Alyssa Willetts
Morning Anchor
Topeka, Kan.
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I am a recent college graduate from Oklahoma Wesleyan University where I got my degree in Film. I moved to Topeka from Oklahoma City and took the Morning Producer/MMJ position at WIBW News 13.
I played soccer all through college and am a sports fanatic. Growing up I always knew I wanted to be on camera, and later on I discovered my love for storytelling.
I love meeting new people and helping them communicate and share their stories with the world. I am a huge dog lover, enjoy exploring new places, and slightly obsessed with Christmas.
I am excited to start my career in Northeast Kansas, and I look forward to meeting and interacting with our viewers.
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A husband and wife realtor duo in Topeka are collecting donations for a local food bank.
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The Topeka community made a big splash Saturday to raise money for Special Olympics athletes.
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Dr. Jerry Farley shook hands with his last class of Ichabod graduates Saturday. He is set to retire in September.
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the driver of a delivery-style van that left the scene of an accident that injured a 9-year-old girl.
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The University of Kansas is delaying its commencement ceremony on Sunday due to the threat of severe weather.
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A man that was ejected from his pickup truck in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning north of Meriden has died.
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Fireworks stands will open next month in Shawnee County.
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Bradley's Corner Cafe is open Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Tuesday through Saturday 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is located at 844 N. Kansas Ave.
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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of an Allen County man as a homicide.
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A storm that hit Shawnee County Friday night uprooted several trees in Auburn Cemetery.
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The Topeka Police Department is investigating after a car hit a pedestrian Saturday night.
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In honor of Second Chance Month, Mirror, Inc Topeka's Residential Re-entry Center has asked local artist, Jason Riedel, to paint a mural inside one of their buildings.
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A controversial decision to approve a new AT&T cell tower in Mission Township has some residents in the area upset.
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A fire that broke out on Wednesday in Riley Co. is now 90% contained after 2,000 acres burned overnight.
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The Shawnee County Department of Corrections is being recognized for helping connect inmates with mental illness to the right treatment programs and services.
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The University of Kansas men’s basketball team has made plans to return to the Sunflower state Tuesday afternoon.
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Free COVID testing will continue in Shawnee Co. after Shawnee co. Commissioners unanimously approved the health department’s plans for a drive-thru testing site.
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Three months after opening its “puppy pumps,” Haag Oil is donating over a thousand dollars raised to a Topeka animal shelter.
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Researchers at Kansas State University have found feeding cattle industrial hemp can have several benefits on their welfare.
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Hell Rayzor’s Roadhouse recently opened a second location in Herington.
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A woman was killed Saturday after her car collided head-on with a semi truck on US-50 highway in Chase County.
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A substitute bill has made it through the Kansas Senate that protects doctors pursuing potentially dangerous treatments for COVID-19, like Ivermectin.
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An Ottawa man was taken to the hospital Thursday morning after accidentally shooting himself.
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The Riley County Police Department is investigating an apartment fire Thursday morning in Manhattan as arson.
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The nonprofit formed a partnership with Washburn Rural High School to help build new homes that will go up in the Hi-Crest neighborhood.
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A statewide survey reveals Kansans back legislation to grant patients access to see Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs).
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Stand-up comedian, Tom Segura, is pledging $10,000 in donations to an LGBTQ+ organization after a church group held signs in protest outside his comedy show in Topeka.
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The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis opened its first urgent care in east Topeka Wednesday morning.
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A Hiawatha man is behind bars following a Brown County search warrant.
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The Kansas Attorney General has filed motions in Wyandotte County to dismiss two challenges to the congressional redistricting map, after the Kansas Supreme Court refused to dismiss them.
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IHOP is collecting donations to support Children’s Miracle Network with local dollars going to Stormont Vail Health.
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Two people were able to safely evacuate a burning home in Manhattan Thursday night.
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All measures improved in the latest Shawnee County COVID-19 Indicator Report.
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Democratic state officials sat down Wednesday to discuss what they call inaction in the investigation into the high natural gas prices following last February’s extreme winter cold.
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$3 of every Big Box sold will go to Kansas Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Shawnee County, which matches at-risk youth with an adult mentor.
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A Topeka man was arrested Wednesday after he reportedly broke into several vehicles on the lot of a car dealership.
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Shawnee County has fallen out of the high zone on the COVID-19 Community Indicator Report for the first time in 7 weeks.
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The Concordia Police Department arrested two people after one of them fired a shot at officers during a police chase Wednesday through the city.
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Two Topekans were arrested Thursday after a deputy found drugs in their vehicle during an overnight traffic stop.
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According to the latest COVID-19 Community Indicator Report, Shawnee County is continuing its downward trend in weekly new cases and percent of positive tests.
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About 85% of Americans will gift chocolate and candy this Valentine’s Day, according to the National Confectioner’s Association.
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Harvesters Community Food Network will be distributing free food Tuesday morning.
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The Shawnee County Health Department reports a drop in new coronavirus cases and the percent of positive tests.
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A Clay Center teen that went missing Saturday has been found safe.
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The Shawnee County Health Department reports that for the third week in a row the county has set records for new coronavirus cases and the percent positivity rate.
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Shawnee County has again set a new record for the number of coronavirus cases and the percent of positive tests, according to the latest Community Indicator Report.
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A Topeka man was bound over for trial Tuesday for the killing of an infant in a wrong-way head-on crash in March 2021.
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A teen was arrested Monday night after leading a Shawnee County sheriff’s deputy on a chase.
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The Kansas Department of Health & Environment said it will no longer do contact tracing for COVID-19 come February.
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It is a celebration over a century in the making for a very special lady in Alma. So special, the city named January 13th in her honor.