TOPEKA (KSNT) - For the second day in a row, those in attendance at the Kicker Country Stampede were asked to take shelter Friday afternoon. due to incoming storms. People at the Thunder Over the Heartland were also asked to take shelter. Around 10:30 p.m., people were asked to take shelter again due to lightning [...]
What We’re Tracking: Strong to severe storms again today Hot and humid conditions persist Active weather pattern continues A FLASH FLOOD WATCH has been issued for Brown, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee county until 7 A.M. Saturday morning. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH has been issued for Anderson, Coffey, Dickinson, [...]
In the midst of crews arriving at the scene of a Florida condominium moments after it collapsed, one man heard a boy's cries and alerted officials to pull him from the rubble.
Amid numerous reports of unruly passengers on planes, TSA plans to restart Crew Member Self-Defense training in July.
KANSAS CITY (AP) — Two teenagers have been arrested in the shooting death of a 15 year old near a Kansas City, Kansas, elementary school earlier this month. Authorities said Thursday that U.S. Marshals took the suspects , ages 16 and 17, into custody. A news release from police said they will face criminal charges [...]
DODGE CITY (AP) — A Dodge City police corporal has been indicted after a woman died in a traffic crash while he was responding to a call. A Ford County grand jury this week indicted Cpl. Shane Wade Harris on an involuntary manslaughter charge, or an alternative vehicular homicide charge. Investigators said Harris was responding [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - One symptom of the pandemic is children forgetting how to socialize with each other. Shawnee Heights Elementary School is working with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Topeka for a new summer enrichment program. The goal is to help 1st through 6th grader students remember how to socialize and keep them learning [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka police have arrested a man for firing a weapon in SW Topeka early Friday morning. Michael T. Yates Jr., 23 of Topeka was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections for the charges of aggravated battery and criminaldischarge of a firearm. On Friday, June 25 shortly after 1:00 [...]
Severe weather is expected to roll through portions of Kansas and that has many local farmers busy with harvesting.
Conan O'Brien stayed true to form as he wrapped his TBS show “Conan” after nearly 11 years, bouncing between self-deprecating and smart-aleck humor before allowing himself a touch of sentiment.
A Colorado woman is one of the 99 people who are missing following a building collapse in Miami on Thursday.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Overnight storms and winds knocked out power to hundreds of customers early Friday morning in parts of northeast Kansas. An power outage map from Evergy shows many of the outages in Shawnee County are in southeast Topeka and the southern part of the county. A spokeswoman for Evergy says there are teams [...]
KANSAS (KSNT) - The Harvey County Sheriff's Office in Kansas is asking for the public's help through their Facebook page Thursday to get a goat back to its rightful family. Harvey County is just north of Wichita, the county seat is Newton. In a Facebook post on Thursday, the Harvey County Sheriff's Office said: "HELP [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A section of eastbound and westbound I-70 through Topeka will be reduced to one lane on Friday, June 25. The Kansas Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be patching potholes between mile markers 353 and 366 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting. Motorists area asked to slow down and pay [...]
WICHITA (KSNT) — President Biden announced Thursday that a deal has been made to pass the infrastructure bill that has been making headlines for months. One part of that plan includes $65 million for passenger rail services. This potential funding would position Amtrak to make it's long awaited return to Wichita. From Wichita Mayor Brandon [...]
As rescue teams comb through the rubble,, man's best friend is there to hopefully point them in the right direction.
After a slaughterhouse escape and a televised run through a suburban California neighborhood, one cow that managed to flee deputies earlier this week only to be caught Thursday is now being freed.
Pence, in remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Thursday, directly addressed those who continue to blame him for Trump’s defeat to now-President Joe Biden, who won the Electoral College on a 306-232 vote.
TOPEKA (KSNT)-- A 78-year-old man, Stan Cottrell, is making his third cross country journey by foot. His first journey in 1980 broke the world record by a total of five days. His trip to Topeka marks day 49 out of his 100 day journey. He is running a total of 30 miles a day. But [...]
What We’re Tracking: Strong to severe storms again today Hot and humid conditions persist Active weather pattern continues A FLASH FLOOD WATCH has been issued for Brown, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee county until 7 A.M. Saturday morning. An active start to the morning has presented our viewing area with another [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka police have one lane blocked near the intersection of 21st Street and Gage as they investigate a car that crashed into a tree. Traffic is partially open and cars are able to get around the crash using the center turn lane, according to a KSNT News reporter on scene. Officers are [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT)-- Kicker Country Stampede-goers said it wouldn't be a typical country stampede without rain in the forecast. Some people have made the festival a part of their annual tradition and weather challenges are not new. "It's going great," said Tyler Parker, a Kicker Country Stampede attendee. "I just love the energy that everybody has. [...]
UPDATE II: Topeka Police said on Sunday that a suspect was identified as Marshall Stewart IV. He is 38-years-old and is from Topeka. Stewart was found and taken into custody Sunday. He is now in jail facing a second-degree murder charge, along with being a felon in possession of a firearm. UPDATE: The man has [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Investigators are looking into a Thursday night shooting in north Topeka after finding one person dead, according to the Topeka Police Department. Officers went to the 1200 block of Northwest Polk on reports of a medical emergency. When they arrived, police said they found a person suffering from gunshot wounds. Emergency crews [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The St. Jude Dream Home has raised $682,100 for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and now has a new owner as of Thursday evening. Teresa Cater was the winner of the 2021 St. Jude Dream Home drawing. The home is located at 2524 SE Neptune Ct. in Aquarian Acres in southeast [...]
