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Storm Track 3 Forecast: A pleasant Friday, severe storms return this weekend
Waking up cool across Kansas, temperatures in the 50s and 60s to start. A couple of showers in western Kansas will continue to drift south and east through the morning, but rain will not be a major factor for our Friday. Highs today range from the low 80s to the...
Veteran Salute: Purple heart veteran lead others for 30 years
WESTMORELAND (KSNT) – Deploying across Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond, Lieutenant Colonel Erich Campbell continued to improve and push his leadership abilities across three decades in the armed forces. Serving today as a Magistrate Judge for Kansas’s Second Judicial District, Judge Campbell leads with 30 years of military experience in his pocket. “Leadership is born […]
Road opens after multi-vehicle crash on I-70
Update 6 p.m.: Topeka police say all I-70 eastbound lanes are open, and traffic conditions have returned to normal. TOPEKA (KSNT) – A multi-vehicle crash has reduced rush hour traffic on I-70 to one lane. Just before 4 p.m. Friday, July 5, the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) and the Topeka Police Department (TPD) responded to […]
Capital City Chorus gives music legends a four-part makeover
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Songs of some of the nation’s most legendary performers get a four-part makeover. The Capital City Chorus is borrowing from the songbooks of people like Elvis, Dolly, Aretha and the Beach Boys for their Sunday concert. Chorus members Greg Hedges and Roy Sullivan visited Eye...
Crews respond to mobile home fire on July 4th in Topeka
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Crews responded to a mobile home fire on Thursday, July 4 in Topeka, Kan. The Topeka Fire Department officials said crews responded to a reported mobile home fire just before 10 p.m. on Thursday at 1919 SE Adams St. in Topeka. Upon arrival, officials said firefighters...
City of Topeka offers tips on safe fireworks disposal
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The City of Topeka staff want to wish everyone a ‘Happy Fourth of July’ but to remember to dispose of fireworks properly for the sake of wildlife and the environment. Fireworks contain metals, nitrates, sulfur, and other types of chemicals. Once families are done...
Topeka celebrates Independence Day with neighborhood parades
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Fourth of July festivities began bright and early in College Hill. The neighborhood’s annual Independence Day parade began at 10 A.M at Boswell Square Park. Those marching in the parade included the Kansas National Guard, Topeka Police Department, the local Boy Scout troop, and more.
Grace Cathedral’s Independence Day service returns
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A patriotic tradition returned to Topeka today for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. For more than 15 years, families enjoyed starting their independence day at Grace Cathedral. This year, the patriotic music returned to celebrate the local community, and the country as a whole.
Kansas man seriously injured after Missouri boating accident on Fourth of July
WARSAW, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas family’s boating trip ended with serious injury on the Fourth of July after one man was hit by a propeller at Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that just before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, emergency crews were called to mile marker 36 on the Osage arm of Lake of the Ozarks with reports of a boating accident.
A nice night for fireworks
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - As we head into the evening hours of Independence Day, it’s looking like most of our region will stay dry this evening. There exists a slight chance of storm development southeast of the KS Turnpike between 6 and 8 PM, but that narrow window will be closing just as the sun begins to set. Conditions are much cooler and drier for the next 8 days.
Not with a bang but a whimper: Lawrence drone show never takes off
With storms in the forecast for Wednesday, one might have thought the weather would be the biggest concern for the drone show planned for Lawrence’s Summerfest. Rather, apparent network issues rained on the crowd’s parade as the dozens of tiny flying machines never took to the sky. The...
Spirit of Kansas car show cancelled, other Fourth of July festivities still a go
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Spirit of Kansas car show at Lake Shawnee is cancelled, but the fun isn’t. Shawnee County Parks and Rec (SCPR) has a day full of fun planned with the Spirit of Kansas for Independence Day, but one activity is getting the boot. A spokesman with SCPR told 27 News the car […]
NE Kansas firework shows brings visitors from thousands of miles away
JUNCTION CITY (KSNT) – This Fourth of July in Wamego, 12,000 lbs. of fireworks will be shot off in just 30 minutes. Efren Perez is an Uber Driver in Las Vegas, NV. He and his family travelled more than 1,200 miles to see the fireworks display in Wamego, also known as Boomtown, USA. “Through my […]
Police DUI crash into house put Kansas man in jail
COWLEY COUNTY— A Kansas man was arrested after a crash into a home just before 10p.m. Wednesday in Cowley County. According to Arkansas City Police, a vehicle driven by 22-year-old Anthony Perez-Hernandez had gone through the stop sign at the intersection of North 2nd Streed and Kansas Avenue in Arkansas City and collided with the home in the 200 Block of W. Kansas Avenue.
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