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TOPEKA (FOX 43) – Two of the scholar athletes featured in our Scholar Athlete of the Week Program have been recognized with $2,500 scholarship checks. Kansas 811 gave $2,500 to Isabelle Haggard, a recent Washburn Rural graduate and tennis standout. She graduated in the top 10% of her class and will attend the University of […]

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Gov. Laura Kelly has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to quickly decide whether she has the power to file lawsuits on behalf of the state, a question that’s taken on new urgency as sh…

LAWRENCE (AP) — No. 24 Kansas will be without standout freshman Darryn Peterson for a tournament in Las Vegas next week, coach Bill Self said Friday. The nation’s top recruit and potentially the to…

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old Topeka man with murder in the hit-and-run death of 36-year-old Amber Kirk in North Topeka. Police said Kirk was hit just before 6 p.m. Saturday at Topeka and Paramore in North Topeka. She was taken to the hospital, where she died. Police arrested Sultan Andemichael, 18. Prosecutors […]

Seneca priest killing suspect headed to state hospital Posted: Updated: Gary L. Hermesch during his first court appearance on April 4.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Topeka police have arrested a 16-year-old Topeka boy for murder. Police said the teen killed Kingston Scott, 16, of Topeka. Scott was shot Nov. 22 in the area of 37th and Adams and died at the hospital. The suspect was arrested for: The arrest came one day after The Youth Peace and […]

Gary Hermesch is accused of shooting Father Arul Carasala on April 3 outside Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas will have a new chief justice of the state Supreme Court following a stroke suffered by current Chief Justice Marla Luckert, the court announced Friday. Justice Eric Rosen wi…

Chief Justice Marla Luckert will resign as chief justice but remain on the court as an associate justice.