Category Archives: Local News
New Topeka Panda Express ready to open
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A new Panda Express is opening Friday in Topeka. You can find it in north Topeka at 801 NW 25th St. This is the Capital City's second location, and the first with a drive-thru. Panda E...
Oct 30, 2025
$12.1 million grant works to support health care in rural Kansas
KANSAS (KSNT) - The University of Kansas Health System's Care Collaborative and Medical Center announced new initiatives to create specialty care delivery networks to increase access in rural communit...
Oct 30, 2025
Food drive set for government workers, active military in central Kansas
OGDEN (KSNT) - A local food bank is stepping up to help government employees and military personnel who are suffering from shortages amid the shutdown. Federal employees in Kansas are about to go an e...
Oct 30, 2025
Jefferson County teen hospitalized in highway crash
JEFFERSON COUNTY (KSNT) - A 17-year-old from Ozawkie is hospitalized following a crash in Jefferson County Thursday morning. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred around 7:50 a.m. on Oc...
Oct 30, 2025
What Kansas counties are open to new wind energy projects?
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - Researchers at the University of Kansas have created a new resource identifying which counties may be open to new opportunities for generating wind energy. KU announced in a recent p...
Oct 30, 2025
Topeka house lights up neighborhood for Halloween
One Topeka family is bringing the community together this Halloween. For the past 21 years, Greg and Linda Laird have opened their Potwin Neighborhood home to family, friends and neigbhors, trying to ...
Oct 30, 2025
Topeka West Charger Band lights up the night sky
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka West Charger Band lit up the night sky at Hummer Sports Park with their annual light show. The ensemble's annual light show dates back to 1993. It's an opportunity for the b...
Oct 29, 2025
New K-State program could help with shortage of special education teachers in Kansas
TOPEKA (KSNT) - As school districts throughout the state of Kansas struggle to find qualified special education teachers, a new program is being offered by Kansas State University that could help get ...
Oct 29, 2025
Northeast Kansas organizations meet to discuss SNAP relief plans
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Local organizations plan to team up to help families who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Plan (SNAP). According to the Kansas Department of Children and Families, over 8,300 ...
Oct 29, 2025
Former Kansas Poet Laureate to discuss new memoir at Topeka library
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Former Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg will be reading from her new memoir and answering questions from readers at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. Mirriam-G...
Oct 29, 2025
