What We’re Tracking: Clouds clear out tonight Heat returns this weekend Storms possible late Saturday We will have one more pleasant night ahead for us tonight as conditions will slowly start to become uncomfortable in the next days ahead. Cloud cover will begin to clear out for tonight as temperatures will dip into the upper [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The number of Kansans applying for new concealed carry licenses has increased, said Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on Thursday. Between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, the attorney general’s Concealed Carry Licensing Unit received 7,717 new applications. This was more than double the number of applications received in the previous [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Greater Topeka Partnership and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce announced the postponement of the joint intercity visit to northwest Arkansas, previously scheduled for early October 2021. Out of an abundance of caution, due to the recent spike in the COVID-19 Delta Variant cases, both organizations decided to delay the trip to [...]
JUNCTION CITY (KSNT) - Geary County Schools is hosting a "Back to School Bash" Thursday night. The carnival event is taking place in the football stadium at the old Junction City High School. The event will include carnival games, dunk tanks, food, and live entertainment. The middle and high school bands, cheerleaders, and the dance [...]
RILEY COUNTY (KSNT) - An employee of USD 378 Riley County was the victim of a scam involving an insurance company Wednesday. According to Riley County Police, a report was filed for fraud. Officers listed USD 378 as the victim when it was reported that an unknown suspect pretending to be an insurance company scammed [...]
We'll have a slight chance for a few scattered showers or storms today. Most locations will stay dry, but some of us may get lucky and see some rain. Otherwise, temperatures will make it into the mid-upper 80s today. With a return of more of a southerly wind, both temperatures and humidity levels will begin [...]
MERIDEN (KSNT) - Fire crews fought three fires early Thursday morning near Meriden according to the Meriden Fire Department. The first two calls came in just before 2 a.m. about a grass fire near the Village Greens Golf Course. A call about a car fire in Meriden followed shortly after the grass fire. In addition, [...]
WILSON (KSNT) -- On Wednesday morning, the Kansas Highway Patrol put out a request for help identifying a man they said was an eyewitness to a kidnapping and aggravated battery case. Troopers say it happened at the Travel Shoppe on I-70 at Exit 206 near Wilson, Saturday, July 31, around 8 p.m. Within an hour [...]
WICHITA (KSNT) -- A Haysville woman who shot and killed her boyfriend two years ago has been sentenced to almost ten years in prison. In June, Stacey Peters pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Robert Duvaul, 41. She also pleaded to one count of commercial gambling. Investigators say Peters was running an [...]
BLUE RAPIDS (KSNT) - "F*** Biden and F*** you for voting for him!" These are the words on a flag the City of Blue Rapids deemed too inappropriate to be in David Sain's front yard. After being required to take the flag down, Sain said he disagreed with the decision the city made. "You know, [...]
The Newton Police Department said a child was bitten by several dogs on Monday.
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - Former Jayhawk basketball player Devonte' Graham is signing a four-year, $47 million contract with the New Orleans Pelicans via sign-and-trade. Graham was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in the second round of the 2018 NBA draft. Over his three years with the Hornets, he averaged 13.3 points per game and averaged 14.8 [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka Small Business & Entrepreneurs held a networking social Wednesday evening at the Woodshed in North Topeka. The evening networking event was sponsored by the SCORE Topeka. "We are celebrating entrepreneurship," said Pamela Billups, SCORE volunteer. "Entrepreneurs work really hard and they make up a lot of Topeka. This event is organized [...]
LEAVENWORTH (AP) — Leavenworth police say a Kansas man threw his girlfriend's caged miniature poodle in a river. The Leavenworth Times reports witnesses rescued the dog Monday. Police said the 24-year-old man tossed the kenneled dog into the Missouri River at Riverfront Park in Leavenworth, Kan. Officers arrested the man, who a department spokesman said [...]
TOPEKA, (KSNT) -- Redistricting town hall meetings in Kansas kick off next week, but leaders of the state's redistricting committee said that's just the first round. Republican Representative and Speaker Ron Ryckman confirmed in a statement Wednesday that a second round of hearings, expected to take place mostly online, is being planned for the fall. [...]
The Kansas Sampler Foundation and the Kansas Office of Prosperity recently released a new survey about the reasons behind people's moves. This is after hundreds of young people in rural areas were surveyed.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A local economic development group plans to use hundreds of thousands of tax dollars to bring more jobs to Topeka with the city and county's blessing Wednesday evening. Shawnee County Commissioners Kevin Cook, Bill Riphahn and Aaron Mays, Topeka Mayor De La Isla and Deputy Mayor Mike Padilla, and city council members [...]
RILEY COUNTY (KSNT) - More Kansans have died from COVID-19 recently, and health officials said Wednesday that the virus is making a comeback in two counties. Riley County The Riley County Health Department stressed that it needs locals to get the vaccine, as severe illness from the virus claimed the lives of three people in [...]
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - Kansas State University police have arrested a staff member after being tipped off to a possible child pornography case, the university announced Wednesday. William Hynek, Jr., 60, faces charges including trading child pornography and sexual exploitation of a child. K-State officials confirmed to KSNT News that he was a staff member employed [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Washburn University School of Law completed a $34 million fundraising goal for its new law building at 21st and Washburn Avenue. Ground was broke for the project in early June and construction began shortly after in mid-June. Construction on the new building continues today with concrete pillars and footings. Next will [...]
