What We’re Tracking: Lots of sunshine and dry mainly dry weather Much hotter by this weekend Slight chance for rain Sunday *Heat Advisory* - Noon - 8:00pm Saturday - Brown, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee counties. A fairly typical summer heat pattern is setting up thanks to upper-level ridging. Humidity will [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Stormont Vail is bringing back masks for anyone who enters its hospital or medical facilities; patients, visitors, volunteers and vendors alike, the health system announced Friday. The face mask requirement includes anyone who is vaccinated, and Stormont Vail said they must be worn at all times, including during meetings. The health system [...]
An asteroid about the size of a stadium — or three times the size of the Taj Mahal — is set to speed past Earth on Saturday.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - William Alexander Pope, who pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has had his case transferred to the District of Columbia according to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. According to the FBI, William Pope faces charges including: Obstruction or impeding any official proceeding [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) -Evergy Plaza in downtown Topeka celebrated their official grand opening Friday afternoon. After several postponements due to weather and the pandemic, Evergy Plaza is officially declared open for the community to enjoy. "Last year we weren't able to have a grand opening, and we have been waiting for the right time to have [...]
Pottawatomie County (KSNT) - A 24-year-old man is in custody after a 911 call to the The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office from a person who claimed to have been stabbed. Nigel Breaux, 24, of Westmoreland, is in custody and has been charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery. Just after noon on Thursday the sheriff's [...]
Most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta variant despite evidence they do, according to a new poll that underscores the challenges facing public health officials amid soaring infections in some states.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says there have been laboratory confirmed reports of plague in animals and fleas from six counties.
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says a 15-year-old boy was seriously injured in a crash as he was fleeing from Atchison police. The patrol said officers began pursuing a pickup truck early Friday on Main Street in Atchison. The report does not indicate what prompted the pursuit. The truck eventually left the [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As the delta variant of COVID-19 makes its way through the Kansas City area, the region’s medical leaders appear to be on the verge of calling for new mask mandates. Chief Medical Officer at the University of Kansas Health System, said the region is seeing a big increase in patients [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Players on the U.S. women’s national soccer team urged a federal appeals court to reinstate their equal pay lawsuit, saying their greater success than the American men was not taken into account by a trial court judge who dismissed their case. Players led by Alex Morgan sued the U.S. Soccer Federation [...]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly is pinning Kansas’ hopes of keeping the COVID-19 delta variant in check on more people getting inoculated because it is spreading rapidly among the unvaccinated. The Shawnee County Health Department issued a statement Thursday stating cases of Covid-19, driven largely by the Delta variant, are rising dramatically, and [...]
(KSNT) - ESPN is reporting that Texas and Oklahoma have announced they could be leaving the Big 12, and have showed interest in the SEC. "Following a meeting with Big 12 athletic directors and their university presidents and chancellors Thursday evening, the league made it clear it expects its flagship programs to adhere to the conference bylaws [...]
A plane lost part of its landing gear over a golf course in Maine, sending the broken equipment crashing to the ground on one of the course’s fairways, police say.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Evergy is working to replace thousands of street lights that are malfunctioning. The company started receiving reports last winter that a number of street lights were changing to blue and purple. The company has identified around 5,700 lights that have malfunctioned across the coverage area. Topeka - 2,900 lights Wichita - 2,400 [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Performing Arts Center held its second annual golf tournament Friday morning at the Great Life Shawnee Country Club golf course. "We are raising 'green,' money for our programs. We are a non-profit and we have to raise money in order to 'buy' that show that everybody is bidding for," said [...]
WICHITA (KSNT) -- There are nine athletes with ties to Kansas competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. They were either born here, moved here, or went to school here. We have listed them alphabetically by sport. Baseball Bubba Starling is an outfielder for Team USA. He was born and raised in Gardner, Kansas, but went [...]
TOKYO (WCMH) — Pita Taufatofua once again graced the opening ceremony of the Olympics by representing his country of Tonga shirtless. Taufatofua entered the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Friday as the flag-bearer for Tonga. Just as he did in previous games, he did so while not wearing a shirt. He teased the moment when [...]
A major Kansas health system said Thursday that Kansas City is now the epicenter as the delt variant has migrated from Springfield and southwest Missouri.
The city of Wichita issued an air quality advisory for the region. As of 7 a.m. Thursday, the air quality index is 102.
Researchers have discovered a new species at McPherson Lake. The rusty crayfish is considered an invasive species.
*Heat Advisory* - Noon - 8:00pm Saturday - Brown, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee counties. Conditions will quickly heat back up today as highs will reach into the middle 90s with plenty of sunshine throughout the day. The hottest stretch of weather will set in by the weekend with temperatures peaking [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Mental health is always important. During the month of July, the focus shifts to raising awareness of the unique challenges minority groups face when seeking mental health assistance. While mental health is vital to everyone, minorities don’t have the same access to resources as others. “There’s few key barriers to these groups and individuals [...]
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded K-State research teams a $500,000 grant for research to help small and medium-sized ranches maximize profitability in the meat industry. Junehee Kwon, professor of hospitality management, wants to address the lack of communication between producers, processors and consumers. "Our goal is to have up to 24 [...]
TOPEKA, (KSNT)--- As lawmakers meet at the statehouse to find solutions to problems with the state's unemployment system, some unemployed Kansans are experiencing issues with payments. Lawmakers met at the state capitol on Thursday to discuss a project to update the state's outdated computer system, which the state's labor office has blamed for many of [...]
