Category Archives: Local News

Big Red One sending troops to D.C. Birthday Parade

Big Red One sending troops to D.C. Birthday Parade

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

Flint Hills Job Corps at risk for closure, students scrambling

Flint Hills Job Corps at risk for closure, students scrambling

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

Driver caught speeding 114 miles per hour in Topeka, fined nearly $1,000

Driver caught speeding 114 miles per hour in Topeka, fined nearly $1,000

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

Skeleton workforce left behind at closed Kansas food production plant

Skeleton workforce left behind at closed Kansas food production plant

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

FBI agents at Topeka strip club

FBI agents at Topeka strip club

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

Driver caught speeding 114 miles per hour in Topeka

Driver caught speeding 114 miles per hour in Topeka

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

What comes next for Emporia’s shuttered Tyson Food Plant?

What comes next for Emporia’s shuttered Tyson Food Plant?

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