Austen Burris, 30, into custody and booked him into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. Fire investigators accused him of causing $1,000 [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The Greater Topeka Partnership is sponsoring Downtown Restaurant Week from April 14th to 28th. The purpose of the inaugural event is to help downtown restaurants that have suffered financial loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Patrons are encouraged to dine downtown during this week to help support the restaurants, whether that be [...]
VAN HORN, Texas (KSNT) – Blue Origin was set to launch a capsule from its West Texas location on Wednesday. The NS-15 mission will serve as a rehearsal for future customer flights, according to the company. Similar to Elon Musk's SpaceX in marketing as a private spaceflight service provider, Blue Origin was founded in [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Evergy Plaza ran another of its Live @ Lunch Concert Series on Wednesday featuring a new performer. Kyle Austin took the stage in the latest edition, and was accompanied with refreshments from the Bobby’s Food Co. truck. Austin is a Kansas-born musician. He was raised on traditional country music passed down [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A 70-year-old building at 4310 SW 21st Street in Topeka is under renovation and will open soon as the 43Ten Pizza Co. The building used to house Baker's Dozen Donuts. The company is using social media in an effort to find workers for the new restaurant. They are looking for servers, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, several U.S. officials said Tuesday. The decision defies a May 1 deadline for full withdrawal under a peace agreement the Trump administration reached with [...]
BROOKLYN CENTER (AP/KSNT) - The former Minnesota police officer involved in the deadly shooting of a Black man will now face a second-degree manslaughter charge from the Washington County Attorney's Office. Kim Potter will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, according to Washington County Attorney Pete Orput. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years [...]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Anyone who has ever negotiated the line of vehicles at a school drop-off zone knows how frustrating the daily process can be. But police say one mom took matters too far when she used a gun to threaten another mother in a Kansas City, Kansas, school drop-off line. The incident [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Starting Wednesday, the Kansas Children's Discovery Center is open both indoors and outdoors from Wednesday to Sunday for timed, ticketed entry with reduced capacity. "We have been working hard the past year to reopen our indoors. We needed to be sure we could provide a safe environment indoors." Dene' Mosier, Kansas [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Morgan Wallen has canceled his appearance at the Country Stampede at Heartland Park, organizers said. Sam Hunt will appear at the 3-day outdoor music and camping festival instead. In a tweet sent out Tuesday, April 13, Wallen admitted to "making some mistakes" after a video surfaced of him using a racial [...]
The little girl who was critically injured in a crash caused by former Chiefs coach Britt Reid is back home after more than two months in the hospital.
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - The City of Topeka is working to address potholes in the Capital City. Interim Deputy Public Works Director Tony Trower said that they currently have four crews out each day filling potholes. He said crews have filled more than 5,100 potholes since the beginning of March. Trower said crews start by [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - Elevated air pollutant levels in the Flint Hills region have prompted the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to issue a health warning for southern Kansas. Prescribed burning has impacted the air quality for the Southern Flint Hills, Wichita and the Red Hill region, although the advisory could stretch as far [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNT) -- A Wichita State University faculty member and former nun has hit an animal rescue milestone, saving or rehoming more than 6,000 pets. "All you can help is the things you come across in your life, and we have done a lot," said Pat Morriss. Morriss, 65, is the owner of Hallmark [...]
What We're Tracking: Periodic cloud cover this week Cool to mild conditions Rain chances toward end of the week Another chilly start for your Wednesday with mostly clear skies. Temperatures are starting off in the middle to upper 30s again, and that could leave patches of frost possible before daybreak. The cooler air will stick [...]
LAWRENCE, Kan. (KSNT) - The Lawrence Police Department returned a lost stuffed dog to its rightful kid owner Tuesday with the help of social media, according to a Facebook post. "We are extremely happy to announce that thanks to social media, Magenta was reunited with her kid, Emma today. As a department though, we're sad [...]
PAXICO, Kan. (KSNT) -- A local woman is teaching kids the importance of not spreading germs, thanks to a song that turned into a book. Joyce Heigert wrote a song about stopping germs eight years ago for one of her granddaughters when she was in preschool. In a coincidence, she started thinking of how to [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) - A Mayetta family is remembering 29-year-old Rachael McCoy, who died after she was thrown from her car in a crash near Mayetta. The crash killed her instantly and sent her two kids, 7-year-old Wyatt and 11-year-old Delilah Jane to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, along with 83-year-old Wayne Dunn of Lyndon. [...]
