Flash Flood Watch until 7am Saturday for the following counties: Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Marshall, Morris, Nemaha, Osage, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Republic, Shawnee, Wabaunsee and Washington. Storms Tuesday night were borderline severe with some heavy rain and hail. The action Wednesday night into early Thursday was heavier, the […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) — Dozens of people showed up Thursday night for a public hearing about the requested 2020 budget for Shawnee County. All of the night’s comments had to do with the parks and recreation department, where people voiced their support for an increased budget to do things like build new pickleball courts and […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) — Local kids got ready for school with the help of the Salvation Army and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Topeka Thursday. Each year, they host a back to school fair where they offer free backpacks, hair cuts and hygiene kits to students. Organizers saif they want kids to leave the […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) — Four Topeka teens will compete on a national stage at the Jr. NBA Global Championship in Orlando. At just 13 and 14 years old – they’ll be going up against some of the best basketball players in the world in the 14 and under division. Kiki Smith, Zoe Canfield, Brooklyn DeLeye […]
STEVENS CO., Kan. (KSNT) – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation arrested a man on Thursday in connection to the 2017 death of his one-year-old child. Jayden S. Silva, 18, was arrested by the KBI at his home in Hugoton for the suspected juvenile offenses of first-degree felony murder, and abuse of a child. His arrest […]
Joe Diffie was singing his hit Country songs at Prairie Band Casino and Resort Thursday evening. Diffie signed with Epic Records in 1990 and has charted 35 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. Five of which peaked at No. 1. A few of Joe’s hits include, John Deere Green, Prop Me Up Beside […]
Area Teachers and Educators were invited to a night out at the Kansas Museum of History on Thursday evening. The night Out event was sponsored by the Topeka Alliance of Museum Educators. Teachers from all the area schools were welcomed by over twenty museums and cultural venues in Topeka where they shared information about field […]
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Colorado authorities have located the body of teenager who was missing after being swept away by a river. The Aspen Daily News reports the 16-year-old girl was taken by the Roaring Fork River while swimming Wednesday. The girl’s body was located Thursday near the Devil’s Punchbowl, a popular summer recreation spot about nine […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – It’s August, so that means stores will soon be filled with people school shopping for supplies, clothes and even shopping for teachers. From rulers to pencils and even tissue, it’s time to fill up classrooms and kids supplies. The National Retail Federation estimates families will spend around $700 on clothes and […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A man received a guilty conviction Thursday in relation to a sex offense against a child, according to Shawnee County District Attorney, Mike Kagay. Gabriel Escobar, who was 38 at the time of the incident, was charged with aggravated indecent liberties of a child under the age of 14 for groping […]
