Topeka police are asking for tips to help them find Nassir Gill, 19, of Topeka, whom they said is a “person of interest” regarding their investigation into the June 21 shooting death of Brian M. Wright Jr. Police made public a photo of Gill, whom they said stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – For the past 30 years, the Sacred Circle Spiritual Center has hosted a spirit, mind, and body fair. But Sunday, June 30, was the first one in their new location at the West Ridge Mall. The fair was filled with vendors doing readings, massages and selling home goods, jewelry, incense and more. […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A local mother says things could have ended much worse after she hit a deer on I-70 with her infant son in the backseat. Topekan Billie Fox was traveling home from Council Grove in the early evening of Friday, June 21. She was driving through Wabaunsee County when she noticed a deer […]
Strike a pose and snap a photo at Topeka’s most Instagrammable location. An organization recently named the Topeka Zoo the eighth most Instagrammable place in Kansas. Each year, Symphony in the Flint Hills is held in Kansas. The Flint Hills were considered the most Instagrammable place in Kansas. Top 10 most Instagrammable places in Kansas […]
Topeka police late Tuesday afternoon identified Steven D. Warden, 43, of Topeka, as the homicide victim fatally shot late Monday in the area of S.W. 13th and Western Avenue. No arrests had been made. Officers were called about 9:30 p.m. Monday to the scene, where they found one person suffering from a gunshot wound, said […]
Nine-year-old Zerick I. Ozuna was a master at playing the card game Uno, often beating his teachers and providing his friends strategies for winning, said Farley Elementary School principal Katie Sonderegger. “He truly held a special place in the hearts of many of our students and staff members,” she wrote in a message Auburn-Washburn USD […]
A Topeka woman was taken into police custody Thursday after her 9-year-old son was found dead in her home, according to authorities. Shyla M. Goracke, 29, was taken into custody in relation to the death of her son, according to the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office. Goracke is currently at a local hospital. The Shawnee County […]
A Shawnee County District Court judge on June 13 found Joshua Garcia guilty as a juvenile of crimes linked to a March 2023 Topeka shooting death, said Katie Garceran, public information officer for the office of Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay. Garcia was adjudicated as being guilty of reckless but unintentional second-degree murder and […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The 2024 Kansas primary is closing in and you may have started seeing political ads on TV or online. Soon, you’ll start seeing those political signs in people’s yards. June 21 is when Kansans are able to start placing political signs in their yards, but there are certain rules you’ll have to […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Although the holiday isn’t until June 19, people in Topeka began celebrating the Juneteenth holiday early. From noon until 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, the Hilcrest Community Center and Park was hosted the Topeka Family and Friends Juneteenth celebration. Kansas Corporation Commission host hearing about potential gas bill increases June 19, […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Road work in Topeka is raising some safety concerns. The construction project at Southwest 29th Street and Southwest Topeka Boulevard has some frustrated drivers to ignoring the detour route and cutting through parking lots. Businesses in the area say both employees and customers have literally had to dodge cars that were tearing […]
Owner Chris Payne announced Friday he’s begun auctioning off the Topeka properties that formerly served as the site of Heartland Motorsports Park. The online-only auction runs through July 17 at Land Auction | Heartland Motorsports Park, Payne said in a news release. “A rare opportunity awaits those seeking prime real estate in the growing market […]