Новости за 24.02.2022

Donald Barden Jr. was taken to the Leavenworth County Jail where he was booked for three counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - The Riley County Jail is seeing an influx of inmates as the jail's average daily population recently hit a 10 year high. In January, the Riley County Jail saw an average daily population of 100 inmates. That is the highest population since 2012 and more than 30% higher than the population [...]

GREAT BEND, Kan. (KSNW) — A Barton County Sheriff's Office employee was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of smuggling meth into the Barton County Jail. Tammy Batt, 45, of Russell, was booked on suspicion of traffic in contraband in a correctional institution and unlawful sexual relations. According to a news release from the Barton County Sheriff's [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - An evening anchor for KSNT News had a special announcement to make Tuesday night. Together with KSNT StormTrack Chief Meteorologist Matt Miller and co-anchor McKenzi Davis, Brooke Lennington shared the news that she recently found out she is pregnant. She is far enough along that she was able to share sonograms of [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A bill has been introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives to prohibit "sanctuary cities" in the state of Kansas. House Bill 2717 was introduced at the request of Attorney General Derek Schmidt in the Legislature on Feb. 22 and has since been referred to the Committee on Federal and State Affairs [...]

What We’re Tracking: Cold air continues Snow possible Thursday Warming up this weekend Overnight, lows are expected to dip to around 10° with some extra cloud cover helping out a bit. However, it'll still be possible for wind chills to get below 0° early Thursday morning. Light snow will be possible on Thursday, but the [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The exit ramp from westbound I-470 onto westbound I-70 in Topeka will be closed on Thursday due to maintenance work. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, the exit ramp will be closed on Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting, so that crews can complete core drilling maintenance [...]