LAWRENCE (KSNT) – A local animal sanctuary is stepping up in a major way following the recent closure of a Topeka cockfighting operation. It’s the best case scenario for these 13 roosters, leaving behind a life of pain and never-ending fighting. The idea for Shy 38 Inc. Kansas Farm Sanctuary started a decade ago, when…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Cinco De Mayo celebrations are kicking off early in downtown Topeka. Evergy Plaza hosted Viva Downtown Topeka on Saturday, May 3. The event featured live music, authentic food, and Hispanic dancers. “It brings our whole community together and it gives everybody time to spend with friends, family and doing all sorts of…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Fairlawn Fiesta hosted a concert and car show on Saturday, May 3. Dozens of people drove their cars in for people to admire. Guests listened to live music while looking at refurbished cars and enjoying food trucks. One man says he has spent over 12 years perfecting his car and driving it…… MORE
WESTMORELAND (KSNT) – One year ago today a powerful tornado tore through the town of Westmoreland. The storm leaving behind a path of destruction, and one person didn’t survive. Nearly three dozen homes in total were either damaged or destroyed. 27 News was on the grounds in the aftermath of this tornado, our crews capturing…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Astronomers are monitoring a large dark spot on the sun’s surface which could impact Earth in the days ahead. 27 News spoke with Brenda Culbertson this week, a solar system ambassador with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), about a massive sunspot, dubbed 4079, and what it…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – It’s a special day for the St. Jude Dream home team as volunteers of all ages came together Saturday morning to plant the landscaping for this year’s house. In just under two hours the outside of the home was completely transformed on May 3. Volunteers from Drippé homes, Alpha Media, the Topeka…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – An art museum in the Capital City is back and better than ever after flooding and a snowstorm knocked it out of commission earlier this year. Last winter an HVAC leak flooded the Rita Blitt Gallery at Washburn’s Mulvane Art Museum. The entire floor had to be torn up and replaced. Nearly…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – People hit the streets of Topeka for the 6th annual Half Marathon and 5K. The Top City Half Marathon takes runners on quite a unique route, sending them around the capital over to the Brown V Board of Education building and into the Collins Park neighborhood before finishing back at Evergy Plaza.…… MORE
BROWN COUNTY (KSNT) – State troopers report a couple from Sabetha are dead following a motorcycle crash Friday night. The Kansas Highway patrol (KHP) reports the crash occurred just after 5 p.m. on May 2 half a mile east of where Highway 36 intersects with Goldfinch Road in Brown County. A Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Flags across Kansas are being lowered to half-staff on Sunday. But what’s the occasion? Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issued an order last week that flags throughout the State of Kansas be lowered to half-staff from sunup to sundown on Sunday, May 4. This order is meant to honor National Fallen Firefighters Memorial…… MORE
