MCLOUTH (KSNT) - Thousands of Kansans have lost power Friday as severe weather moves through the northeast corner of the state. Evergy's Outage Map reported 1,060 outages around 5 p.m., with 39,599 of its customers briefly without power. That number then decreased to 36,826 people. Major concentrations of power outages include in Denison and near [...]
What We’re Tracking: Cooler night Less humid weekend Warm again next week Storms continue to roll across the area this afternoon bringing in a chance for severe weather. Biggest threats are going to be damaging winds and decently sized hail. These storms are along a cold front that is going to be bringing in cooler [...]
POWHATTAN (KSNT) - Gusts of wind Friday knocked a Kansas gas station's roof down, a worker said. A Sac & Fox Truck Stop employee told KSNT News that a truck drove out from a gas station stall right before a huge gust of wind took the roof down. The truck stop is located north of [...]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and recorded the police restraint and death of George Floyd, helping to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice, was on Friday awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes. Darnella Frazier was cited “for courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred [...]
Sixty-three years ago Thursday, a massive tornado tore through El Dorado. The F-4 twister was on the ground for eight miles and was 300 yards wide.
KANSAS CITY (KSNT) - Patrick Mahomes and Brittany Matthews shared their daughter with the world for the first time on Friday. This is the first time fans can see little Sterling's face. Matthews also shared a video in early March with the first glimpse of Sterling.
(AP) - The Justice Department asked for an internal investigation Friday after revelations that former President Donald Trump's administration seized phone data from at least two House Democrats in 2018 as part of an aggressive leaks probe. Democrats called the disclosures “harrowing." Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco made the request of the Justice Department’s inspector [...]
OVERLAND PARK (AP) — Several residents of the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kansas, are urging the city to repeal its 16-year-old ordinance banning pit bulls. Twenty-five people spoke at a meeting Wednesday of an Overland Park City Council committee. All but one of the speakers supported repealing the ordinance. Some speakers cited the [...]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 27-year-old man is now facing manslaughter charges for an accident in May that killed a man in Kansas City, Kansas. Police say Diquan P. Fant was driving a Ford Thunderbird at a high rate of speed when he ran a red light on May 9 and collided with a [...]
ATLANTA, GA. (KSNT) - Did you know that "by their second birthday, nearly all children in the United States will have had respiratory syncytial virus," according to Yale Medicine. With that in mind, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing a health advisory for part of the Southern United States. The health advisory [...]
Marcus Gause, principal of Andrews High School in High Point, took the graduation stage at the June 6 ceremony in a cap and gown, but he also brought something else to the podium: his impressive singing voice.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Residents who took advantage of the COVID-19 extensions to renew their Kansas driver's license or identifications cards have until June 30 to renew those credentials, according to the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR). KDOR mailed 55,700 postcards to residents of the state that have not renewed their license or ID card. According [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced today that he has filed criminal charges against Brandon Croskey and Jeremy Volle in Shawnee County District Court for the recent homicide of Aaron Shepherd. Topeka police found Aaron Shepherd suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso in the early morning hours of May [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Just after 3:30 a.m. Friday morning the Topeka Fire Department was called to 647 NE Grattan Street when heavy smoke and flames were seen coming from the roof of a one-story home. Firefighters set up and fought the fire from outside before they moved inside. The cause of the fire, which caused [...]
How would you react if you saw sharks circling your inflatable raft?
WICHITA (KSNT) -- Vroom, vroom -- the excitement begins! Two Kansas organizations have teamed up to provide comfort and fun for kids going through tough times. A group called Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) reached out to Goodwill Industries a month ago with a search for jean jackets. After learning about the group's mission, Goodwill [...]
DODGE CITY, Kan. (KSNW) - Dodge City police is asking for the public's assistance through its Facebook page in locating a 32-year-old woman who's wanted on multiple charges. According to the page, 32-year-old Erica Nieto is allegedly wanted on charges of aggravated battery, aggravated intimidation of a victim/witness, and criminal threat. Anyone with information about [...]
Break out the bug spray. It's not only mosquitoes you should be worried about but also ticks.
We can expect dew points in the mid 70s today making it feel extremely uncomfortable outside. Highs should make it into the lower 90s, as well, and that will send our heat index values up to around 100° or above by a few degrees. Storms will make their way south out of Nebraska through the [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Friday marks the final day people can reserve tickets with the chance to win a Sutherlands shopping spree for the 2021 St. Jude Dream Home. Drippe Homes has been working on the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home for the last year and participants can reserve a $100 ticket for the house estimated at a [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer says a Kansas county election office isn't doing enough to protect him after it accidentally disclosed his Social Security number to a political research firm. Colyer is running for governor in 2022, with Attorney General Derek Schmidt also seeking the GOP nomination. The Johnson County election [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - "An easy decision because we had a lot of unfinished business," Kansas State senior guard Mike McGuirl tells KSNT Sports about returning for one final season. "I love my teammates, I love my coaches and I'm really grateful for the Kansas State community." "Nobody expected him to come back since the season [...]
KANSAS (KSNT) - Summertime in northeast Kansas means sharing the backyard with snakes, including some venomous species. Snake bites can be costly, both physically and financially. "Snakes have fangs that will inject the venom deep into the tissue," Dr. Thomas Marcellino with Lawrence Memorial Health said. "The venom is hemotoxic and neuro-toxic so it can [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Fire Department gave awards to Robert Havens and Mark Elder Thursday for rescuing a woman when her house caught on fire. KSNT News interviewed Havens when the fire first happened. On Thursday, Havens and Elder were awarded "citizen heroism awards" for saving the woman in March. The fire happened in [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Evergy Plaza, in downtown Topeka, held the second concert for its summer concert series titled Eats & Beats. The concert series features 13 weeks of live music, food trucks and games from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every Thursday evening in June through August. Thursday evening marked the second installment of Evergy [...]
