TOPEKA (KSNT) – Heading into summer, the youngest members of the Topeka community have a new space to explore. On Thursday, the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library unveiled its redesigned Kids’ Library. Opening ahead of the library’s busiest time of the year, the renovation has been in the works since December of 2024. The…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – With the days finally warming up, residents of the Top City are taking to the pool. Shawnee County Parks and Recreation had planned to open pools throughout the past week. Thanks to rain and temperatures below 70 degrees, abrupt closures or even days without opening have been common. On Thursday afternoon, the…… MORE
MAYETTA (KSNT) – A local casino is offering guests the opportunity to see a famous game show host in action and a chance to win a big prize later this summer. Prairie Band Casino & Resort is inviting people to swing by for its upcoming event Hollywood’s Greatest Game Shows, which will feature “The Price…… MORE
Context: Video aired May 20. KANSAS (KSNT) – The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) briefly blocked President Donald Trump from imposing certain tariffs under an emergency powers law. 27 News spoke to University of Kansas Distinguished Professor Raj Bhala on Thursday about the impact on Kansans. Bhala said the Court of International Trade was…… MORE
Video aired May 20. KANSAS (KSNT) – The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) briefly blocked President Donald Trump from imposing certain tariffs under an emergency powers law. 27 News spoke to University of Kansas Distinguished Professor Raj Bhala on Thursday about the impact on Kansans. Bhala said the Court of International Trade was concerned…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Work crews are preparing to shut down a bridge in the Oakland neighborhood for several months this summer repairs. Mark Schreiner with the City of Topeka said in a press release on May 29 that workers with Bettis Asphalt and Construction Company will be full closing the Branner Bridge next month. The…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The former chair of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas pleaded guilty Thursday to a child sex crime. 27 News obtained court documents showing that on May 29 Lester Randall entered a guilty plea to a count of sexual exploitation of a minor – receipt of child pornography. Randall also agreed to pay…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Local athletes are carrying the symbolic torch to kick things off ahead of the Summer Special Olympic Games in Kansas. The torch symbolizes courage, diversity and uniting communities everywhere. Local law enforcement ran alongside athletes participating in next week’s Special Olympic Summer Games. Planned road closures for Emporia Unbound Gravel races 27…… MORE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Lawrence Police Department is attempting to locate the person who stabbed an elderly woman. Lawrence police officers responded just before 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, to the 700 block of Beatnik Court, near E. 19th Street, where they found the victim inside a home with life-threatening injuries. Police said…… MORE
ELLIS COUNTY (KSNT) – The unearthing of a partial skull of a 10-foot-tall ground sloth has prompted a review of the history of the species in Kansas. The paper, published by the Kansas Academy of Science on May 26, claims a mostly intact braincase of Megalonyx jeffersonii, also known as Jefferson’s ground sloth, was discovered…… MORE
