TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas drivers can now get their hands on the newly-released blackout license plates following action by the State Legislature earlier this year. 27 News got in touch with the Shawnee County Treasurer’s Office this week to learn how people can purchase the new blackout-style license plates that are available starting on July…… MORE
KANSAS (KSNT) – The American Hospital Association (AHA) is warning that cuts to Medicaid could result in thousands of Kansans losing coverage over the next decade. The U.S. Senate passed the largest Medicaid cuts since the 1960s with nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, according to the AHA. More than 5,300 Kansans stand to…… MORE
KANSAS (KSNT) – The American Hospital Association (AHA) is warning that cuts to Medicaid could result in thousands of Kansans losing coverage over the next decade. The U.S. Senate passed the largest Medicaid cuts since the 1960s with nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, according to the AHA. More than 5,300 Kansans stand to…… MORE
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – The Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board has approved a request to replat two lots, allowing an Islamic religious center to expand. On Monday, the planning board approved a request from the Islamic Center of Manhattan to replat two lots as a one-lot subdivision so a community center can be built. The lots…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Work on a new tiger exhibit is officially underway at the Topeka Zoo. The zoo held a groundbreaking Tuesday morning for the new Tiger Trails and Den Academy. It will give people an up-close look at the zoo’s Sumatran tigers and King Vultures. “This new experience is going to be all about…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Following concerns from the community, a new truck stop in Topeka will have to pump the brakes. At Tuesday night’s city council meeting, the governing body voted to send a request to rezone a west Topeka property back to the planning commission for more work. Maverik has more than 400 locations in…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Top Kansas lawmakers are speaking their minds in the aftermath of the U.S. Senate narrowly passing President Donald Trump’s tax bill Tuesday. U.S. Senators voted 50-50 in Washington on July 1 with Vice President JD Vance providing the tie-breaking decision to pass the Trump-backed spending bill, according to The Associate Press (AP).…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Some local residents are taking their concerns to the Topeka City Council this week as they oppose a plan to build a truck stop near their neighborhood. Neighbors in the area are not on board with this plan to build a truck stop at 605 Southwest Fairlawn Road. They say this is…… MORE
SOLOMON (KSNT) – A woman is dead following a house fire in Dickinson County on Tuesday morning. Dickinson County Sheriff Jerry Davis said in a press release that deputies were notified of a building on fire around 4:45 a.m. on July 1 in the 200 block of West Sixth Street in Solomon. Firefighters and first…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is ordering flags statewide to be lowered to half-staff in honor of a sheriff’s deputy who died in a recent shooting. Kelly issued a half-staff order on Tuesday, directing all flags to be lowered from sunup to sundown on Saturday, July 5 in honor of Phillips County Deputy…… MORE
