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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries among people 65 and older in the state according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment–but these injuries are preventable. Governor Laura Kelly proclaimed the week of Sept. 23 – 27 as Kansas Falls...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Crews were responding to a two-vehicle crash during rush-hour Friday morning in southwest Topeka. The crash was reported around 8:06 a.m. Friday near S.W. 29th Street and Westport Road. Police at the scene told 13 NEWS that a vehicle that had been traveling south on Westport...

TOPEKA (KTMJ) – Fox 43 AM Live’s Ely Millard spoke to Brandon Hogan with Electrical Specialists and Brian Green with Allstate Insurance about storm damage and how best to prepare for it, and if necessary, deal with the aftermath. Watch the video above to get the full story. For more local news, click here. Keep up […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - You can take a step back in time in Meriden this weekend with their fall festival and swap meet. It’s the 46th year for the event. Lisa Cain and Merlyn Mahoney from the Meriden Antique Engine & Threshers Assoc. visited Eye on NE Kansas to share the details.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A celebration of Topeka’s art and community returns to central Topeka this weekend. It’s the 19th annual Aaron Douglas Art Fair. Yanfei “Effie” Gao is this year’s featured artist. She visited Eye on NE Kansas with committee member April Neff. The...

Longtime Kansas head coach Bill Self has constructed one of the best rosters in America. Rich Cirminiello provides a projection of the Jayhawks' two-deep depth chart.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Firefighters with Topeka’s Fire Engine #7 responded to more calls than any other unit in Kansas last year, according to Firehouse Magazine’s Run Survey. Topeka’s Engine 7 made 3,792 runs alone in 2023, according to Firehouse Magazine. The Topeka Fire Department (TFD) overall responded to a record number of calls last year. […]

It involves “smishing” — text messages that ask you to pay for tolls, but the texts come from a scammer.

GARDNER EDGERTON (3-0) AT LAWRENCE (2-1) Gardner Edgerton enters this game with a perfect record, but the reigning 6A champs finished last week's game right on the edge of that not being the case. The Trailblazers pulled out a 28-27 road win against Shawnee Mission Northwest. Trailblazers running back Syre Padilla broke off a 45-yard touchdown to put his team up 28-21 with less than three minutes left to play, only for Shawnee Mission Northwest senior Tyler West to follow up with a 98-yard return touchdown on the ensuing kickoff. But instead of tying the game back up, an unsportsmanlike penalty after the touchdown led to a missed extra point, allowing Gardner Edgerton to run out the clock on its next possession. Gardner Edgerton had a 49-27 win over Shawnee Mission North and 66-44 win over Choctaw (Okla.) in the first two weeks of the season. Padilla has 495 rushing yards on 7.2 yards per carry and six touchdowns. Powell matched Padilla in the latter category while adding another 249 rushing yards. Powell also has 107 passing yards with two passing touchdowns to one interception. Porter Swaim is averaging 13.2 yards per carry on his 239 rushing yards with four rushing touchdowns while Richard Vanlerberg has 198 rushing yards at 18 yards per carry with two rushing touchdowns. On defense, the Trailblazers have four takeaways across the first three games, which matches the team’s own giveaways so far. Last year the team not only had a bunch of takeaways, but quite a few were returned for defensive touchdowns. Hezekiah Newman led the team with 95 tackles, including 69 of those solo and three tackles for loss. Newman also has four pass deflections, which puts him just one behind Jordin Epting for the team lead. Josh Jamison has three sacks and nine tackles for loss, both of which lead the team. Nate Matlack leads the team in quarterback pressures with 25. Lawrence answered each of Olathe North’s first three touchdowns in their Week 3 match-up before the Eagles put a stop to that in the fourth quarter. After Olathe North scored a rushing touchdown to go up 28-21 with six minutes to go, junior Sam Simmons intercepted his second pass of the night and took it back for a pick six to give his team a comfortable lead. Lawrence senior quarterback Banks Bowens threw two of his three touchdowns in the game as his team tried and failed to overcome the two-touchdown margin. Bowens threw for 413 yards in the game, pushing him to 1,000 passing yards with 13 passing touchdowns to three interceptions in just three games. He also has 380 rushing yards and three touchdown runs. Junior running back Tahj Edwards has rushed for 361 rushing yards and five total touchdowns. Junior wide receiver Jaxon Becker has 298 receiving yards and five touchdown receptions this season, although senior wide receiver Gabe Wingerd let the team with 136 receiving yards against Olathe North. Junior linebacker Joshua Galbreath has 34 tackles this season, finishing just one tackle in the Week 2 Junction City game away from hitting double-digit tackles in all three games. After racking up nine tackles for loss and three sacks over the first two games, Galbreath only had 0.5 tackles for loss against the Eagles. He won’t get too many chances to add to his sack numbers, but a return to disrupting plays in the backfield will be key for the Lions to slow down Gardner Edgerton’s offense this week. Gardner Edgerton holds a 3-2 lead in the all-time series, which includes a two-game win streak heading into this game. The Trailblazers won 35-6 in Week 6 last season.

