Новости за 02.03.2022

What We’re Tracking: Cool down Thursday Warm again through Saturday Showers possible by Sunday After a very warm day we'll see a cold front slide through later this evening allowing temperatures to drop into the 30s overnight. Thursday will be a bit cooler with highs in the 60s but still well above average for this [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis made his frustration with face masks known at a press conference on Wednesday.

An affidavit shows a Kansas Trooper pulled his pistol on Rep. Aaron Coleman because of "erratic behavior" during a traffic stop.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - KSNT News is working to explain the heavy police presence at Chase Middle School in Topeka. A grandparent of a student called the station and said the school was on lockdown since noon, although KSNT could not confirm that with authorities as of 1:25 p.m. Wednesday. Attempts to call the school were [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Fire Department is asking residents to avoid the area near the 200 block of S.E. 46th Street. The fire department tweeted it is on the scene of a mobile home fire and expects crews to be there for several hours. KSNT will update this story as more information becomes available.

A New Mexico woman is accused of road rage triggered by another driver's pro-vaccination bumper sticker.

The White House on Wednesday unveiled a plan for fighting COVID-19 in its new phase, with the virus moving from a crisis to a lower-level risk that does not dominate daily life.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Interim Deputy Chief Randy Phillips has been named Topeka's new fire chief. According to Gretchen Spiker, Director of Communications for the City of Topeka, Phillips has 26 years experience, all of which has been spent in Topeka. Phillips rose through TFD’s ranks and had been serving asthe Interim Deputy Chief since December [...]

LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) - A woman from Liberal, Kansas, is this year's champion of the traditional Pancake Day Race against women in Olney, England. Whitney Hay won the U.S. leg of the race in Liberal on Tuesday with a time of 1:07, KSNW-TV reported. That beat Katie Godof of Olney, England, who ran her race in [...]

Get ready for a very warm day ahead. We'll warm into the lower 80s with a fairly light wind running 5-10mph. Quite the difference from our 21° high last Wednesday! There is a cold front that will slide through that will drop our temperatures for tomorrow, but overall, it still looks to be a pleasant [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Holton Public Schools released a statement on its Facebook account regarding an "uptick in sexual abuse and sexual assault cases" occurring in Kansas schools on Tuesday, March 1. The Facebook post, which can be viewed here, states that Kelly Durkin, the Executive Director of LifeHouse Child Advocacy Center, alerted Jackson County School [...]

Topeka (KSNT) - High-powered area schools Topeka West and Highland Park highlight sub-state basketball play on Tuesday night. Topeka West picked up a 78-46 win over Eisenhower as four Chargers reached double-figures, state-points-leader Elijah Brooks leading the charge with 27. Ketraleus Aldridge (27 points) and Juan'Tario Roberts (24 points) led Highland Park to a 78-65 [...]

FORT WORTH, Texas (KSNT) - KU men's basketball scored its lowest point-total since January. The Jayhawks lost to TCU, 74-64, Tuesday night. KU hasn't scored 64 or fewer points since Jan. 29 against Kentucky. Kansas (23-6, 12-4) and TCU traded the lead throughout the first half, and KU ended it up by one. With 18:25 [...]

Rossville (KSNT) - With the first day of meteorological spring kicking off Tuesday many farmers are having to make some difficult decisions when it comes to their crops. Specifically winter wheat. Winter wheat is one of three major crops for Kansas, with the other two being corn and soybeans. The planting season for winter wheat [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Shawnee County Parks and Recreation has announced that the Shunga Trail will be closed for construction at Gage Blvd. starting on March 7. A detour will be posted to direct pedestrians and bicyclists to use the rapid beacon flashing crosswalk on Gage Blvd. to the north of the entrance to Felker Park. [...]

NewsNation will air the full delivery and stream it live online at 9 p.m. EST. It will be followed by the GOP response by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa) and U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s progressive response on behalf of left-wing group Working Families Party.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Sales & Marketing Executives (SME) of Topeka, named Cody Foster 2021 Executive of the year. "Anytime you get one of these it's an honor," Foster said. "It allows me to shine a spotlight on the team. I have a great team at Advisors Excel and AIM Strategies that make me look [...]

AUBURN (KSNT) - An out-of-control burn in southwest Shawnee County led to a man's death. According to the Assistant Fire Chief in Auburn, at around 12:25 p.m. on Tuesday the fire department responded to a grass fire and a missing person call near a home in the 9200 block of Southwest 89th street. Firefighters say [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Shawnee County Public Health Department has announced that more than one in six children in Shawnee County were food insecure during 2019 in a newly released study. The report is titled, "Understanding Food Insecurity in Shawnee County" and was coordinated with the Shawnee County Farm and Food Advisory Council, Heartland Healthy [...]

TOPEKA, (KSNT)--- Former Kansas Highway Patrol troopers are speaking out after being fired from the department. Sean McCauley, an attorney representing a couple of troopers, who filed lawsuits claiming retaliation from the department, said that the cases are now moving forward in an interview Tuesday. "I think the retaliation is a seeming pattern of the [...]

Liberal squeaked out a victory in the annual International Pancake Day race on Tuesday.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The 5th annual Topeka St. Jude Dream Home is now under construction for 2022. The foundation, basement walls and floors have been poured and the framing is finished. The HVAC systems are roughed in, electrical work is completed, the exterior of the home has been painted and insulation and the water line [...]

Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will lose regular-season games.

TOPEKA (KSNT)- The MIAA men's basketball postseason awards are out and Washburn and Emporia State both had multiple players on the list. Tyler Geiman became the first player in Washburn history to receive All-MIAA First-Team. Emporia State's senior guard Tray Buchanan was also named All-MIAA First-Team. Buchanan led the conference in scoring this season, and [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Washburn and Emporia State's women's basketball teams both had players receiving honors in the 2022 conference postseason awards. The MIAA announced on Tuesday that ESU's sophomore guard Tre'Zure Jobe was named All-MIAA Second Team. Washburn senior guard Hunter Bentley was named All-MIAA Third Team. The Lady Hornets junior guard Karsen Schultz and [...]