KANSAS CITY (KSNT) - The Kansas City Royals are trading outfielder Jorge Soler to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for right-handed pitcher Kasey Kalich, ESPN reported Friday. Soler has a batting average of .192 this season with an on-base percentage of .288. The right-handed hitting 29-year-old has 13 home runs and 16 doubles on the [...]
What We’re Tracking: Warm and muggy tonight Weekend storm chance Relief from the heat on the way *Excessive heat warning in effect through Friday evening for the entire viewing area. Warm and muggy conditions will stick around for tonight as temperatures will drop into the mid 70s with partly cloudy skies. We could see a [...]
TOPEKA (WDAF) — Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issues new guidance as the delta variant spreads across the Midwest. The governor joined health experts to formally recommend that school districts require masks for everyone age two and older while inside school buildings. The governor issues the updated guidance Friday as school districts prepare to welcome students [...]
CLOUD COUNTY (KSNT) - Another former jail employee has been arrested for the second day in a row by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, and the agency is looking to arrest another out-of-state. The KBI said Friday that authorities arrested former Cloud County Jail Lt. Nicholas Clanin, 33, of Concordia. He faces charges including: Theft [...]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to release new information Friday saying the coronavirus delta variant can spread as easily as chickenpox.
A Tennessee couple says after delivering a healthy baby girl last month at TriStar Summit Medical Center, their baby was accidentally swapped with another newborn.
Patrick Mahomes seemed surprised after hearing that one of his autographed rookie cards sold for $4.3 million, setting a new record.
A new study conducted on the effectiveness of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine shows that protection against the virus drops to approximately 84% about four to six months after the second dose is injected.
Walmart is following the recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that was made earlier this week. The reason for the "masking" is due to "the concerning levels of transmission of the Delta variant of the coronavirus."
CARTERVILLE, Mo. (KSNT)- No one forgets their favorite car as a teen. That one car that you ended up selling when you got older, but you've secretly hoped you'd get it back some day. That's one Carterville man's story as he got the surprise of a lifetime. "I got it when I was 19, right [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - For 97 years Wolfe's Camera has been a staple in Topeka. On Saturday, July 31 the store will close its doors for good. "Our reason for closing the store, Kansas Avenue is incredible, business is fantastic, honestly we are all getting older," President of the company, DeWitt "De" Harkness told KSNT on [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Washburn University football department held a skills camp for players in 8th through 12th grades Friday morning. "Today we have offensive and defensive player camp. We try to teach them basic fundamentals of their position. We try to get them to compete and learn fundamentals at the college level. At this [...]
WICHITA (KSNT) – Incoming Wichita State baseball player Payton Toole is following in his mother's footsteps as a Shocker student-athlete. "With my mom going here, I've always been told that baseball is a 'thing' at Wichita State," said Payton. The Sunflower Collegiate League Home Run Derby champion has gotten a sneak peek of Kansas baseball this [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - Furniture Amnesty Day is returning to City Park in Manhattan Friday. The annual furniture exchange is held at the end of July each year because it is a popular moving time for students. Ryan Courtright, assistant chief with the Manhattan Fire Department, said it's a way to encourage people to donate [...]
Patrick Mahomes honored with 99 rating in Madden NFL 22 for the third straight year; daughter Sterling helps surprise him with the news.
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - Effective Monday, Aug. 2, Kansas State University will require that everyone must wear masks while indoors on university property, unless alone in their own private offices or workspaces according to the school's website. The positive rate reported by the Lafene Health Center on the Manhattan campus went from 2.4% to 5.26% from [...]
*Excessive heat warning in effect through Friday evening for the entire viewing area. The heat and humidity still has a grip on us for Friday as highs climb into the upper 90s with heat indices peaking between 105° and 110°. We could see a slight chance for isolated storms work their way in to our [...]
The COVID-19 vaccines are still very good at protecting people from getting seriously ill, but the CDC says new data shows vaccinated people infected with the delta variant could spread it to others.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A COVID-19 surge in Kansas fueled by the faster-spreading Delta variant is filling up hospitals in some areas. A survey from the Kansas Hospital Association said four times as many patients with confirmed COVID-19 infections were hospitalized this week as were hospitalized in early June. The association said that 116 Kansas [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- If you want to know where to mask up in Kansas, it's as simple as looking at a chart and finding the "red" and "orange" areas, which indicate parts of the state where the virus is spreading rapidly. Dr. Marci Nielsen, Chief Advisor of Vaccine Distribution, told Kansas Capitol Bureau Thursday about [...]
"If you have symptoms, take the precautions and don't just ignore them as a summer cold," Joy McGrael said.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The majority of violent crime is down in Topeka for the summer; not just below 2020 levels, but 2019 as well, according to a new report from the Topeka Police Department. The TPD Crime Analysts Team tracked confirmed cases of violent crime in Topeka from June 1 to July 27 for the [...]
TOPEKA, (KSNT) -- After days of being shut down due to technical difficulties and maintenance the Kansas Department of Labor's website is back up. A spokesperson for the state's labor department told KSNT News' Capitol Bureau that the website for Get-Kansas-Benefits and the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance came back online Thursday morning. However, claimants can [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - With the heatwave continuing across the state, you might find your home is hosting more guests than usual. You may be seeing more spiders than usual as the temperature increases. Spiders are cold-blooded animals, meaning warmer temperatures allow them to develop quicker. The end of summer is typically when spiders are at their [...]
Downsizing is a popular trend for some homeowners, but some homeless advocates say it could be a solution to a growing problem in Topeka.
