TOPEKA (KSNT)- One of the oldest American World War II veterans, Sidney Walton, has died at the age of 102. Walton was one of the country's last veterans who fought in WWII. He was on the No Regrets Tour that stopped in all 50 states, visiting all 50 governors. The tour was meant to raise [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The top-ranked Washburn University volleyball team hosted the University of Central Oklahoma Broncos on Saturday in Lee Arena. The 14-1 Lady Ichabod Volleyball team remains No. 1 in the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) national poll. This was a homecoming game for No. 15 Amanda Desch, who plays for the University of [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Gage Park Memorial organization held their annual Freedom is not Free ride Saturday morning. The ride left Gage Park, 10th and Gage at 11:00 a.m. and will ended at Perry’s American Legion for food, raffles and auction items. "We are here for the Freedom is not Free rode today. All the [...]
LAWRENCE, KS (KSNT)-- The University of Kansas welcomed basketball season with the 37th annual Late Night in the Phog event. Head coach Bill Self even called the event the biggest basketball event in the Western Hemisphere. Thousands of Jayhawk fans made their way to Allen Fieldhouse for the show and the energy was electric. Late [...]
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - A family of five refugees from Afghanistan are now in Kansas after a long journey to escape the rule of the Taliban Friday night. The couple traveled to Germany, Virginia and Texas before arriving in Kansas City, Missouri. The mother gave birth to their baby in the Kabul airport on August 21. [...]
What We’re Tracking: Few showers/storms today Pleasant fall weather Sunday Dry conditions next week After some patchy fog clears up this morning our afternoon highs should reach the lower to middle 70s across the region. Areas south of I-70 could be a bit cooler today with some rain-cooled air keeping temperatures on the more mild [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT)-- A new restaurant in west Topeka is now open and serving up something special. It's called 785 Kitchen. The name of the restaurant is a way to keep the business local by using the official area code in the title. The owner, LaVale Jackson, is a Topeka native, so he wanted to name [...]
WAMEGO, Kan. (KSNT)- The Wamego band is the week 5 Football Frenzy Band of the Week. The Red Raiders band put the "boom" in boom town on Friday night. This squad brought energy, team spirit and just plain fun. Wamego beat Paola 22-21 Friday.
(KSNT)- Highlights and scores from Week 5 of high school football, including Riley County’s homecoming win against Chapman in the KSNT Game of the Week. GAME OF THE WEEK:CHAPMAN 16RILEY COUNTY 37 SABETHA 20ROCK CREEK 34 SEAMAN 21MANHATTAN 48 TOPEKA HIGH 70HIGHLAND PARK 42 EMPORIA 9WASHBURN RURAL 45 PAOLA 21WAMEGO 22 (OT) TOPEKA WEST 16JUNCTION [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A Topeka family is turning the murder of their loved one into a way to give back to the community, more than a year after Jerrie Ross was killed by a stray bullet standing in her front yard. "We miss her a lot at all of our events cause she was always [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Stormont Vail Health has appointments available and clinics scheduled to offer flu shots this fall. Dr. Clif Jones, an infection disease specialist, said doctors are concerned this flu season will be more severe after a mild season last year. That's because of increased social distancing and other pandemic precautions 12 months ago. [...]
What We’re Tracking: Cooler temperatures Rain Saturday Even cooler next week Overnight cloud cover will be present and we could even see an isolated shower or two but most will stay dry as temperatures fall into the lower 60s. We'll see a better chance for rain Saturday with temperatures slightly cooler into the middle 70s. [...]
