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SAINT MARYS (KSNT) – The Saint Marys Police Department announced the death of one of their officers while on duty on Saturday. Officer Mark Lamberson died unexpectedly while on duty on July 2. Lamberson’s death is being investigated by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, but no foul play is suspected. More information will be released […]

ST. MARYS - A Sunday morning update from Saint Marys Chief of Police, Derek Cid, confirms Officer Mark Lamberson has passed away. Chief Sid says Lamberson passed away unexpectedly while on duty on July 2, 2022. Lamberson joined the Saint Marys Police Department in 2013, after having served with the...

Jace Ward had 1 goal when he died of a brain tumor a year ago: to make the path easier for others. A year later, his mother still pursues that dream.

LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - A 57-year-old Kansas man died Friday afternoon after his tire blew out, his truck rolled over and he was ejected in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in Lafayette County, MO. The deadly crash happened at 1:20 p.m. while Gary Fortner, of Holton, KS, was...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - 2022 marked 10 years since the Kansas Honor Flight was affiliated with the National Honor Flight and people were ready to pay their respects. Flight Coordinator Shawn Hornung says it took 29 months to get veterans back to Washington D.C. October 2021 was their first Honor Flight since the pandemic hit but they recently went to D.C. for the Honor Flight in April.

True Super Senior | 6-5 | 327 lbs. | Wamego, Kansas. Dawson Delforge (b. May 8, 2000) is a massive community college transfer who enrolled in time for spring practices and competed for a starting offensive guard position in 2020. He played in eight games — including a start at...

WAMEGO, Kan. (WIBW) - Former Wamego Police Chief Michael Baker will know whether or not he gets his job back in three days. No action was taken Friday morning at Baker’s appeal hearing. Baker and his wife arrived to Wamego City Hall shortly before the 9 a.m. meeting began, however his wife was not allowed to attend the actual hearing.

A group from Manhattan has rocked its way into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame. Crosswind, a band that was based in Manhattan in the 1970s and 1980s, will be inducted on July 30. The band played to crowds in Manhattan and around the region and still plays reunion shows to people who watched them more than 30 years ago.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – An appeal hearing Friday morning for former Wamego Police Chief Michael Baker went nowhere. Baker brought a witness to speak on his behalf, but the witness was only allowed to answer questions that were asked by the Wamego City Manager Stacie Eichem. The meeting, which lasted only 10 minutes, was then ended. […]

One person died Friday afternoon in a crash on eastbound Interstate 70 in Lafayette County, Missouri, near Bates City.

WAMEGO (KSNT) – Boomtown USA is right around the corner. The City of Wamego’s annual firework display draws visitors from all around. The volunteer team at Boomtown USA says it’s because they put on the best fireworks show in the state. This year, some worried the show wouldn’t go on because of COVID-related supply chain […]

An open house will give the Frankfort community a chance to weigh in on multiple designs for proposed future public bathroom facilities.

ST. MARY’S, Kan. (WIBW) - The Saint Marys Police Department released a statement Sunday morning saying officer Mark Lamberson unexpectedly passed away while on duty July 2. Officer Lamberson had been with the department since 2013. Prior to that, Lamberson worked for the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office as a jail deputy.

An Onaga woman is recovering following a Wednesday car crash near the Pottawatomie and Nemaha County line. Officials with the Kansas Highway Patrol say 58-year-old Delores Sauvage was northbound on Kansas Highway 63 shortly before 12:30 p.m. when her Cadillac Deville left the roadway to the east and struck a field entrance. The car reportedly went airborne before coming to rest on it’s front.

ATCHISON CO., Kan. (WIBW) - A Saint Marys, Kansas man has been sentenced to just under seven years in prison for his role in a burglary spree in 2020. Curt Vandevelde was found guilty on June 1 by a jury on all charges, which included aggravated battery of a residence, burglary of a motor vehicle, and three counts of theft.

LAFAYETTE COUNTY – An accident on I-70 in Lafayette County was fatal for a Holton, Ks. man Friday afternoon. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred as a Ford F250 driven by Gary K. Fortner, 57, experienced a tire blowout. Fortner was ejected from the truck as it traveled off the roadway and overturned.

Thursday’s edition of In Focus featured guests from Tuttle Creek Lake out of the Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks as well as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The show also featured a preview of the Wamego Fireworks Show on Monday. The first half of the program, Brandon...

St. Marys police officer Mark Lamberson passed away while on duty Saturday, July 2, according to a press release from Chief Derek Cid. “The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is leading the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Officer Lamberson's passing and will release any information they determine is necessary and relevant to public interest, however no foul play is suspected,” Cid said in the release, which was issued Sunday morning.