TOPEKA (KSNT) - An inmate serving time for a first-degree murder conviction at the Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF) is dead Saturday. The TCF reports in a press release that Asa Hashanna Adams, 36, is dead on May 4. Staff found her unresponsive in her unit and began life-saving measures until emergency medical workers arrived. David [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – First responders are at the scene of a crash in southwest Topeka Saturday afternoon. Officers with the Topeka Police Department firefighters with the Topeka Fire Department are at the westbound I-470 on-ramp near the intersection of SW Gage Boulevard and SW Huntington Drive on May 4. Two vehicles, with one rolled onto [...]
The Baja California Attorney General’s Office on Friday confirmed a fourth body was found after authorities located the bodies of three missing surfers, including one U.S. citizen San Diego resident, who went missing during a surfing trip south of Ensenada, Mexico.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Biologists are making progress in studying one of Kansas' most elusive and mysterious nocturnal species. Flying squirrels may not be the first animal that comes to mind when thinking about the Sunflower State, especially given the abundance of prairie habitat. However, biologists have found them living in the state's few forested areas, [...]
A Norton Correctional Facility corrections supervisor has been arrested on a warrant from Nebraska.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Cinemagoers have the opportunity to celebrate this year's 'Star Wars' holiday by heading to movie theaters to catch the return of 'The Phantom Menace' on the big screen. You can celebrate this year's 'May the Fourth' by heading to your local movie theater to catch a screening of the first entry, chronologically, [...]
What We’re Tracking There is still light rain moving through the area this morning after some storms rolled through just after midnight. Temperatures are mild thanks to the rain as we start off in the 60s across the area. The rain should be out of here by the middle part of the morning, and mostly [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) — The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for several counties in northeast Kansas until Saturday morning. At 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 3, the NWS has issued severe thunderstorm watches for 28 Kansas counties, including seven in northeast Kansas. The watch will be in effect in the following counties [...]
WESTMORELAND (KSNT) - The tornado damage in Westmoreland doesn't appear to meet the threshold for federal aid, but three federal lawmakers representing the small community went to see for themselves. U.S. Representative Tracey Mann joined Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran on Friday, as they set foot in the recovering town. They all say they [...]
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - K-State football will be down a linebacker for the 2024-25 season. Upcoming junior Jake Clifton announced on social media Friday that he will putting his football career on "pause" to pursue a church missionary. "After much thought and prayer, I have decided to pause my career and serve a mission for the [...]
Topeka's West Ridge Mall is getting a new lease on life in 2024.
Context: The above video shows the extent of the tornado damage inflicted on the Westmoreland area. Originally published May 2, 2024. WESTMORELAND (KSNT) - Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt personally traveled to the town of Westmoreland to offer help to those who are putting their lives back together after a tornado ripped through the area [...]