TOPEKA (KSNT) - If your student-athlete needs a physical, there's an opportunity this weekend to get it done. On Saturday, Stormont Vail is holding a sports physical day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be held at the Cotton O'Neil building at 2660 SW 3rd Street. The clinic is open to all middle [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Friday is National Therapy Animal Day and Stormont Vail Hospital is celebrating its furry friends. The hospital held a 'picnic with pups' event for its employees during the sunshine Friday afternoon. The event was held to recognize its therapy animals and their companions for their work in bringing comfort and healing to [...]
CLAY COUNTY (KSNT) - A Clay County Community High School science teacher has resigned after an accusation emerged that she provided alcohol to minors. Josie Walker, 31, hosted minors and let them consume alcoholic beverages, according to a complaint with the District Court of Clay County. It states that Walker let minors "unlawfully, intentionally and [...]
Franklin County Sheriff's deputies arrested Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel on battery involving a student as he worked at a Wellsville school.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The National Association of Broadcasters has selected KSNT-TV as a finalist for its 2021 Service To America Award. View KSNT's entry video for the NAB award above. The award recognizes local radio and television stations that prove their commitment to community service, according to the NAB Leadership Foundation. It chose KSNT for [...]
KANSAS CITY, MO (KSNT) — Southwest Airlines is adding or reinstating routes at KCI Airport, and it comes just in time for summer vacation. KCI Airport is seeing a bump in travelers as more Americans become vaccinated. Plus, new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are making it easier for travelers who [...]
OVERLAND PARK (AP) — A newly released report says an Overland Park police officer fired at a minivan because he thought the teenager driver was going to hit him. Officer Clayton Jennison told investigators that 17-year-old John Albers did not listen to his commands in the moments before Jennison shot and killed him in January [...]
MERIDEN (KSNT) - A semi-truck driver has been hospitalized Friday after his truck hit power lines overhead on Kansas Highway 4, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. KSNT News sent Sky Tracker II up to survey the scene as emergency crews worked to clean up the scorched truck. Troopers and fire and medical crews went [...]
EMPORIA (KSNT) - Disc golfers from across the country are in Emporia this week for the 2021 Dynamic Discs Open. The tournament runs through Saturday, ending with a large block party in downtown Emporia. The Dynamic Discs Open is the largest disc golf tournament in the world. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, only U.S. athletes [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Earlier this week, President Joe Biden announced 16 nominations he wanted for his administration, and one of them is a woman from Kansas. Geraldine Richmond's name was on the list as an Under Secretary for Science for the Department of Energy. Richmond attended Kansas State University in 1975 where she earned her [...]
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - The University of Kansas has named Lance Leipold from Buffalo as its new head football coach. Leipold has been the head football coach at the University of Buffalo since 2015. Before that, from 2007 through 2014, he was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He reached 100 victories faster than [...]
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - The University of Kansas has named Lance Leipold from Buffalo as the new head football coach, according to multiple reports. This is the first coaching hire for new athletic director Travis Goff. The new hire came after a busy past few months for the program. Leipold has been the head football coach [...]
GREAT BEND, Kan. (KSNW) - There's nothing like a sign war to get people talking about your town. The City of Great Bend Convention and Visitors Bureau got one started Monday, and it is still going strong. All it took was a message on the Great Bend Events Center sign saying, "Hey Great Bend Businesses.... [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNT) - Craving chicken wings? That the hot meal is getting increasingly hotter and harder to come by with each passing day. It is already impacting restaurants and soon your food tab. The owner of Buffalo Wings & Rings, Zac Blue, said this has been a perfect storm. Between the recent Texas storms [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW)-Meth and crime. Kansas Law Enforcement officials said the two go hand in hand. The KBI is calling it a threat to our state.
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. (KSNW) – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Coffeyville Police Department are conducting a death investigation at a residence in Coffeyville Thursday. According to KBI, shortly before 6 p.m. on April 28, the Coffeyville Police Department received a request from a citizen to check on the welfare of a resident at 1709 [...]
What We’re Tracking: Temperatures above average Plenty of sunshine ahead Rain chances by Sunday A high pressure system currently planted over much of the region has been bringing great weather to the area and will continue to do so for today. Sunny skies are expected with afternoon highs in the lower 80s. A slight breeze [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The state's top doctor paid a visit to a local Topeka grade school on Thursday. Dr. Norman spoke to students at Topeka Collegiate. He wanted to give them the opportunity to clear up some burning questions they've had about the pandemic. They covered topics from vaccine hesitancy, to how the pandemic started. [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - For nearly a year now, Julie Phillips has been painting rocks with bright hunter orange paint, then hiding them around the Topeka area. Each rock is inscribed with the name and age of someone whose life was cut short by a gun, whether it be by suicide, a shooting, or they were [...]
TOPEKA, (KSNT) - Kay McFarland Japanese Garden at the Topeka Zoo continued its "Awaken the Senses" series with a Zinfandel Art Class Thursday evening. "The zoo is putting on several events through the months of April and May to bring awareness to the gardens and to showcase the work that has been here," said Alicia [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) --- Attempts to boost response times for the Kansas Department of Labor are falling flat for some unemployed Kansans. "You're still not able to get through," Vanessa Smith, of Topeka, said. "It's not running smoother." The state said it's in the process of onboarding 500 additional employees to help with the high volume [...]
EMPORIA (KSNT) - Leonard Dieker is trying to spread awareness for organ donation after his wife Linda was able to donate four organs after her death. Linda suffered from a brain bleed and went from having a sore neck to being unconscious in a matter of minutes. "We went through the ice pack, rub it, [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Sixteen-year-old Amadeus Ballou-Meyer went before a judge for the first time Thursday. He's accused of killing his friend's mom, Hester Workman, who prosecutors say her son found dead at her home near Southwest Gage Boulevard & Southwest 29th Street over the weekend. Workman had a head injury, according to prosecutors. Surveillance videos [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Byron Pringle is officially coming back to Kansas City for another year. The wide receiver from K-State made his return to KC official today, signing the tender which was extended to him earlier in the offseason. The one-year deal is estimated to be worth $2.13 million. The Chiefs originally signed Pringle in [...]
