GEARY COUNTY (KSNT) – Geary County Schools USD 475’s Board of Education on Monday voted tocontinue the requirement for all students, staff, and visitors to wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status, inside all district facilities and district vehicles, including school buses. According to a press release from the school district, the masking requirement will [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - As an expecting mother working in the emergency room, Ascension Via Christi registered nurse Megan Morgan made sure she was fully vaccinated to keep her family safe. "We had been seeing such a high influx of COVID patients, and they've been a lot sicker this time around. So that's been pretty [...]
Kansas City Chiefs' defensive end Frank Clark pleaded not guilty to two gun charges stemming from a March arrest in Los Angeles.
The FDA said they should be disposed of in a hazardous waste container but not poured down a drain or flushed.
FinanceBuzz ranks Kansas City's Airport third worst in the county due to low number of amenities, lounges, and hotels, among other factors.
President Joe Biden heads to Michigan Tuesday to promote his infrastructure bill as well as his ambitious "Build Back Better" social spending plan.
Tyson Foods has been accepting religious and medical exemptions for its COVID-19 vaccine policy. However, one Tyson employee says even with an approved medical exemption, she’ll be placed on unpaid leave starting November 1st.
An estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church over the past 70 years, according to a report released Tuesday that represents the country's first major accounting of the worldwide phenomenon.
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) -- Wichita police said a woman is in custody following an officer-involved shooting at the Whole Foods Market at 13th and Webb Road on Monday. The incident started around 8:30 p.m. Wichita Police Department Capt. Kevin Kochenderfer said when officers arrived a woman who was outside the store ran inside armed with [...]
A Sedgwick County judge has sentenced a Wichita man to life in prison for having sexual relations with an underage girl.
SCOTT COUNTY (KSNT) - A 49-year-old Colorado man died in western Kansas Monday night after trying to pass an oversize load, hitting another vehicle head-on. Karl Gordon, 49, of Castle Rock, Colorado was northbound near K95 and Hwy 83 in Scott County when he attempted to pass an oversize load in a no-passing zone. Gordon, [...]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - The Manhattan Regional Airport will be receiving a nearly $6 million grant to help reconstruct the airport's runway. According to the city, the project is expected to cost more than $47 million. The current runway is 150 feet wide and 7,000 feet long. Airport Director Jesse Romo said the Federal Aviation [...]
What We’re Tracking: Chilly start Tuesday Areas of clouds arrive late Dry conditions through the week We'll start off chilly this morning with temperatures in the upper 40s and lower 50s. We should start off with plenty of sunshine before heading into the afternoon for your Tuesday. Overall, this week looks pretty quiet with quite [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSNT) - Royals catcher Salvador Perez completed the 2021 regular season with the most RBI in major league baseball and tied for the league lead in home runs. Perez belted 48 homers, which also matches the Royals franchise record set by Jorge Soler in 2019. Blue Jays' first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- Facebook and its family of apps, like Instagram, were down Monday for more than six hours. Experts said a blackout of this magnitude is historic. Facebook and the other websites went down just before 11 a.m. CST. Facebook itself has not pointed to the cause of the issues, but cyber experts seem [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Understaffing has always been an issue for guards in detention centers, but since the pandemic, the issue has only worsened. The pandemic, the overtime, the time away from families and the mental health effects have deterred people from working at correctional facilities. At Shawnee County Jail, they have felt these effects for [...]
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - The Riley County Police Department announced Monday that Director Dennis Butler will retire next year. Butler was sworn in on December 31, 2018. Under his direction, RCPD has maintained its national accreditation. RCPD said its Law Board will meet in the next few weeks to discuss the hiring process for its next [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT)-- A group of elementary school students are showing it's the little things that can mean so much. Fifth-grade students at both Randolph Elementary School and the Gardner-Edgerton School District, as well as the Joy Fund, partnered with Stormont Vail Health to make gift baskets, handmade cards, and pictures for the nursing staff. The [...]
