KANSAS (KSNT) – The Kansas University Medical Center has updated its website to remove its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) webpage. 27 News has contacted other universities in Kansas with the March 4 funding deadline just around the corner. According to the Wayback Machine, the last archived version of the KU Medical Center’s DEI webpage…… MORE
Context: video aired on Feb. 26. TOPEKA (KSNT) – Lawmakers are discussing a formal complaint made by a Democrat representative against a fellow Republican House member after an alleged threat made earlier this week. The House Select Investigating Committee in the Kansas Legislature met for the first time on Friday, Feb. 28 to discuss the…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Kansans will have three opportunities in the coming days to make their voices heard as state wildlife officials gather feedback on night vision coyote hunting season. Laura Clawson with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) announced in a press release on Feb. 28 that three public meetings will be happening…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – A local food truck is completing its transition to a brick-and-mortar location in north Topeka with an opening date hovering just over the horizon. 27 News spoke with Marcy Schreiner who, together with her husband Troy, is getting ready to open the doors of a new sandwich eatery in north Topeka. The…… MORE
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – The City of Manhattan will be reintroducing e-scooters to the Little Apple after the last scooter service was shut down. Assistant City Manager Jared Wasinger said the Manhattan City Commission approved an agreement with Veo Ride back in January following a request for proposals by Kansas State University. The city will start…… MORE
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) — Customers across the United States are looking to send a message Friday to companies that have rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the form of a 24-hour consumer boycott, also known as the “Feb. 28 Economic Blackout.” Virally led in a post by a group called The…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Chief Justice Marla Luckert is forming a committee that will study the use of artificial intelligence in the Kansas legal system. On Thursday, the Kansas Supreme Court issued a press release announcing the 21-member Ad Hoc Artificial Intelligence Committee. The committee was formed via an administrative order by Luckert. “Artificial intelligence holds…… MORE
KANSAS ITY, Mo. — The Lawrence Police Department have submitted a new charging affidavit to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office requesting new charges be filed against a Lawrence teacher. Mark Gridley, 60, worked as a speech and language pathologist at Prairie Park Elementary School before his arrest. He’s worked in the Lawrence School District…… MORE
TECUMSEH (KSNT) – Music has long been a passion for Nicolas Carr. When he was a senior in high school at Washburn Rural, he got the opportunity to direct and make music with his friends. It was at the moment he knew he wanted to make this his career. “So I went to Washburn University…… MORE
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Democrat Representative Ford Carr from Wichita has filed a formal complaint against Republican Representative Nick Hoheisel for what he says was a threat made against him. According to Carr, Hoheisel approached him, shouted obscenities and threatened him on the House Floor earlier this month. Carr says he believes a Republican supermajority and…… MORE
