Новости за 05.03.2022

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Shawnee County spelling Bee was held Saturday at the Washburn Rural High School auditorium. "Due to some circumstances, the spelling bee was in trouble of being canceled. The District came to us and asked us to help out. We wanted to make sure the kids had a chance to compete. We [...]

What We’re Tracking: Warm & windy today Scattered showers possible Cool again next week Temperatures today will soar into the middle to upper 70s with strong winds continuing to push in from the South. Partly cloudy skies are expected for the first half of the day with clearing skies later this afternoon with the passage [...]

KANSAS CITY (KSNT) - Washburn men's basketball defeated Emporia State for the third time this season on Friday night and this one carried extra value. The 88-81 win advances the Ichabods to the MIAA tournament semi-finals. WU is hoping for two more wins to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The game was [...]

RUSH COUNTY (KSNT) - Multiple people were arrested by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation in regards to the murder of a Rush County man in January 2022. According to the KBI, special agents arrested two people in connection to the murder of 61-year-old Leslie Randa. Jennifer Page Stipe, 48, and Darin Lee McBee, 58, both [...]

EMPORIA (KSNT) - An Emporia man died from his injuries on Friday which he sustained after the vehicle he was driving was hit by a train on Tuesday, March 2. The Emporia Police Department confirmed that John H.F. Burton died Friday. On Wednesday emergency crews went to a reported train crash at the Market Street [...]

(KSNT) -- Highlights and scores from Friday’s high school basketball action on Full Court Press. BOYS TOPEKA WEST 73ANDOVER 59 HIGHLAND PARK 89PIPER 52 DESOTO 50SHAWNEE HEIGHTS 37 GIRLS WASHBURN RURAL 47MANHATTAN 27 SILVER LAKE 55JEFFERSON WEST 53 MCPHERSON 43ROCK CREEK 38 TOPEKA HIGH 67LIBERAL 46 WAMEGO 53HOLTON 26 NEMAHA CENTRAL 42HIAWATHA 33 SANTA FE [...]

Officials have identified the school resource officer injured Friday in a shooting at Olathe East High School.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Police Department announced on Friday it arrested a man on multiple charges related to drugs, stolen property and weapon possession. Members of the TPD Narcotics Unit served a search warrant in the 300 block of Southwest Tyler Street as part of an ongoing investigation. During the search, officers found methamphetamine, [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Capital City Carnage is back at the Stormont Vail Events Center for the weekend. Friday night's derby heats saw thrills, spills and excitement in Landon Arena. The Capital City Carnage is one of the largest indoor demolition derbies in the United States. The derby consists of 4 man teams with a [...]

MANHATTAN (KSNT) - How has the state of Kansas been affected by the Ukrainian conflict? Kansas State University is working to explain part of that question. K-State will be holding a 'mini-conference' next week that will be exclusively focused on talking about the ramifications of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and how that will [...]

Former Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere was sentenced to 6 years in prison Friday.

Hundreds of Olathe families are happy to be reunited after a frantic day. Three people, including the suspect, were shot at Olathe East High School.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topekans who regularly use the city's select brand of e-scooters have been left wondering where they all went, but the company behind them has an explanation. When KSNT News looked on the Bird app Friday evening, it showed only five Bird scooters available in Topeka all placed in the west portion of [...]

MANHATTAN (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Agriculture is encouraging poultry owners to take additional steps to protect their flocks from avian influenza. This comes from the KDA's Division of Animal Health and concerns both commercial and backyard flocks. Owners are being told to monitor their birds for symptoms of avian influenza and by implementing [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Kansas Highway Patrol brought up discussion regarding one of its free programs after a Friday shooting at Olathe East High School. The KHP's Kansas Active Shooter Mitigation Course teaches awareness and training on those threats. The presentation is free for those interested. It covers previous active shootings, what law enforcement has [...]

LAWRENCE (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced that patching work will be conducted on a highway in Lawrence. KDOT described the work they'll be conducting on Facebook, where they said that motorists will need to be aware of patching work being done by maintenance crews on the Clinton Parkway overpass bridge on [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Kansas Truckers for Freedom Convoy passed through Topeka on Thursday on their way to Washington D.C. The convoy was organized to protest vaccine mandates and to show support for re-opening the country by "lifting all mandates and ending the state of emergency" related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to protest government [...]

FORT RILEY (KSNT) - A new defensive weapon system could be coming to Fort Riley soon, courtesy of the U.S. Army. The 1st Infantry Division of Fort Riley announced on Friday that the U.S. Army is seeking public comment on its environmental study for a possible site for new air defense units. Government agencies, Native [...]

What We’re Tracking: Warm & windy Saturday Scattered showers by the weekend Cool again next week Tonight stays mild with that strong southerly wind and cloudy skies. Expect temperatures to only dip into the middle 50s. Winds will continue out of the south for Saturday as temperatures stay in the middle 70s to start out [...]