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Tickets for Sunflower Showdown Selling Fast
MANHATTAN, Kan. – With the start of fall camp right around the corner, K-State Athletics officials announced Tuesday tickets for the Dillons Sunflower Showdown against Kansas on October 26 are down to scattered singles and standing-room only. Tickets to the other five remaining home games are also selling quickly,...
Linda Woodland, mother of Gary Woodland, loves seeing grandkids come through TJGA City Jr. Championship
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Woodland family is no stranger to the junior golf circuit in Topeka. “We’ve been watching them for a long time and it’s kind of keeping going what we watched with the kids when in CJ and Gary were in high school and got to go to all their tournaments and everything and then Gary in college and now watching him on the PGA tour. It’s just evolved us being a golf family and we get to watch golf all the time,” Linda said.
Season-ending injury fuels Caplinger as he joins Washburn track program
It was supposed to be a senior year to remember for Caden Caplinger. Caplinger, who had won the state title in the pole vault his sophomore and junior years, was excited for a chance at a 3-peat. That chance, unfortunately, never came. A torn meniscus ended Caplinger’s senior track season...
Fiesta Topeka, a local tradition continues rain or shine
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Fiesta will be on rain or shine. The food and family that come with it are too valuable to abandon. Ronnie and Mary Lou Escobar have been cooking for Fiesta Topeka for over 40 years, and the community spirit has kept them coming back every time. “We’re not a rich community, […]
2 suffer smoke inhalation in SW Wichita fire
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Two people were taken to the hospital after a small fire at the MacArthur Place mobile home park Tuesday. Firefighters were called to 2101 W MacArthur Road around 5:30 p.m. They arrived to find light smoke coming from a mobile home and heavier smoke inside. Two...
Washburn men’s basketball coach Brett Ballard excited for exhibition against alma mater
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - In just a couple of months, Ballard and the Ichabods will face off against the Jayhawks. The last time these teams played each other was the 2018-2019 season. They will begin both of their seasons with an exhibition in Allen Fieldhouse. These type of games happen...
YMCA to be built on land donated by HRHS at 20th and Lorraine
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Greater Wichita YMCA and Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System (HRHS) announced Tuesday a partnership that will bring a new state-of-the-art Hutchinson YMCA facility to Reno County. The future 75,000-square-foot Y branch will be located on land donated by HRHS to the Y near the intersection of 20th Street and Lorraine; it will replace the Hutchinson Y’s current location at 716 E 13th Ave.
City will receive more in tax collections under 2025 budget
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson City Council on Tuesday approved notification of the Reno County Clerk that the city will exceed the Revenue Neutral Rate in its 2025 budget. "The city is proposing to keep the current mill levy flat," said Hutchinson City Manager Enrico Villegas. "With that, if...
High waters cause Clinton Lake closures; specialist offers safety tips
All but one boat ramp at Clinton Lake in addition to Bloomington Beach, where a young man died Saturday, are closed while crews balance high waters. “Higher water pools here mean reduced recreational opportunities as closures happen – but it’s flood damage reduction that becomes the most important mission locally,” said Hunter Young, natural resource specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Clinton Lake Project.
JoCo moving forward with hotel as new homeless shelter, wants cities to buy-in
After approving late last year a plan to spend $6 million in COVID relief funds to purchase the LaQuinta Inn at 95th Street and I-35 in Lenexa for a homeless shelter, the Johnson County Commission OK’d $60,000 as “seed money” to run the shelter for a year, and wants similar contributions from cities in the county.
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