A man crossing the street in his wheelchair near the main WSU campus, just south of 21st and Hillside, was hit and killed by a car Monday.
Court documents show Kansas Representative Aaron Coleman's brother accused him of hitting and spitting on him in domestic battery case.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A federal court agreed with Kansas on Nov. 15 that an attempt by Congress and the Biden administration to keep states that accept federal COVID-19 relief money from reducing state taxes is unconstitutional, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. This clears the way for Kansas to reduce the state's sales tax on groceries. [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's first-ever black bear hunting season has come and gone -- and state conservation officials are calling it a success. Although the harvest had a set limit for hunters, the total fell short with just a dozen bears taken. The 10 day season was held last month. 6,300 people applied for [...]
UPDATE: The Liberal Police Department reported that Id Knight was found safe, the statewide Silver Alert has been canceled. LIBERAL (KSNT) - The Liberal Police Department has requested that the Kansas Bureau of Investigation issued a statewide alert for a missing Liberal woman. The alert was issued for Ida Knight, 66, who was last seen [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Kansas Chamber of Commerce held their Women In Business Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at the Topeka Country Club. "Failure is not a dead end. It's a fork in the road. You can choose to have failure make you, not break you, let it hone you, not own you, carry you [...]
FRANKLIN COUNTY (KSNT) - A Missouri man was killed in Franklin County when the van he was driving went off the road and crashed into a tree. William R. Cox, 68, of Clinton, Missouri was killed Monday afternoon just after 2 p.m. when the 1997 Honda Odyssey he was driving "drifted off the right side [...]
EMPORIA (KSNT) - SOS, a non-profit in Emporia, is looking for help with its annual Holiday Drive which helps individuals and families who are the victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse or neglect in Lyon, Chase, Coffey, Morris and Osage counties. During the Holiday Drive, SOS partners with community members willing to “adopt” [...]
EMPORIA (KSNT)- A day after winning the MIAA tournament, Emporia State soccer got their bid to the NCAA tournament. The Lady Hornets are a two-seed in the Central Regional. They'll host the first two rounds of their regional for the first time in school history. ESU opens the tournament with a match against conference foe [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- Teachers, bus drivers, principals, and students are all being appreciated and celebrated for National American Education Week. Schools all across the district are taking part in this national holiday to celebrate all of the hard work put in at schools, whether that be by the students learning, or the teachers putting everything [...]
What We’re Tracking: Warm Tuesday Mainly dry conditions Cooler by midweek We're starting off mild this morning with many in the low to mid 40s. We should see plenty of sunshine for at least the first half of the daytime. Plenty of sunshine mixed with mid- and high-level cloud cover at times are likely through [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Shawnee Heights High School Drama Department is set to open their Fall play, The Addams Family, High School Edition on Thursday Nov. 18th at 7:00 p.m. The play is based on the musical comedy that played on Broadway from April 2010 to December 2011. The ghoulish Addams family is visiting the [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Shawnee County Public Works is busy Monday making sure it's ready when winter weather hits. The department has been buying chemicals and checking out equipment since September. While that may seem early, the last thing they want to do is be underprepared when winter weather strikes. When plows and other vehicles do [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A new Christmas tradition is coming back to Topeka, and now better than ever. Local historical site Old Prairie Town is getting into the Christmas spirit this December. Plans are being finalized for the 2021 Family Christmas event, and organizers are going bigger than before. “We’ll have cookies and cider in the [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) -- Santa is letting the Topeka Zoo take two of his reindeer this year for people to come and see. Yeti is a three-year-old reindeer visiting from the North Pole. Everest, a one-year-old reindeer, will be joining him Tuesday. "One thing about reindeer is they just make people smile," said Zoo Director Brendan [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - More than half of Topekans want improvements to the city's services in a range of industries, according to new survey results sent back to the municipal government. A survey by the ETC Institute reported that the citizens of Topeka have a 49% satisfaction rate with the overall quality of services provided by [...]
Kansas City, Kansas police and the Wyandotte County DA announces murder charges in the shooting death of Lillian Jackson as she drove home from church in September.
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - Kansas freshman running back Devin Neal was named the Big 12 offensive player of the week on Monday. Neal, who graduated from Lawrence High, is the first freshman to ever win this award at KU. He totaled four touchdowns for the Jayhawks in Saturday's win over Texas. Three of those touchdowns came [...]
What We’re Tracking: Continued warm for Tuesday Mainly dry week Cooler for second half of week Clear weather to start the night with temperatures quickly cooling off into the 40s overnight. By late in the night, a few more clouds start to arrive, which will help to hold temperatures in the lower 40s the lowest [...]
