As crews assess the catastrophic damage from the Marshall Fire, a silver lining: no reported deaths and no reports of missing people, as of Friday morning.
Beloved actress, comedian and American icon Betty White has died, just weeks before a milestone birthday.
The artists were all scheduled to perform during "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash," to be broadcast on CBS on New Year's Eve.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Topeka from New Years Eve to New Years Day. Topeka and other areas in northeast Kansas are expected to receive heavy amounts of snow Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. Bitterly cold temperatures are in the forecast with the coldest wind chills [...]
For blocks of the city's main drag, roofs, trees and vintage signs from Mike Hynds' antique shop covered the ground, blown there by a suspected tornado that touched down in Winfield as fast-moving thunderstorms made their way across Alabama.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Two people have been taken into custody as part of an ongoing stolen vehicle investigation by the Topeka Police Department. According to a press release from the TPD, at around 4:26 p.m. on Dec. 30 officers initiated a traffic stop on a stolen car in the 700 block of SE 26th St. [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - NOTO is planning to close out 2021 in style. After not being able to have a celebration last year due to COVID concerns, the North Topeka arts center is looking forward to bringing people back together. Taking place in the newly built Red Bud park, guests will welcome 2022 with champagne and [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - They're being impacted by more than just COVID patients. From staffing shortages to emotional distress, the emergency care system is seeing a domino effect of the coronavirus. Shawnee County healthcare members met virtually Thursday to discuss the hidden impacts COVID is bringing to the community. The stress staff members have endured over [...]
Throughout 2021, numerous national retailers increased their minimum pay rates. In 2022, more than half of the states in the U.S. will increase their own minimum wages.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Two men have been arrested by the Topeka Police Department in connection with several storage unit burglaries. According to a press release from TPD, officers were dispatched to 2720 NE Grantville in response to individuals breaking into storage units. Officers on the scene saw two individuals getting into a vehicle and driving [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Health leaders are warning people that an uptick of the Omicron variant is coming to Shawnee County. Shawnee County Health Department leaders appeared before the Public Health Technical Advisory Board Thursday. Although the county is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, health leaders say the majority of those cases are [...]
Half of Americans are calling 2021 the “worst year of their lives so far.”
High winds Thursday wreaked havoc throughout Colorado's Boulder County, overturning big rigs, causing power outages, destroying structures and helping spark what has already become the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.
What We’re Tracking: Temperatures moderate through today Colder and snowy for New Year’s Day Warming up again next week Mostly cloudy skies are generally expected today as we prepare for our first system of the winter to move through. Highs will reach the lower to middle 50s this afternoon with winds picking up tonight. The [...]
MANHATTAN, KS. (KSNT)- Bruce Weber wasn't too familiar with Big 12 basketball before arriving at Kansas State. I didn't know a lot about the league. I had been brainwashed. I grew up in Wisconsin, so Big Ten, I was in the Big Ten for 27 years between Purdue and Illinois and that's all I knew," [...]
LAWRENCE (KSNT)- Kansas men's basketball has sold out their last 324 games in Allen Fieldhouse but that streak could be in danger this Saturday. Saturday's game against George Mason wasn't originally on the Jayhawks schedule. The game was scheduled after their original opponent, TCU, had to cancel due to COVID-19 concerns. For that reason, this [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Transportation is getting ready for the first winter storm of the season. KDOT has both salt and anti-ice liquid trucks loaded and ready. Public Affairs Manager Kate Craft said they will decide which pretreatment to use when the storm is closer to the area. "Every winter storm is [...]
LAWRENCE (KSNT) -- Kansas women's basketball announced Thursday afternoon that its game against Texas Christian University is postponed "in accordance with the Big 12 Conference basketball game threshold guidelines." "Threshold guidelines" refer to the amount of active players team team has available. The Jayhawks' game on Tuesday was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the [...]
SHAWNEE COUNTY (KSNT) -- The Shawnee County Planning Department needs your help. Many people within the county have expressed interest in tiny homes, in part to their growing popularity as seen on many television programs. And unlike recent projects to help house the area's homeless populations, these homes will be for people who are wanting [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Capital Gymnastics and Athletics provided a week of activities for kids while they were on winter break. Thursday afternoon kids from ages 3 to 12 enjoyed various activities like nerf tag, jumping jacks and other tumbling exercises -- burning off a lot of energy. "This week has been devoted to our snowflake [...]
What We’re Tracking: Temperatures moderate through Friday Colder and snowy for New Year's Day Warming up again next week Mostly clear weather gives way to more and more clouds starting late tonight into Friday. With a mostly clear night, overnight temperatures will fall into the lower 30s. Friday will warm into the lower to middle [...]
