TOPEKA (KSNT) – Erica Garcia Babb joined the 27 News Morning show on Monday to discuss the upcoming 5th Annual Kaw River Float event. Dirty Girl Adventures and Topeka United will hold an event on June 21 to cruise the Kansas River and possibly stop at a couple of sandbars. Babb said she joined the…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Firework stands will be opening a little earlier than usual in some places thanks to a new state law ahead of Independence Day. The Shawnee County Commission approved the 2025 list of fireworks vendors during a meeting on June 2. In total, 23 firework stands are listed along with their locations around…… MORE
KANSAS (KSNT) – Working for you, 27 News reached out to the 1st Infantry Division (1ID) at Fort Riley to see if it would be sending soldiers to the Army’s 250th Birthday Parade in Washington, D.C. The parade will coincide with President Donald Trump’s birthday. Personnel with the 1ID, also known as “Big Red One,”…… MORE
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – The Flint Hills Job Corps center has served Kansas for decades, providing education and job training for disadvantaged youth. The U.S. Department of labor announced last week, it’s suspending operations at all job corps centers nationwide on June 30. About 180 students live in the Flint Hills, and many have nowhere else…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) — Kansans are speaking out against lawmakers who are voting to cut Medicaid. The GOP-led One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed the US House by a razor thin margin. 215 House members voted to pass it, while 214 voted against it. Local Kansas activists are calling out Rep. Derek Schmidt, a Republican who…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Shawnee County deputy stopped a vehicle Thursday night that was allegedly speeding down a major local road. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media that one of its deputies spotted a vehicle traveling at an unsafe speed around 9:45 p.m. on June 5 in the 3700 block of Southwest…… MORE
KANSAS (KSNT) – The clock is ticking for the Chiefs and the Royals as Kansas tries to lure the teams across state lines. The Missouri senate has now passed a bill rivaling the offer that Kansas made last year. The bill passed through the senate early Thursday morning. It will now head to the House…… MORE
EMPORIA (KSNT) – The future of a major food production plant in Kansas is uncertain now that is has shut down operations. Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking told 27 News on June 5 that operations at the local Tyson Food Plant have ceased. The facility has now entered a “post-production phase” as the company continues…… MORE
KANSAS (KSNT) – The clock is ticking for the Chiefs and the Royals as Kansas tries to lure the teams across state lines. The Missouri senate has now passed a bill rivaling the offer that Kansas made last year. The bill passed through the senate early Thursday morning. It will now head to the House…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A large law enforcement presence was at a strip club east of Billard Airport in Topeka on Friday. 27 News reached out to local law enforcement, who directed inquiries to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI confirmed it was in the 4000 block of NE Seward Avenue for an investigation.…… MORE
