Новости за 04.03.2022

Kansas lawmakers, including Rep, Sharice Davids and Sen. Jerry Moran, react to a shooting at Olathe East High School.

LAWRENCE (KSNT) - A former officer with the Lawrence Police Department has been arrested Friday and accused of sex crimes on duty, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Agents with the KBI and Kansas Highway Patrol took Jonathan M. Gardner, 41, into custody around 8:15 a.m. at a Tonganoxie road intersection with Highway 40. [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Capital City Carnage is back at the Stormont Vail Events Center for the weekend. Friday morning, drivers and mechanics were prepping their cars for the evening carnage in Landon Arena. Cars were being tuned up and readied for the mandatory inspection before they can compete in the weekend event. The Capital [...]

Police are on scene at Olathe East High School after an Olathe school resource officer and administrator were shot, along with a student suspect.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A crash involving a FedEx truck on westbound I-70 in Topeka near the MacVicar Ave. exit caused a slow down for westbound lanes Friday morning. The right lane was closed as crews cleaned up the crash site. At 9:45 a.m. The Kansas Department of Transportation used Twitter to tell motorists the westbound [...]

Our winds will start to pick up from the south by this afternoon and last through Saturday. Wind gusts could be as high as 40mph, or so. That will send temperatures back into the middle 70s, maybe upper 70s. This will lead to an elevated fire danger for the area so burning is not advised. [...]

Republican State Senate President Ty Masterson has proposed that Kansas directly elect the state's Supreme Court justices in party elections.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Governor Laura Kelly's proposal to provide Kansans with a one-time tax rebate was struck down by the Kansas Senate on Thursday. Senate members voted 18-16 against the governor's executive order that she put forth earlier this year. The rebate would have given Kansas residents who filed their taxes as married in 2021 [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT)- A Topeka woman is fighting a tough battle for the second time but she's not giving up, no matter how long doctors say she will live. However, for this fight, she needs your help. At 37-years-old, Heather K. Hodges has gone through a lot in just one year. "Went through the first round [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka City Council is looking for input on determining social services eligibility for American Rescue Plan Act Funding. The public input session is being hosted by the Topeka City Council's Policy and Finance Committee and will be held on Wednesday, March 23, at 6 p.m. at the Holliday Building located at [...]

TOPEKA, (KSNT)--- Multiple plans to eliminate or reduce the state's food sales tax are floating through the legislature. None have made it to the floor for debate, despite lawmakers touting efforts on both sides of the aisle to get a plan passed this year. Kansas governor Laura Kelly emphasized her "Axe the Food Tax" plan [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Gloria Gaynor performed her 1970's era "disco" music Thursday evening at the Prairie Band Casino and Resort. Gaynor started her career with the Soul Satisfiers, a jazz and R&B music band, in the 1960s. Her first recording was She'll Be Sorry/Let Me Go Baby in 1965. She signed with MGM Records in [...]

A government official told The Associated Press that elevated levels of radiation were detected near the site of the plant, which provides about 25% of Ukraine's power generation. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information has not yet been publicly released.

TOPEKA, (KSNT)--- Kansas lawmakers, community members and Ukrainian students rallied at the statehouse on Thursday in support of Ukraine. Ukrainian students from the University of Kansas spoke at the event, sharing emotional and personal testimonies of Russia's invasion. "They want to wake up from this nightmare but this is their reality," Mykola Hordiichuk, a finance [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka 501 Public School Board has voted unanimously to remove mask mandates in its buildings and buses. The decision was made on Thursday night where the board agreed to follow the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Effective immediately, masks are now optional on school property and [...]

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Colorado Freedom Convoy is making its way through the state of Kansas on its way to Washington, D.C., to protest vaccine mandates. According to a Facebook post made by the Sherman County Sheriff's Office, the Colorado Freedom Convoy will be near the Kansas border around 4:45 p.m. and will be [...]

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. (KSNT) - A 13-year-old Topeka girl is back home safe after being taken to Georgia by a man she met in an online game, according to the Clayton County Police Department. Clayton County jail records show Howard L. Graham, 33, is being held on the following charges without bond set: Rape Statutory [...]

MANHATTAN (KSNT) - The Riley County Police Department has announced that an arrest has been made in connection to a February 2020 shooting that took place near Aggieville. Travell Hairston, 30, of Sacramento, California, was arrested in connection to the shooting on charges of first-degree murder. He was already confined in the Riley County Jail [...]

MANHATTAN (KSNT) - A large portion of Kimball Ave. in Manhattan will be closed as part of the next phase in the North Campus Corridor Project. According to the City of Manhattan, the project is slated to begin on March 7 and will see Kimball Ave. between College Ave. and Denison Ave. closed until late [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka High Theatre will open Fiddler on the Roof Friday evening in Hoehner Auditorium at Topeka High School at 7:00 p.m. As part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of THS, alumni will gather with the studentcast of the spring musical, “Fiddler on the Roof,” for a rousing rendition of the [...]

What We’re Tracking: Warm again through Saturday Scattered showers by the weekend Cool again next week Temperatures tonight will only drop into the upper 30s and lower 40s tonight with mostly clear skies and light easterly breezes. Our winds will start to pick up even more from the south by Friday and Saturday. That will [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Governor Laura Kelly has issued a declaration of disaster emergency on Thursday morning in response to wildfire potential in Kansas. This declaration is specific for Friday and Saturday later this week as the conditions for wildfires, strong winds, low relative humidity and an abundance of dry vegetation, are especially high according to [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A man has been sentenced in relation to a 2019 homicide case that left one woman dead in Topeka. Jeremy E. Lardner of Topeka was charged in relation to the death of Brandi Prchal on Nov. 1, 2019. On Jan. 5, 2022, Lardner entered a plea to second degree murder, aggravated robbery [...]