TOPEKA (KSNT) – A 43-year-old Topeka man has been arrested in connection with multiple business burglaries. The Topeka Police Department said on Oct. 1 and Oct. 4, officers responded to A&A Auto and Truck Parts Inc. after two separate burglaries happened. On Tuesday, Curtis D. Callarman, 43, was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka VA Medical Center and the Professional Armed Forces Rodeo Association held a drive-by parade Wednesday afternoon to help kick off the rodeo happening this weekend in Topeka. The Professional Armed Forces Rodeo Association cowboys, cowgirls and their horses joined in the parade at the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center to help [...]
WABAUNSEE (KSNT) A truck hauling a recreational vehicle flipped on I-70 near mile marker 322 Wednesday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the trailer was being towed eastbound on I-70 when the trailer began to sway. The trailer fell onto its side dragging the truck into the south shoulder where it flipped. Both the [...]
ATCHISON COUNTY (KSNT) - A motorcyclist from Nortonville, Kansas was killed early Wednesday morning in Atchison county after colliding with a truck. Jeremy Masuch, 42, was on a 1989 Triumph going north on Hwy 59 just before 3 a.m. when a 65-year-old driver in a 2016 Ford F150 pulled onto the highway from the west, [...]
COLBY, Kan. (KSNW) - A Kansas firefighter is doing much more than protecting his community; he spreads joy through music. Colby Fire Chief Bob McLemore spends the majority of his day answering emergency calls. When he's not at the firehouse, he is either planning or preparing for Colby's bluegrass festival, Pickin' on the Plains, or [...]
The outage proved to be a headache for average users and local businesses relying on the social media giant for marketing.
After several days of a more scaled-back search for Brian Laundrie at the Carlton Reserve, activity appeared to be ramping up Wednesday morning.
TOPEKA, KS (KTMJ) — SpongeBob SquarePants and friends are coming to life at Topeka High School October 8-9. The cast has been busy bringing the characters to life in their own unique way. Topeka High is the first high school theater department in Kansas to perform this show. SpongeBob, played by Lilly Krohe, and Patrick, [...]
NBC in Dallas-Fort Worth confirmed with Mansfield Independent School District that the school was on lockdown after the incident at Timberview High School.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - An early morning shooting Wednesday morning has left one person injured in southwest Topeka. The Topeka Police Department confirmed the shooting happened at approximately 3:40 a.m. in the 5600 block of S.W. 34th Street. The victim has a non-life-threatening injury. Officers are questioning several people to find out what happened.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A house fire at 1106 NW Van Buren Street in Topeka is deemed a total loss. Firefighters responded to the address just before 12:45 a.m. o Wednesday, Oct. 6 to find the home fully engulfed. Investigators believe the home was vacant and the fire was intentionally set. Firefighters began a defensive attack [...]
Cloud cover will increase through the daytime Wednesday, especially for our eastern counties. Rain chances look very slim, but there may be a stray shower in the east later today. Temperatures will be near normal in the middle to upper 70s with overnight lows in the lower to middle 50s through Thursday. By the time [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka police are looking into a suspicious death Wednesday morning. Officers were called to the 900 block of northeast Madison Street just after 6:00 p.m. Tuesday. Originally, the call was for a welfare check, according to a news release. Police on scene found an unresponsive person and they were later pronounced dead. [...]
(KSNT) - Students all over northeast Kansas and the midwest are banding together against sexual assault, with protests from KU, K-State to Mizzou, and even UMKC. The coordinated rallies all began with a movement here in northeast Kansas. Tuesday's events were meant to do two main things: honor the stories of sexual assault survivors and ask [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka High's Talayah Thomas is helping pave the way for girls in football. "I often hear stuff like ‘Oh, she’s not strong enough to kick,’ and all this other stuff, or like ‘Oh, you’re only a kicker, of course," Talayah said. However, Talayah is anything but weak. "Look me up on Hudl," [...]
JUNCTION CITY (KSNT)-- When we are young, the answer to "What do you want to be when you grow up?" always changes. But for one Junction City teen, his career goals have stuck with him since kindergarten even getting his work on Amazon. Brysen Taylor has been busy making his dreams come true. That dream, [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- There's been a rise in crashes involving pedestrians over the course of last year. According to Kansas' Bike-Ped Coordinator, Jenny Kramer, the state's seen a jump from 18 incidents in 2019 to 46 in 2020. "What we see a lot are communities that don't have enough safe crossings. There isn't a pedestrian [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- More people are getting vaccinated in rural areas, according to Kansas health officials. Ashley Goss, Kansas' Deputy Secretary of Public Health, told Kansas Capitol Bureau that there's been a 4% increase in vaccinations for Western parts of the state over the last month. That's compared to a 3% increase across the entire [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- Child care centers across Kansas are getting thousands of dollars to help keep up with business during the pandemic. Some centers struggled during pandemic lockdowns, especially those that stayed open to help essential workers. Pastor Nathan Marsh who helps run the daycare at First Baptist Church in Topeka said the facility faced [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The battle for title of "Coolest Thing Made In Kansas" is coming down to a final four. It's a contest put on by the Kansas Manufacturing Council and they want your vote. It's a tournament-style bracket where products are pitted against each other until there's a winner. It's meant to raise awareness [...]
Former Kansas City Chiefs coach Katie Sowers has been named Director of Athletic Strategic Initiatives at Ottawa University in Kansas.
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- A local business is celebrating the official opening of its new facility. GreatLIFE North's Top City Golf will provide the ultimate golfing experience to the Capital City. The concept of Top City Golf is just like Topgolf in Kansas City. The closer you can get the ball to your target, the more [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- Some Republicans in the state are upset after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's executive order creating the Division of the Child Advocate. Gov. Kelly said the division will protect Kansas children and families within the child welfare system and will be an independent oversight. She explained it as a way to have another [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka High Theater students will perform their first act of the year, SpongeBob the Musical, Friday evening in Hoehner Auditorium at Topeka High. The stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts; lives hang in the balance. [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT)- The Topeka Tropics, a new indoor football team coming to Topeka, named Tyus Jackson their head coach on Tuesday. The team will begin play in the spring of 2022 in the Champions Indoor Football League. “His background includes successful tenures at the highest levels of arena football. His football acumen,demonstrated values and forward-thinking [...]
