Новости за 13.06.2022

TOPEKA (KSNT)- The Kansas City Chiefs are hosting a football event in Topeka at the end of June. The Chiefs, in partnership with Nike, will be hosting high school football teams at Washburn University on Friday, June 24. The event is part of the Chiefs '11-on' competition. They recently welcomed fans in Wichita for an [...]

LAWRENCE (KSNT) - The City of Lawrence will receive a $150,000 grant to help their local arts and culture community recover from the pandemic. The National Endowment for the Arts selected Lawrence to receive the American Rescue Plan grant which will help the city distribute $150,000 to eligible non-profit organizations. The NEA hopes the grant [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Washburn University men's basketball department is in full swing with summer camps for 2022. This all-day camp is for boys and girls going into grades 2 through 8. This camp features basketball fundamentals, skill development, leadership development, competition, and games. Campers were paired by age group and skill level. "Our basketball [...]

MANHATTAN (KSNT) - The Sunset Zoo in Manhattan is mourning the loss of Dempsey, a 21-year-old, gibbon Monday. Gibbons are small apes that live in tropical rainforests. In January of 2020, Dempsey was diagnosed with kidney disease. He was on daily medication and dietary changes to slow the disease but by January of 2022 the [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Two conditional use permits to use land in Shawnee County for solar farms went in front of the Shawnee County Commission Monday morning with two different results. The commissioners first considered 13.71-acre property located at 4306 SW Auburn Road in Mission Township. Representatives from Evergy spoke before neighbors who expressed concerns about [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Twenty-two years ago today two Topeka police officers were killed in a helicopter crash while on duty. Today, the Topeka Police Department remembers their legacies. Topeka Police Officers Charles Joseph Bohlender Jr. and Jeff William Howey were in a helicopter assisting ground officers in a search after burglary alarms were set off [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A former St. Jude patient is donating her time to held save the lives of children in the future. Her story begins 25 years ago when she was born with a congenital tumor on her arm. Summer was born with a rare tumor on her arm and her parents were told her [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A gunshot victim was taken to a local hospital Monday morning. The Topeka Police Department reported that at 5:15 a.m. on June 12 at a local hospital in Topeka a gunshot victim arrived in a privately owned vehicle. The gunshot victim's wounds were non-life-threatening. A follow-up investigation by TPD detectives confirmed that [...]

RILEY COUNTY (KSNT) - The extensive storm damage done in Riley County on June 11 was caused by straight-line winds and not a tornado, according to The National Weather Service of Topeka. Following further investigation, the NWST has determined that straight-line winds are what is responsible for a newly estimated $9.47million in damage to Riley [...]

(KSNT) - Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Bill Stepien has abruptly pulled out of an appearance before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. The panel says Stepien's Monday appearance was canceled due to a family emergency. Stepien was expected to be a witness as the panel delves deeper into what [...]

KANSAS (KSNT) - The man accused of the killing of a 9-year-old Eudora child during a hit and run crash just before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 14 at East 1900 Road and Kansas Highway 10 has been returned to Douglas County, Kansas. The girl's grandfather was injured during the hit and run. Nine-year-old Brooklyn [...]

WYANDOTTE COUNTY (KSNT) - A 2004 GMC Envoy traveling too fast for a curve in Wyandotte County Sunday evening ejected six of the eight occupants of the vehicle, killing one and leaving seven others with serious injuries, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that Sunday evening at 7:35 p.m. a [...]

HEAT ADVISORY - For the entire area from noon to 8pm today. A few showers and a couple thunderstorms moved through early this morning, leaving behind some cloud cover. That should clear out through the morning, giving way to sunshine later. Winds become breezy out of the south again today and tomorrow, and that will [...]

MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - There's a new author in town - K-State Director of Football Student-Athlete Development Joe Hall Jr. The former K-State running back is set to publish his first book, 'Pay for Play: High Stakes and Mental State' later this summer. Hall Jr. calls the book a "pseudo-autobiography," as it highlights his time [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT)- Topeka Golf Association's city match play concluded on Sunday with Topeka West grad Addison Alonzo taking home the win. Alonzo beat Matt Cooper by the 13th hole in Sunday's championship round. The Topeka native now plays golf for Hutchinson Community College. "It feels amazing. I haven't won in a few years, so it [...]

RILEY COUNTY (KSNT) - After a team's preliminary investigation into the severe weather damage, Riley County is estimated to have $9.7 million in damage as of Sunday night. The Riley County Appraiser's Office and Manhattan Fire Department's Risk Reduction Division assessed 41 residential and business properties on June 11, as a result of the storms [...]

What We’re Tracking: Quiet tonight Breezy and humid through the week Hot all week long After a few isolated showers earlier this afternoon, the rain did provided some strong wind gusts across portions of the area with reports up to 60 mph. These stronger winds will relax throughout the night and become more easterly through [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The traffic lights at the intersection of 29th and Wanamaker Road are down as of 4:04 p.m. on Sunday. The outage was first reported at 3:16 and Evergy is aware of the issue, according to dispatch. Topeka Police Department and the City of Topeka are on the scene.