TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is urging Kansas residents to be cautious about possible scams from fraudulent contractors in the aftermath of Wednesday night's storm. According to a press release from Schmidt, he wants local residents to be aware of the possibility of scams from fraudulent contractors, especially in the area of [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) today announced that the state Health and Environmental Laboratories has found the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in one Kansas resident. “Since the Omicron variant was classified as a Variant of Concern, KDHE’s Kansas Health and Environmental Laboratories has been working to identify the [...]
GEARY COUNTY (KSNT) - Damages sustained from Wednesday's storm continue to create problems for Geary County. For Geary County residents still without power three temporary shelters have been set up. People are encouraged to check the list of locations for operating hours. JC Naz 1025 S. Washington St. Junction City Hours of operation: 9:00 a.m. [...]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wind wasn't the only thing Kansas was dealing with on Wednesday. Several towns and counties in northwest and northcentral Kansas had to battle wildfires. At least a dozen homes burned, and KSN knows of at least three people being hospitalized. Fires were reported in Sheridan, Trego, Ellis, Russell, Osborne and Rooks [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- SoT, a cocktail bar on Grand Boulevard in Kansas City, has responded to Jackson Mahomes, brother of the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, after a now-deleted social media rant against the bar. According to the message sent to Mahomes, SoT said that he became upset after they were unable to accommodate his [...]
The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, threatening to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases and upend holiday plans for the second year in a row.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Shawnee County COVID-19 Community Indicator has slid backward from the high category to the '"substantial" in the Dec. 5 through Dec. 11 indicator. The percent of positive tests went down nominally from 12.6% to 12.5%. The updated Covid-19 Community Impact Dashboard for Shawnee County dated Dec. 14, reports Shawnee County has 56 new [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Zoo is asking people to not forget zoo animals when finishing up their holiday shopping. The zoo has set up 24 "Giving Trees" across the Topeka area. Each giving tree has ornaments with an animal's name and what they want for Christmas. People can grab a tag from any of [...]
KANSAS (KSNT) - A bizarre December storm Wednesday wreaked havoc across the state with straight-line winds toppling trees, taking off roofs, and creating problems on Kansas highways for first responders. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported 51 non-injury accidents, 20 injury accidents, and two deadly crashes causing three deaths. A 47-year-old woman stopped in the road [...]
JUNCTION CITY (KSNT) - Junction City City Manager Allen Dinkel is asking residents to conserve water after Wednesday's rare December storm. "Due to electric problems at the Junction City Water Plant, all water users in Junction City, Grandview Plaza, and in Geary Rural Water District Water #1 are asked to conserve water immediately as the [...]
CLAY COUNTY (KSNT) - Clay County's Wakefield K-12 School for Thursday, Dec. 16 will be on a two-hour delay today. The school is without power. All other Clay Center schools will open on time.
SHAWNEE HEIGHTS (KSNT) - Shawnee Heights Tecumseh North Elementary School will close today due to a power outage. Communications specialist Tiffany Kinsch said all other Shawnee Heights schools will be open except for Tecumseh North Elementary.
GEARY COUNTY (KSNT) - A spokesperson for Geary County Schools announced late Wednesday that schools in Geary County will be closed Thursday because of the inclement weather. According to the spokesperson, school will resume as normal for Junction City High School on Friday, unless notified otherwise. All other schools are out for a teacher workday.
What We’re Tracking: Much cooler today Winds calm down Chilly air on Saturday After a very active day of weather yesterday things will be quite calm across northeast Kansas today. The two biggest differences you will notice are the lack of wind gusts as well as a fairly significant drop in temperatures. After seeing upper [...]
JUNCTION CITY, KS (KSNT) -- Geary County Emergency management is picking up the pieces after storms leave debris and damage across the area. Grandview Plaza Inn, a motel right outside of Junction City, had part of the roof fly off of the building and through another section of the motel. The power is also out [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - An Evergy spokesman announced on Wednesday the company experienced the highest power outage event in company history. This announcement came at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday from Chuck Caisley, Evergy Chief Customer Officer, after a wall of storms rolled across Kansas and into Missouri. High wind gusts took many power lines down, causing widespread [...]
"And then I kind of like sat there for a minute because I was like, 'Is this real? Like where am?'" tornado survivor Jasmine Parrott said.
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TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Fire Department went live on Facebook recently informing Topeka residents about cleanup efforts and why many are smelling smoke in the air. Topeka Public Education Officer Alan Stahl reported that downed power lines and trees would continue to be dealt with as the night goes on. He cautioned citizens against [...]
HAYS, KS (KSNT) - Many residents in eastern Kansas have reported the smell of smoke in the air. This is likely being caused by large fires in Ellis County according to the National Weather Service. We are getting reports of the smell of smoke - it is likely from the fires in central Kansas and [...]
Strong winds and gusts nearing 90 mph wreaked havoc and created dangerous conditions on the roads in Missouri and Kansas.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka, Holton and Hiawatha, Kansas, are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15. According to the National Weather Service, this 'destructive' storm contains wind gusts up to 80 mph. Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Topeka KS, Holton KS, Hiawatha KS until 5:45 PM CST. This destructive storm will contain [...]
What We’re Tracking: Damaging wind gusts this evening Cooling down late week Chilly air on Saturday ***HIGH WIND WARNING WEDNESDAY ALL LOCATIONS UNTIL 9PM*** Our concern through the evening continues to be damaging wind gusts along with the high fire danger. We've been seeing sustained winds at 30-40 mph all day and our wind gusts [...]
Tornadoes that strike in the night are far more deadly than those that come by day.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Evergy reports it is responding to power outages across Kansas and Missouri as winds blow across the area at over 70 mph gusts. According to a press release from Evergy, power outages are "limited and scattered" as of Wednesday afternoon. Extreme winds are in the forecast for Wednesday which can lead to [...]
