TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Topeka Police Department (TPD) is investigating the city’s third homicide of 2025. Just after 3 a.m., officers responded to a reported shooting in the 2900 block of SE Freemont Rd. Dana Chandler found guilty in double-murder trial Upon arrival, one individual was located with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead on…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has cut three new federal agency leases for Topeka after the local Risk Management Agency was canceled. Three new agencies are now listed on the DOGE Real Estate savings webpage. Those agencies are: the Federal Highway Administration, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A local drive-in restaurant is feeling the love Friday after suffering a break-in overnight. Rosie Nichols with the City of Topeka told 27 News police received a report of damage around 7:50 a.m. on March 7 at Bobo’s Drive In at 2300 Southwest 10th Street. The business was reportedly broken into with…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Following a blizzard at the start of March, severe weather season is in full swing, and being prepared could make a huge difference in your safety. Storms, tornados and flooding are all things Kansans should be prepared for. Shawnee County Emergency Management told 27 News its better to be safe than sorry.…… MORE
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY (KSNT) – A Pottawatomie County jury has returned a guilty verdict in the third murder trial for Dana Chandler on Friday. Members of the jury delivered their verdict on March 7, declaring Chandler guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. Law enforcement took her into custody following the decision. The jury began deliberations…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The widow of a Kansas man who died in an accident at an Evergy power plant and won multi-million dollar wrongful death lawsuit against a Texas-based contractor has refiled the case in Kansas after a Texas court dismissed the original case. Jesse Henson, 45, of Manhattan, and a co-worker, Damien Burchett, 45…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Two bills intended to provide relief to property owners have passed the Kansas House and will now be sent to the Senate. The House passed HCR 5011 and HB 2396 on Friday, March 7. The bills would create guidelines for property taxes and appraisals while also ensuring that cities and counties keep…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Lawmakers gave their approval for a new bill this spring that would change how elections work in Kansas. Republican Senator Mike Thompson introduced Senate Bill 4 on Jan. 14. If passed into law, the bill would require the return of advance voting ballots by 7 p.m. on the day of an election,…… MORE
HUTCHINSON (KSNT) – A Kansas man serving time at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility died at a hospital earlier this week. David Thompson with the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) announced in a press release on March 7 that Devon M. Stutesman, 24, was found unresponsive in his call on Saturday, March 1. KDOC staff attempted…… MORE
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY (KSNT) – Members of the jury are deliberating the fate of Dana Chandler in her 2002 double-murder trial Friday in Pottawatomie County. A 27 News reporter at the Pottawatomie County courthouse reports the jury is deliberating Chandler’s case behind closed doors on March 7. The jury may deliver their verdict later in the…… MORE
