Category Archives: Local News

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) announced that it has awarded contracts for a new Child Welfare Information System that is expected to cost $100 million. DCF has ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Housing prices have increased by almost 50% in Topeka over the past 10 years alone. 27 News looked at housing price data collected by real estate company Zillow in the City o...

KANSAS (KSNT) - The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) shared its guidelines for the Child Nutrition Program that provides reduced and free meals to many students in the Sunflower State. The ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Firefighters and AMR are at the scene of a semi rollover crash that happened in North Topeka on Tuesday morning. A 27 News reporter at the scene says the crash happened on the eastboun...

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A potential truck stop in Topeka will have to pump the brakes on its project, but that doesn't mean a filling station won't be going in. People from the surrounding neighborhoods of a ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY (KSNT) - A Kansas state trooper pulled over a driver who was running late for religious services last weekend after being spotted driving far above the posted speed limit. The Kansas Hi...

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Fire Department (TFD) helped a person after he was injured due to a lightning strike Monday morning. City of Topeka spokesman Dan Garrett said the TFD was called around 7 a....

JEFFERSON COUNTY (KSNT) - A 56-year-old Ogden motorcycle driver and a 64-year-old Topeka woman were seriously injured in a crash in Jefferson County on Sunday. At 11 a.m., the 56-year-old man was driv...

As of 9:30 a.m., the total number of customers without power has increased to over 3,700 with 174 active outages. The Topeka area has been reduced to over 300 customers impacted with 13 reported outag...

MANHATTAN (KSNT) - From the opening credits to the heartwarming storyline, HBO's "Somebody Somewhere" brings Manhattan, Kansas, to life. And now the show is doing more than just telling a story, it's ...