HAYS, KS. (KSNT)- A football legend will be in back in front of fans in the Sunflower State this summer. Barry Sanders, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004, will be in Hays, Kansas, for the 2023 Kansas Shrine Bowl. Kansas Shrine Bowl officials confirmed to 27 News that Sanders [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A total of 98 bills became law during the 2023 Session. Of those bills, 77 have provisions that become effective on July 1, 2023 (generally referred to as “publication in the statute book”). A summary of those bills is reported below: ABORTION Democrats and Republicans clashed over abortion during debates. Democrats pushed [...]
LAWRENCE (KSNT)- A former Jayhawk is with a new NBA team. On Thursday, the Athletic reported former KU center Uzoka Azubuike is signing with the Boston Celtics for the summer league. Azubuike will hope to prove himself this summer and earn a free-agent contract for the regular season. The move to Boston for Azubuike comes [...]
What We’re Tracking **HEAT ADVISORY** - Anderson, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee counties from 1:00pm - 9:00pm Thursday. Tonight will consist of a mostly clear sky, but humidity stays around keeping tonight pretty mild with temperatures in the middle 70s. There is a [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach plans to sue, after Governor Laura Kelly announced that she will not direct state agencies to revert their gender marker policies. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) will continue to update gender markers on birth certificates and driver's [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The City of Topeka announced a street in east-central Topeka will be closed for up to two weeks for sewer repair. SW Stafford Street south of SW 10th Street will be closed while Rotor Rooter Plumbing performs sewer repairs, according to the City of Topeka.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR) will not be changing their policies for gender markers on birth certificates or driver's licenses. The agencies are standing against Attorney General Kris Kobach's legal opinion issued on Monday, which states that those documents must reflect sex [...]
There are some fireworks in Kansas that could end up giving you big fines or jail time if you light them off.
JUNCTION CITY (KSNT) - The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will begin the first of a three-phase, $30 million, pavement replacement project on I-70 starting July 10 in Junction City. The project will see about four miles of pavement replaced between Washington Street at exit 296 and K-57 at exit 300, according to KDOT. In [...]
One lucky air traveler won more than $1.3 million on a slot machine while playing at Harry Reid International Airport Tuesday, the airport said.
Two Johnson County, Kansas men are charged in a national health care fraud investigation.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Kansas released the results of a new study identifying areas where election access could be improved in the state. In the ACLU's "All Democracy is (Still) Local" study, the organization finds that voters across Kansas have "wildly varied access to democracy across the state." The [...]
Kansas City-area police departments found an injured wallaby and believe a car hit it on Interstate-435 near Edwardsville.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - After Thursday's deadly shooting, the 2023 homicide rate in Topeka has surpassed 2022. And we're less than halfway through the year. After a deadly shooting that killed one and injured two others in the 2600 block of SE Gilmore Court, the capitol city has officially exceeded the homicide rate from 2022. Last [...]
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action Thursday, warning that its decision “makes things worse, not better” for race relations. “The best that can be said of the majority’s perspective is that it proceeds (ostrich-like) from the hope that preventing consideration of race will end racism,” Jackson wrote in a dissenting [...]
WICHITA (KSNT) - On Wednesday, a 16-year-old female was taken to the hospital for treatment of serious injuries after crossing a center median into the path of another vehicle in Wichita. At 5:34 p.m. on June 28, the 16-year-old was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Suburban south on I-235. A 51-year-old man was driving a 2022 [...]
Exclusive video released to Nexstar's WJW shows a store clerk, fed up with violent criminals, fighting back against an armed robber.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Serving in not one, but two tours over in Iraq, Army Infantrymen Paul Lady patrolled across the sea. With Grandfathers that served in Vietnam, and his Dad serving in the Air Force, Paul essentially grew up in the military. “I was always going to join the military," Lady said. "I grew up [...]
UPDATE 9 a.m.: Only two locations still have outages in Topeka affecting up to 100 customers, according to the Cox Internet Outage Map. TOPEKA (KSNT) - Thursday morning, Cox Internet is reporting over 162 outages affecting up to 8,000 customers in the Topeka area. The connection issues are ongoing since Wednesday evening from around 10 [...]
Editor's Note: The original story has been updated with a map reflecting where the shooting took place. The original story depicted the wrong address. We regret this error. TOPEKA (KSNT) - Three people have been shot, one of them fatally at the Pine Ridge Apartments early on Thursday morning. According to a press release, officers [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Topeka Police Department responded to an early morning shooting at the Pine Ridge Apartments. Officers responded to reports of a shooting just after midnight Thursday, June 29 off of SE Gilmore Ave. No injuries have been reported at this time. 27 News will keep you updated as more information becomes available.
What We’re Tracking **HEAT ADVISORY** - Anderson, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Morris, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee counties from 1:00pm - 9:00pm Thursday. We're very warm this morning with most in the upper 70s and some spots still in the lower 80s. A few isolated showers and storms [...]
MANHATTAN, K.S. (KSNT) - When temperatures outside get high, keeping animals cool is extremely important. Even though some animals, both big and small, are used to being in warmer climates, they still need to cool off sometimes. This is why the Sunset Zoo in Manhattan works to keep its animals both accessible to the public [...]
MANHATTAN, K.S. (KSNT) - When temperatures outside get high, keeping animals cool is extremely important. Even though some animals, both big and small, are used to being in warmer climates, they still need to cool off sometimes. This is why the Sunset Zoo in Manhattan works to keep its animals both accessible to the public [...]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Four Shawnee County sports legends are added to the hall of fame, along with other honorees. Chris Barnes, Crystal Kemp, Kevin Bordewick and Rick Peterson spoke in front of 350 people as they were enshrined in the Shawnee County Hall of Fame. "Kind of surprised, and I don't know why," Bordewick said. [...]