EMPORIA (KSNT) - One person is dead after getting hit by a semi truck on Interstate 35. Around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 30, Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) and officers with the Emporia Police Department (EPD) responded to a a call about a pedestrian who was struck by a truck tractor semi trailer in the southbound [...]
What We’re Tracking Starting off this morning with some cloud cover in Northeast Kansas. Much like what we saw yesterday, we will shed this cloud cover in the afternoon hours. Highs climb to the lower 50s and winds will be light making for a pleasant day today. Another cold front moves in on New Year's [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansans can expect to see a lower grocery bill starting Monday. For the second year in a row, taxes on food items at grocery stores will go down 2%. This is part of the "Axe the Food Tax" legislation Governor Laura Kelly signed in 2022. Starting Jan. 1, the state sales tax [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - As 2023 winds down, here's a look back at the top local stories of 2023: Abortion Vote Voters decided to allow abortions in Kansas, just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and paved the way for the issue to instead be governed by states. Homeless Issues Topeka [...]
STILLWATER, Okla. (KSNT) - Former Frankfurt High School standout and K-State women's basketball alum Emilee Ebert will finish her basketball career in a different state. Ebert is using her "COVID year" of remaining eligibility to play for Oklahoma State for the rest of the 2023-24 season, the team announced on Friday. She played a lot [...]
Police were initially treating Kimberlee Singler as a victim in the investigation. Now, they've issued a warrant for her arrest.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A Topeka man's remains are destined for the stars after his life was tragically cut short in a murder-suicide in 2022. His sister, Audrey White, discovered a service to send his ashes into space on the upcoming Deep Space Voyager mission. On March 21, 2022, dispatchers from Jackson County received a call [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - You can watch the sky light up in downtown Dallas when the clock hits midnight as part of the Lone Star NYE celebration this Sunday. KSNT News spoke to Reunion Tower Director of Business Development and Communications Gregg Elkin and Pyrotechnical Director of Design Matt Peterson about the NYE festivities. This year [...]
