TOPEKA (KSNT) - A plan to get extra money to frontline Kansas hospital workers was put to a vote by the State Finance Council Friday afternoon. The council unanimously approved the motion. Next, the plan will go back to the state's SPARK Task Force to the determine distribution of funds. This came as hospitals across [...]
A Circle teacher WAS arrested for alleged electronic solicitation, sexual exploitation of a child.
The Wichita Police Department said a 28-year-old Dodge City man was booked in the Sedgwick County Jail Thursday after a man was found shot in Riverside Park early Thursday.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Six COVID-19 patients were accepted at Stormont Vail on Thursday however, 20 had to be turned away according to the hospital which cited staffing as the largest roadblock. According to Stormont Vail Health, the majority of requests are coming from Kansas facilities and two hospitals in Missouri. In a statement issued to [...]
JACKSON COUNTY (KSNT) - After a Meriden resident found a sleeping man on their porch Friday morning, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office said it arrested him when deputies tied his abandoned car to a crime in the area. Jared Matthew Harris, 30, of Mayetta, faces charges including: Burglary Theft Possession of narcotics Drug paraphernalia Deputies [...]
While there aren't as many as in previous years, there are still great Labor Day food and drink specials available!
Former New England Patriots player David Patten was killed in a motorcycle crash in South Carolina on Thursday night.
TOPEKA (KTMJ) - KU Football legend Tony Sands stopped by FOX 43 AM Live on Friday to discuss life after football and his mission to raise awareness on mental health. Sands played football for KU from 1988-1991. He's in the College Football Hall of Fame for a record he marked at KU in 1991 and [...]
UNDATED (AP) — A Texas law that bans most abortions has providers and advocates preparing for an increasing number of women traveling to other states to end their pregnancies. Clinics are gearing up to boost an aid network meant to ensure women can access the procedure even if it is outlawed in their home state. [...]
Some Kansas businesses are struggling to find workers. It is forcing some to alter hours or even close.
Tyson Foods announced on Wednesday that it is holding weekly drawings for vaccinated employees at its Northwest Arkansas plants, with a $10,000 cash prize going to five winners.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Police Department is attempting to identify an individual as a person of interest in an aggravated battery investigation. Topeka police responded to a report of a shooting Wednesday evening, near the intersection of Southwest Huntoon Street and Southwest Lincoln Street. Officers were called to the 1300 block of Huntoon around [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Shawnee County today through Saturday. A watch means a flash flood is possible in the area because the conditions are favorable. The NWS is warning residents that thunderstorms will continue across the area. Up to five inches have already fallen in [...]
EMPORIA (KSNT) - A man who made threatening calls to several Emporia businesses Thursday morning has been caught by authorities in Lansing, Michigan. Tyler Sanders, 26, faces criminal charges in Lyon County for five counts of aggravated criminal threats as well as additional charges in Michigan and Louisiana according to Capt. Lisa Hayes of the [...]
Jaime Patrick is imploring everyone to get vaccinated after going through the heartbreak of losing two children to COVID-19.
ABILENE, Kan. (KSNT) - Old Abilene Town is honoring its history with "Chisholm Trail Days" Friday and Saturday. The two-day festival will include gunfighters, can-can dancers, and a historic reenactment of the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok. Development Coordinator Michael Hook said the festival takes a look at what it was like long before Abilene [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Motorists were asked to avoid the intersection near 35th and Adams in the Hi-Crest Topeka neighborhood following an incident between a car and a pedestrian. All four lanes, northbound and southbound, were blocked after a car hit a pedestrian Friday morning at approximately 5:30 a.m. Topeka police said an investigation revealed that [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Motorists are being asked to avoid an intersection in the Hi-Crest neighborhood in Topeka following an incident between a car and a pedestrian. All four lanes, northbound and southbound, are blocked near 35th and Adams after a car hit a pedestrian Friday morning. Injuries are unknown at this time. This is a [...]
*FLASH FLOOD WATCH* - Anderson, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee counties through Saturday at 1:00pm. Showers and storms will slowly make their way out of the area, and dissipate, through the mid morning hours. Afternoon highs will be just a bit cooler with the storms and cloud cover. Temperatures [...]
Authorities say a man died following a crash seven miles northeast of Deerfield.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka High Trojans and Junction City Blue Jays kicked off the 2021 football season at Hummer Sports Park on Thursday night. Thunderstorms ended the game early. Junction City wins 34-0.
GLASCO, Kan. (KSNT) - About 20 residents at the Nichol Home enjoyed a cooler summer day by riding ATVs around town, showing us that age is just a number. Residents waved at people around town and enjoyed the breeze while riding on the back of the four-wheeler. This isn't the first time they've made having [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Larry The Cable Guy stopped in at the Prairie Band Casino Thursday evening to deliver his comedy routine about life in America. Daniel Lawrence Whitney, a.ka., Larry The Cable Guy, grew up in Pawnee City, Nebraska. His career started in radio in the early 1990s when he made regular radio appearances on a nationally syndicated [...]
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - If one word could describe how Richard Myers feels about Kansas State, it would be vibrant. That's what he said he's going to miss the most when he retires as President of the University in the new year. "It's bittersweet, I just hate leaving the vibrancy of this campus," Myers said. "I [...]
LYON CO. (KSNT) - A woman is hurt after her car collided with a train on Thursday afternoon. According to the Lyon Co. Sheriff's Office, Samantha Vargas of Emporia was hit by a cargo train around 3 p.m. She was pulled from her Chevrolet Tahoe and airlifted to a hospital. Her condition is unknown at [...]
