TECUMSEH (KSNT) - One woman is dead after a crash near Tecumseh Tuesday afternoon. It happened around 2 p.m. near Southeast Stubbs Road and Southeast 53rd Street. The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office said a 74-year-old woman was driving a Toyota RAV4 and headed east on Southeast 53rd Street. She went to turn north onto Southeast [...]
President Joe Biden will deliver remarks Tuesday on the United States vaccination program, just days after the country failed to meet his goal to have 70% of American adults at least partially vaccinated by July 4.
A hurricane watch was issued for portions of west Florida Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Elsa moved into the Gulf and nudged closer to the Florida Keys.
Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes and his 15 and the Mahomies Foundation to hold free coaches clinics to teach coaches how to coach young football players.
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - According to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Remy Martin is withdrawing his name from the NBA Draft and will play his final season of college basketball at KU. The Arizona State transfer committed to KU back in May but also planned to test the NBA Draft waters. Martin averaged 19.1 points per [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka ER Hospital teamed up with the Parks For All Foundation to enhance the Shunga, Landon and Lake Shawnee Trails with new markers every half-mile to help pedestrians tell how far they have walked or ridden their bicycles. The new markers will be placed along the 8.5 mile Shunga Trail, the [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A 17-year-old girl has died as a result of a shooting late Saturday night in central Topeka. She has been identified as Nevaeh Martinez of Topeka. Topeka Police arrested 21-year old Diasha Butler of Topeka on Sunday and have now modified her charges to 1st-degree murder and aggravated battery. She remains confined [...]
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - Ochai Agbaji will withdraw from the 2021 NBA draft and return to the University of Kansas for his senior season, he announced Tuesday. The NCAA deadline for players to withdraw from the NBA draft and maintain college eligibility is Wednesday. “Jayhawk Nation, I’m coming back to KU this season,” Agbaji said. “Going through [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Helping Hands Humane Society in Topeka is at capacity after the 4th of July holiday weekend. HHHS is currently taking care of 100 animals in foster care and more than 400 animals in its shelter. The shelter accepted 144 animals in the week leading up to the holiday. That's an average of [...]
We'll have sunshine for much of Tuesday and we'll be a tad warmer, with most of the area in the lower 90s, perhaps a few middle 90s over the western portion of the viewing area. Clouds will be on the increase later this afternoon and into tonight, though. We may see some rain chances return [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Police Department Crisis Negotiators successfully took one man into custody on multiple felonies after he barricaded himself in his home Monday night, according to a news release. 1:36 a.m. Officers booked 46-year-old Elias Solis into the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on charges of: 5 counts of Aggravated Assault Aggravated [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka police arrested a 63-year-old man Monday on multiple drug charges and sexual exploitation of a child, according to a news release. Officers served a search warrant to a home in southwest Topeka and arrested Gregory Seeley after finding marijuana, drug paraphernalia and firearms. Seeley is now being charged with: Sexual exploitation [...]
WAMEGO (KSNT)-- People in Wamego are picking up the pieces from the Fourth of July celebration. The Pyro Crew and Wamego students were out at the rec center for four hours picking up the pieces. They picked up trash and shell pieces from 12 thousand pounds of fireworks, along with display items to be reused [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT)- More than 500 Frito Lay workers began striking for the first time in the company's history. Picketers have been out on Topeka Boulevard since 11:30 a.m. on July 4 preparing for the strike that officially started at 12:01 a.m. on July 5. These union members are fighting through the heat to make their [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A statewide organization is working to get more people on trails across the state. The Kansas Trails Council was founded in the early 1970s and is volunteer-run. The group maintains 14 trails across the state that are non-motorized, meaning they're meant for hiking, biking, running and riding horses. "That's the big part [...]
