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TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Stormont Vail Event Center is coming off a busy weekend, hosting multiple events and thousands of people. So, what does it take to change a football field into a graduation ceremony in less than 12 hours? The event center hosted high school graduations for Seaman, Shawnee Heights and Washburn Rural. Less […]

The Stormont Vail Events Center concession stands in Landon Arena, Exhibition Hall, and Domer Arena will be going fully cashless beginning Tuesday, April 4.

John Cantrell: "Theyve got a lot more experience than me. Theyre better boxers, better fighters. But theyre not going to out-train me."

This year is expected to bring Topekas Combat Air Museum its best attendance in a decade.

The Shawnee County Commission on Monday authorized a sand dredging operation for which they granted permit last February to nearly double in size.

Shawnee County Commission approved a request by parks and rec to solicit bids to replace the Gage park mini train. Replacement still a possibility.

Conditions during the recent Blizzard Bash Demolition Derby created an "eyesore" in an overflow grass parking lot on the east side of Stormont Vail Events Centers campus, near S.W. Topeka Boulevard, general manager Kellen Seitz acknowledged at Mondays Shawnee County Commission meeting.

The process of renovating the Stormont Vail Events Center has essentially come to a close as 10 years of work has mostly been completed. Kellen Seitz, general manager of the Stormont Vail Event’s Center for Spectra Venue Management, said work is 99% complete — all that remains is landscaping delayed by the recent rainy weather. “This was long overdue,” said Shawnee County commissioner Kevin Cook at Thursday’s commission meeting. “This gives us a completely new facility to be able ...

Hank Williams Jr. is headlining a reopening celebration at the Stormont Vail Events Center July 10