Новости за 18.01.2022

The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Tuesday that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic — deaths, hospitalizations and lockdowns — could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are addressed quickly.

District Attorney Marc Bennett is holding a news conference at 11 a.m. His office did not say what the topic of the conference is. KSN will livestream it on KSN.com.

A Tennessee man is being called a hero after jumping into frigid waters to save a woman's life.

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WCIA) – Saturday, January 15th started out like any other day. "Ma'Lyiah and her sister Bailey have daily chores, and one of them is they walk their six dogs. They have four Pitbulls and then two little bitty dogs. It's just part of what they do. They're used to it, they take them [...]

The White House is prepared to send 500 million free at-home COVID-19 tests to Americans. Here's how to order yours.

The temperature was approximately 22 degrees when the baby boy was found.

TOPEKA (KSNT) -- The Kansas Department of Health will no longer conduct contact outreach and monitoring starting Feb. 1, 2022. "As we enter the third year of this pandemic, public health has to begin to adjust the level of response to help alleviate the strain on the Public Health system," Janet Stanek, acting secretary, said. [...]

KANSAS (KSNT) - The Kansas House of Representatives passed a bill today to extend two executive orders signed by Gov. Laura Kelly earlier this month in order to respond to the COVID-19 comeback in the state. Representatives voted 106-5 in favor of the bill. The bill now goes to the Senate for approval. Kelly signed [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Zach Ahrens became the President and CEO of the Capper Foundation on January 17, 2022 after a nationwide search by the Board of Trustees. "It's an honor to be selected as the incoming CEO at the Capper Foundation. I long respected and admired the good work the staff does here." Zach Ahrens, [...]

RILEY COUNTY (KSNT) - Riley County is reporting that phone lines for all Riley County offices including Community Corrections, County Courts, Treasurer's Office, Health Department are down. The county is working to make repairs but has not yet identified the cause of the outage. Please use the staff directory to contact us via email during [...]

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Schools in Olathe and Kansas City, Kansas, have canceled classes for two days as COVID-19 cases surge among staff and students in the districts. AP reported Olathe Public Schools and Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools canceled classes for Tuesday and Wednesday. Olathe Superintendent Brent Yeager said more than 800 school employees [...]

KANSAS (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced today, effective Feb. 1, contact tracing will end. According to a press release from the department, contact tracing will be delegated to "contact investigations." Many local county health departments have already ended contact tracing, and K-12 schools involved in contact tracing may temporarily suspend [...]

Lawrence Public Schools leaders say four scenarios are on the table. All involve closing schools and/or shuffling students to other schools.

Not even the suspect's arrest has answered the question: Where is Ahrea'l Smith?

Losing your sense of taste or smell used to be the telltale sign that you weren't sick with a cold or the flu – it was almost certainly COVID-19. Omicron is making things less obvious.

EMPORIA (KSNT) - Three people are under arrest in Emporia after the smell of a "suspicious odor" led to a search warrant. According to the Emporia Police Department, officers responding to an apartment at 501 Neosho in Emporia noticed the smell of marijuana. Police obtained a search warrant and found three handguns, ammunition, two ballistic [...]

What We’re Tracking: Very warm temperatures Wind speeds pick up Another cold front Mostly sunny skies this morning will quickly turn to mostly cloudy skies this evening with the arrival of our next strong cold front. Before it gets here though, temperatures today will warm up significantly into the upper 50s and maybe even lower [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT)- Washburn men's basketball fell to second ranked Northwest Missouri State but the WU women's team took home a big win. It was a highly anticipated matchup in the men's game after a memorable 2021-22 season with thrilling matchups between the Ichabods and the Bearcats. Washburn was the only team to beat Northwest all [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT)-- St. Francis announced that it has decided to add non-urgent outpatient surgeries back on its schedule. Nancy Burkhardt, a spokesperson of St. Francis, said that top priority and time-sensitive surgeries will appear back on the schedule first. Any elective surgeries that require an in-patient stay will be last to get back on the [...]

A young Kansas City Chiefs fan from southeast Kansas got the birthday present of a lifetime when he got a few souvenirs from the team.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Washburn Ichabods hosted the No. 2 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats Monday evening in Lee Arena. Final score of the men's game, Washburn 63, N.W. Missouri State 71 In the earlier game, the Washburn Women defeated the Lady Bearcats, 58-52.

OSAGE COUNTY (KSNT) - One man is dead after driving in front of a train in Osage County on Monday. According to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, at 2:24 p.m. on Jan. 17 near the 3300 block of SW Wannamaker Rd. a Chevy pickup was driving westbound through a field parallel to a train [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) --- The clock is ticking for Kansas lawmakers to extend two critical executive orders addressing healthcare staffing issues in the state. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s 15-day executive orders allow for other healthcare workers, like certain retired nurses and medical students to step in where they can so nurses and doctors can deal with [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) -- Jan. 17 marks what would have been the late Betty White's 100th birthday. Oddly enough, one of the largest residents at the Topeka Zoo, had a birthday today too. Sarge is the male giraffe at the zoo and he turned 10-years-old today. In order to honor both him and Betty White, the [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A Kansas teen's luck has finally turned around Sunday as she is now able to afford a new insulin pump after losing her own when her car was stolen. Tylynn Cross, 19, lost her insulin pump on Dec. 10 when her car was stolen by Jessica Riley-Perkins in a Lawrence Home Depot [...]