What We’re Tracking: Continued humid weather Scattered late week storms Fairly typical August weather Another partly cloudy, humid night with temperatures falling into the lower 70s by early Wednesday morning. Once again, the wind will be light to calm throughout the night. Looking ahead, our upper air patterns are beginning to show signs of support [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Zoo announced Tuesday afternoon that Dakota, a male mountain lion died after 10 days of "declining health." The zoo had taken Dakota to a local hospital where they learned he had a perforation in his gastrointestinal tract. Dakota joined the Topeka Zoo in 2009 and shared a habitat with Cassy, [...]
ROLLA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a southwest Kansas firefighter died after being shocked by power lines while working at the scene of a traffic crash. Morton County Emergency Management officials said the firefighter and a sheriff's deputy were the first to arrive at the accident site Sunday afternoon just south of Rolla. The responders [...]
OGDEN (KSNT) - A Kansas man who led Geary County Sheriff's Office on a chase Monday has been found in Ogden and has been taken into custody without incident according to the Riley County Police Department. A neighbor who did not want to identify themselves told a KSNT reporter, "Heard broken glass, I think they [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita police are investigating a shooting death at a birthday party. Police say 25-year-old Robertino Gomez, of Wichita, was killed Sunday night in south Wichita. A suspect, 42-year-old Marcello Ibarra, is jailed on possible charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, criminal possession of a firearm, and a warrant out of Arizona. [...]
BROWN COUNTY (KSNT) - Two brothers, disoriented and thirsty, were able to find their way home in Brown County after the sheriff's office utilized cellphone technology to track the lost duo in a farmer's cornfield. On Monday, at approximately 2:30 p.m., a 13-year-old and his 8-year-old brother called 911 to report they had gone fishing [...]
Tuesday is the deadline for the first round of cuts when teams have to cut their roster down to 85 players.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Alpha Sports Group announced Tuesday morning that a new professional men's basketball team will be coming to the city of Topeka in the spring of 2022 and will play in The Basketball League (TBL). “We are extremely excited to be able to bring a professional basketball team back to Topeka," said [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Congressman Jake LaTurner (R-Kansas) is hosting a career fair at the Stormont Vail Events Center in Topeka Tuesday. The event will feature more than 50 employers from the Topeka and Lawrence area. LaTurner said the companies are looking to fill more than 2,000 job openings. He said they worked to make the [...]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends masks in schools for students, staff and teachers.
Partly cloudy and somewhat humid weather will persist for the next few days. Highs today will top out in the upper 80s to near 90°, but just enough humidity to drive the heat index into the lower 90s for much of the region. There will be another slim chance for some pop-up storms with the [...]
WYANDOTTE COUNTY (KSNT) - A Wellsville woman was killed Monday after standing in the acceleration lane on the Kansas turnpike. The Kansas Highway Patrol is reporting that Ashley Grace Olivio, a 30-year-old Wellsville woman was killed when she was struck by a car while standing in the acceleration lane on I-70 at the 416 mile [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A fire near Scott Dual Language Magnet Elementary School caused $21,000 in damage late Monday night. The Topeka Fire Department reports the call came in just before midnight at 520 SE Davies. Smoke and fire could be seen coming from the single-story home. One woman was able to get out of the [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - The chaos in Afghanistan hits much closer to home for one Manhattan man and his veteran friend. Matt, whose real name has been changed to protect his family in Afghanistan, was once an interpreter for the U.S. military. That’s where he met Aaron Estabrook, a current Manhattan city commissioner. In 2009, Estabrook [...]
OGDEN (KSNT) - A Kansas man wanted in a kidnapping and stolen property case is at large Monday night after leading deputies on a chase on I-70, according to the Geary County Sheriff's Office. Deputies tried around 6:43 p.m. to stop a driver identified as Joshua Adams Jones, 32, of Ogden, who they spotted driving [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - It's a case of the same team, a new year for Washburn University volleyball. Every player from 2020 returned to play in the 2021 season. The result is a long depth chart and a stuffed locker room. "Our roster's huge," head coach Chris Herron said. "It's going to be the biggest roster [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Division II soccer is returning to its home in the fall after COVID-19 pushed it to the spring in 2020. "I'm just excited for our season to be back in the fall because it's kind of really draining to just practice for eight months, and then have to swing everything together and [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Shawnee Heights USD 450 Board of Education voted 6-1 Monday to approve the district's back-to-school plan, which will require masks indoors for everyone in the district to start the school year. Masks will also be required on school transportation, per federal requirements, but won't be required outdoors. The back-to-school plan also [...]
JUNCTION CITY (KSNT) - A Junction City High School athletic trainer accused of sexual exploitation of a child was sentenced in court Monday. Brandon M. Martino was arrested in January on charges of sexual exploitation of a child and promoting obscenity to minors. According to an investigation from the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, he [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - School is back in session and some local teachers say it's already off to a better start than last year. McClure Elementary in Topeka started the 2021-22 school year last week with both mask and social distancing mandates. Officials from the state and CDC recommend school districts require masks for everyone, regardless [...]