Nick Chiles, a prominent Black Topeka newspaper editor in the early 1900s, is buried at Topeka's Mount Auburn Cemetery. So are Negro Leagues baseball player and manager "Topeka Jack" Johnson and former slave Sylvia Harris, who was reported to be 115 years old when she died in 1928, says the the form submitted...

Criminal trespassing charges for three University of Kansas student protesters who were arrested on campus in May have been dismissed. The students had been protesting with a student organization, KU Students for Justice in Palestine, on May 9. Sam Allison-Natale, executive director of Kansas Holistic Defenders, was one of the...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The City of Topeka has chosen a location for a new fleet services garage. Documents provided with the governing body’s Oct. 8 preliminary agenda detail plans to move it to an existing garage facility on Mainline’s property at SW Croix and S. Kansas Ave.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (KCTV) - A rolling shootout that was the result of an attempt to burglarize a rural Kansas property has led to prison time for one man. Leavenworth County, Kansas, Attorney Todd Thompson says that on Wednesday, Sept. 25, a local judge sentenced Benjamin A. McGee, 39, to prison for his part in a rolling shootout and police chase. He was sentenced to:

As the sun set into the horizon at Rim Rock Farm on Sept. 6, life at the farm was at its high as coach Steve Heffernan and his cross country team held their annual overnight campout — a tradition that blends season preparation with team bonding. The campout helps...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Crews responded early Friday to a report of a grass fire in Central Park. The fire was reported at 5:04 a.m. Friday on the east side of the park, near the 1300 block of S.W. Clay. There were no immediate reports of damage associated with the...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas wildlife officials will be meeting early next month for discussions of hunting regulations impacting antelope, elk, deer and more. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) announced in a press release on Friday, Sept. 27 that it will be holding a commission meeting at noon on Thursday, Oct. 3 at […]

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Fall is here, winter is near and now’s the time to prepare your home for the elements. “One who wants to work out in the cold. Number two, most of the stuff you put on needs to be above freezing for it to heal well and do the job,” Waters Hardware manager Joe Stickles said.

TOPEKA - The Kansas State High School Activities Association has announced school classifications for 2024-25. The classifications take effect immediately and effect all activities except football. There are no changes in Class 6A or 5A. Topeka-Hayden will drop from Class 4A to Class 3A. Belle Plaine, Garden Plain, Mound City-Jayhawk...

Listen in at 7am and 5pm for the text keywords and text in to our Dog Day Afternoon textline. All week, September 30-October 4 is your chance to win four tickets to Boo at the Zoo. Ghosts, goblins and ghouls – friendly ones at that – are about to take...

The Lancers defeated the Lawrence Lions by winning their first and last two sets on Tuesday, Sept. 24. In the first set, the Lancers won 25 – 20. The Lancers fell in the second set 12 – 25. SM East came back winning the third and fourth sets, 25 – 18 and 25 – 22. To conclude, Lancers defeated the Lions 3 – 1.