Category Archives: Local News
YMCA of Topeka hosts ‘Trunk or Treat’
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The YMCA of Topeka hosted a 'Trunk or Treat' event tonight for families within the community. Families at the event could grab candy from decorated cars, play games and participate in ...
Amy Acevedo 9h ago
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library offers sensory inclusive items
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library is now certified sensory inclusive. The library offers sensory bags for anyone to use, including fidget toys, noise-canceling headphones, d...
Amy Acevedo 9h ago
Silver Lake holds Harvest Home celebration
SILVER LAKE (KSNT) - A local community is celebrating a nearly century-long tradition this October. Silver Lake's Harvest Home celebration featured a bazaar, lunch and dinner. All of the food and good...
Isabella Cahill 13h ago
Emporia Walmart opens new gas station
EMPORIA (KSNT) - Emporia is celebrating the opening of a new gas station. On Oct. 22, Emporia's Walmart opened a place to fill up. It has 10 pumps and a convivence store. The shopping center says they...
Local News | KSNT 27 News 14h ago
Biannual Here We Grow Again shopping event returns to Topeka
KANSAS (KSNT) - The Hear We Grow Again is a big kids consignment sale is underway at the former Topeka sears location. This sale has been around for almost 15 years. It's a twice-a-year event. Local f...
Isabella Cahill 14h ago
Mansion ghost hunt set for Halloween night in Topeka
TOPEKA (KSNT) - No plans for Halloween in Topeka? Try checking out the first-ever ghost hunt at a local, and possibly haunted, mansion. Shawnee County Parks and Recreation and Ghost Tours of Kansas ar...
Matthew Self 15h ago
Washburn University Poetry Slam raises awareness about domestic violence
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Washburn University is raising awareness about domestic violence this week. Students wrote poems on Oct. 21 as part of the "Ichabods Speak Out," event and learned about counseling serv...
Carter White 16h ago
Psychiatric treatment facility opens in Topeka
CONTEXT: The above video aired on Oct. 17 TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Wright Place Residential Facility (WPRF) is a psychiatric residential treatment facility that serves young men who are experiencing signif...
Keller Welton 16h ago
Dillons reveals fall shopping discounts, fuel deals
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A regional grocery chain is offering customers additional ways to save this fall both in-store and at the gas pump. Dillons announced on Oct. 22 that it will be offering discounts on i...
Matthew Self 20h ago
Manhattan Fire Department saves dog from house fire
MANHATTAN (KSNT) - The Manhattan Fire Department (MFD) shared that it had saved a dog from a house fire on Tuesday night. According to the MFD, it was called to the 1400 block of Hillcrest Dr. for a r...
Colter Robinson Oct 22, 2025