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Diecast show coming to the Capital City

Diecast show coming to the Capital City

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A spring Diecast Show will give the public, collectors and customizers the chance to buy and sell their diecast toys and collectibles in Topeka. The Diecast Show will feature raffles, things to eat from The Burger Bus food truck, activities for kids and door prizes. Kids under 16-years-old will also get a…MORE

Driver seriously injured in three vehicle Topeka crash

Driver seriously injured in three vehicle Topeka crash

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Topeka police responded to a three-vehicle crash at a busy intersection near the downtown area on Monday morning. Rosie Nichols with the City of Topeka told 27 News both the Topeka Police Department and Topeka Fire Department were called around 10 a.m. on March 17 to the intersection of Huntoon and Topeka…MORE

K-State Ag. dean responds to USAID cuts

K-State Ag. dean responds to USAID cuts

MANHATTAN (KSNT) – K-State is now shutting down federally funded research programs after the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issued stop-work orders earlier this year. K-State has paused Feed the Future Innovation Labs. The project uses funding to research crop resilience and improve global food systems. Evacuations ordered in Wabaunsee County due to fire…MORE

Topeka police ask for community input in new survey

Topeka police ask for community input in new survey

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Topeka Police Department (TPD) is asking for community input to help shape the department’s first-ever community policing policy. The TPD opened the survey up to the public on Monday, March 17. The survey asks questions like ‘what does community policing mean to you?’ and ‘what do you think the biggest challenges…MORE

‘Everything is handmade’: New American Kolache restaurant open in Topeka

‘Everything is handmade’: New American Kolache restaurant open in Topeka

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The owners of a new American Kolache restaurant are inviting locals to swing by their location in west Topeka. 27 News checked in with Russell Clark, owner of the American Kolache franchise, this week about the new location in Topeka at 5938 Southwest 17th Street. He said the business is officially open…MORE

New north Topeka restaurant reveals opening date

New north Topeka restaurant reveals opening date

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A new Topeka restaurant specializing in tasty sandwiches reports it will be opening later this month. 27 News checked back in with the owners of Over the Top Sandwich & Deli, Troy and Marcy Schreiner, this week to find out if the business has an opening date set yet for March. Troy…MORE

Topeka butcher shop opens new location Monday

Topeka butcher shop opens new location Monday

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A local butcher shop is expanding its operations in Topeka. Leonard Meat is opening a new location at 1936 Southwest Gage Boulevard suite B. The owner tells 27 News it’s important for small businesses to stick together, which is why they sell locally made Kansas products in the store. Leonard Meat has…MORE

Manhattan Regional Airport to welcome larger planes starting in April

Manhattan Regional Airport to welcome larger planes starting in April

MANHATTAN (KSNT) – The Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) announced that larger airplanes will soon be landing in the Little Apple. The MHK announced in a press release on Monday, March 17 that American Airlines will bring larger 65-seat airplanes for daily flights to and from Chicago. MHK said the flights will start in April. MHK…MORE

K-State shutting down programs after USAID cuts funding

K-State shutting down programs after USAID cuts funding

MANHATTAN (KSNT) – K-State is now shutting down federally funded research programs after the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) issued stop-work orders earlier this year. K-State has paused Feed the Future Innovation Labs. The project uses funding to research crop resilience and improve global food systems. Evacuations ordered in Wabaunsee County due to fire…MORE

K-State freezes global food security labs after federal order

K-State freezes global food security labs after federal order

MANHATTAN (KSNT) – K-State announced that it had suspended two of its Feed the Future Innovation Labs and other international grant projects. According to K-State, stop-work orders for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USDAID) and the U.S. Department of Foreign Agricultural Service were issued in late January. Those orders halted various grant-funded research projects…MORE