TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Salvation Army is teaming up with local hardware stores in Kansas to hold this year’s Fan Drive to help people beat the heat this summer. Westlake Ace Hardware and The Salvation Army are holding their annual Fan Drive campaign from May 19 to June 7. The goal is to provide new…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The next time you drive through west Topeka, it will look a little different after an old restaurant was demolished. 27 News caught up with demolition crews at Wanamaker Road and I-470 at the former Steak ‘n Shake as they were tearing the old building down. Little remains of the restaurant as…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Midwest women’s fashion retail chain of stores is set to shut down all of its Kansas locations before the end of the summer. BLiNG Glamour, which has five locations in Kansas, is shutting down its stores in the Sunflower State this year. Currently, many of these stores are holding 20% off…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Hundreds of motorcycle riders stopped in the Capital City on Monday as part of the 35th annual Run for the Wall event that honors Vietnam War veterans. Run for the Wall starts in Ontario, California and has three main routes to Washington, D.C., one of which takes riders through Kansas. The ten-day…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas farmers are prepping for the upcoming harvest season under a lot of uncertainty following back-and-forth negotiations over tariffs. Monday, May 19, marks one week since the Trump administration and China announced a 90-day pause of tariffs, with a 115% cut in tariffs and levies across the board. 27 News met up…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Topeka Police and Topeka Fire competed for the most blood donations with Monday’s 9th annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive. Those donations go to support patients all around the Sunflower State. A member of the local Red Cross says that while we aren’t in a critical blood shortage now, this time…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Officials have reversed a decision to grant parole to a man who shot and killed a Kansas state trooper more than 45 years ago. The Kansas Prisoner Review Board granted parole to Nelms on March 6, 2025. He was previously convicted of shooting and killing Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Conroy O’Brien 47…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas farmers are prepping for the upcoming harvest season under a lot of uncertainty following back-and-forth negotiations over tariffs. Monday, May 19, marks one week since the Trump administration and China announced a 90-day pause of tariffs, with a 115% cut in tariffs and levies across the board. 27 News met up…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) — Riley County Police Department (RCPD) Director Brian Peete joined the 27 News morning show to discuss the annual ‘Click it or Ticket’ campaign, Memorial Day weekend safety and the RCPD budget. “The Riley County Police Department in partnership with, you know, law enforcement throughout the state,” Dir. Peete said. “We’re trying to…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Prehistoric reptiles of gigantic proportion are stomping into the Topeka Zoo later this month. Jim Ramos from the Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center appeared on the 27 News morning newscast on Tuesday, May 20 to discuss the opening of the “Dinosaurs Alive!” exhibit presented by KBS Constructors Foundation. Dinosaurs Alive opens on…… MORE
