Новости за 27.02.2023

Kansas City experienced mud rain overnight as a storm system brought dust from Texas to the metro, mixing with rain as it fell on vehicles.

30-year-old Markeece Anderson allegedly coerced a woman to engage in commercial sexual acts

WABAUNSEE COUNTY (KSNT) - Tickets are set to go on sale soon for 2023's Symphony in the Flint Hills. The Symphony in the Flint Hills reports via social media that tickets will go on sale Saturday, March 4 at 10 a.m. Tickets are $95 with taxes and fees for adults and cost $50 for children [...]

Starting today the electronic toll system will be accepted on most toll roads in Florida.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Topeka Police have promoted two officers who recently sued the city for gender discrimination. Jana Harden has been promoted to major and Jennifer Cross has been promoted to captain, the city confirmed Monday. Their promotions are effective April 1. Harden will work in the executive bureau and Cross will work in the [...]

After years of anticipation, Kansas City International Airport's new terminal is set to open Feb. 28 with plenty of changes for travelers.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A voluntary recall has been issued for eye ointment that may have been sold to Kansas residents due to possible microbial contamination. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports that Global Pharma Healthcare initiated a voluntary recall for Batch No. H29 of Artificial Eye Ointment distributed by Delsam Pharma, LLC. Some of [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - New rankings have been posted by the Associated Press men's college basketball poll Monday. The Kansas State Wildcats were bumped up three spots from the No. 14 to No. 11 in Week 17 after beating Baylor 75-65 on Feb. 21 and Oklahoma State 73-68 on Feb. 25. The Wildcats slid back two [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The state is spending federal coronavirus relief money to help Kansas students learn math. House Bill 2567 passed by the Kansas Legislature in 2022 appropriated $4 million from federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in fiscal year 2023 to implement a virtual math program. KSDE recently announced it has appropriated $4 [...]

MANHATTAN, KS. (KSNT) - K-State center Hayden Gillum gives an exclusive tour of the team's new practice facility. The Shamrock Practice Facility, a $32.5 million facility, includes an indoor practice field with a 65-foot roof and a 130-yard field, an outdoor full-sized turf field with video decks, medical treatment room and more. "I've been a [...]

MANHATTAN (KSNT) - Police report that three vehicles had their catalytic converters stolen over the weekend in Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department said an officer filed a report for a stolen catalytic converter on Friday, Feb. 24 around 2 p.m. from a vehicle in the 400 block of North 16th St. A 20-year-old man [...]

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down one mile SSE of Liberal late Sunday afternoon.

TOPEKA (KSNT)- KSNT 27 News reported on Feb. 8 that Colonel Herman Jones was retiring, effective July, 1, 2023, from his position as the superintendent for the Kansas Highway Patrol. On Feb. 27, nearly 3 weeks after making that announcement, Col. Jones came onto the KSNT 27 News Morning show to speak about his decision [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Hundreds of people in Northeast Kansas woke up without power Monday after storms overnight. Jefferson, Jackson and Shawnee Counties were affected by the FreeState Electric outage. The Evergy Outage Map shows outages have affected Shawnee, Franklin, Miami, Sedgewick, Crawford, Lyon, Greenwood, Jackson and Anderson County. 7:55 a.m. Evergy reports 10 active outages, [...]

Showers and storms ended early this morning, but our strong winds remain as the upper level system continues to move out of the area. Winds will be out of the north and west at 20-30 mph through this morning and slowly decrease through this evening. Gusts could be as high as 50 mph through about [...]

LAWERENCE (KSNT)- Kansas true freshman guard Gradey Dick could etch his name into the rich history books of Kansas men's basketball. The 6-foot-8 wing from Wichita, Kansas is a sharp-shooter. It's to the point where Dick is in the conversation of 'Best shooter in KU basketball history.' If that seems crazy, the statistics would say [...]

LAWRENCE (KSNT)- KU softball has been starved for success in recent years. The Jayhawks finished 3-15 in Big 12 play last spring. They went 2-16 in the conference in 2021. KU hasn't won more than three conference softball games since 2016. This year, however, could be different. "Our team chemistry is off the charts," junior [...]

AUSTIN, Texas (KSNT)- It was a solid weekend trip to Texas for Kansas softball. The Jayhawks went 4-1 on the weekend and capped off their trip south with a 10-0 no-hitter victory on Sunday. KU beat Texas Southern in its final game of the Texas State tournament. Addison Purvis was the Jayhawk who threw five [...]

LAWRENCE (KSNT)- Lawrence, Kansas has been home to several legendary college basketball coaches. If the success keeps coming for KU women's basketball, it might be time to add Brandon Schneider's name to that list. KU's 66-57 win against Oklahoma State on Sunday was Schneider's 500th as a collegiate head coach. Schneider was the 2022 Big [...]

NORTHEAST KANSAS (KSNT)- K-Nation was full of content on Sunday. This week's show featured an exclusive one-on-one interview with K-State walk-on Nate Awbrey. Also, the K-Nation team broke down a great week of basketball for K-State and KU's men's teams. Both the Jayhawks and Wildcats picked up two huge wins last week. Additionally, congratulations are [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) — Today, the families of Christopher D. Kelley and Taylor L. Lowery hosted a press conference, calling for the body camera footage to be released. The City and the District Attorney’s office has refused to release the footage as it has been deemed not necessary for public interest as the killings were deemed [...]

STILLWATER, OK. (KSNT) - Jerome Tang is more than proud of his team's gritty road win Saturday. The Wildcats won a game they often trailed in, 73-68. Even though multiple players had stellar performances on the stat sheet, Tang commends the ones who often don't. "Life, man, just throws things at you that you don't [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A man is in custody after an early morning shooting in Topeka on Sunday. Officers responded to reports of gunfire near the 3200 block of SE Topeka Blvd early Sunday morning, according to a press release. They found one person with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Two other people came to a hospital afterward [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) — There is a new way to find Girl Scout cookies. No longer do you have to drive around on the weekends hoping to stumble upon them. You can now go online to KansasGirlScout.org and type your zip code to find your nearest troop’s cookie stand. 27 News met up with Troop 3-7-1-4's [...]

What We're Tracking Along with the rain we're also expecting a few thunderstorms in the area - some of which could even be on the low end severe range. By far, the strongest of the storms will be to our south, but a few storms capable of strong, straight-line wind could clip the southern portion [...]