Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatmentThis story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations with support from the Wayne Barrett ProjectOn an October morning, a small army arrived to evict Rudy Ortega from his home in the Crash Zone, an encampment located near the end of the airport runway in San Jose, California, Silicon Valley’s largest city. As jets roared overhead, garbage trucks and police squad cars...
On Monday, justices heard a case that could have sweeping implications for how cities respond to homelessness.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka leaders say crews are continuing their efforts to combat the homeless issue in the Capital City. At the mayor's monthly press conference, Topeka City leaders discussed the ongoing work to clean up homeless camps near the Kansas River. In February, city crews cleaned up 177 tons of trash and debris from []
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Police were investigating the possible smell of gas at a local middle school. On Thursday morning the Topeka Police Department was called to Landon Middle School at 731 S.W. Fairlawn Road on reports of a possible gas smell. Students were evacuated to an area church and Topeka West High School. Local authorities []
French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the Seine River on Tuesday, the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of ‘’social cleansing'' ahead of the Summer Olympics. Before dawn on an unusually cold April morning, around 30 teenage boys
New affordable housing units are on the way for north Topeka.
Water from the Kansas River might taste a little different compared to your tap.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Starting on Wednesday, a stretch of Eighth Street will be closed while a contractor performs work. Starting after 9 a.m., Eighth Street from Topeka Boulevard to Southwest Jackson Street will be closed while the workers install pavement marking for the Eighth Street Road Diet/Bike Lane Project. Eighth Street is expected to be []
TOPEKA (KSNT) - An upcoming Topeka car show will let people camp out, watch live music and more. Cruisin 4 Charity is holding its second annual car show benefiting Dream Acres. The event will have live music from "The Bash", a silent auction, food vendors, trophies, raffles and will wrap up with a fireworks show. []
TOPEKA (KSNT) - La Manda Broyles with the Topeka Rescue Mission met with the morning crew to talk about their Street Reach surveys, the impact of Topeka's City ordinance, and what the Supreme Court's homeless case could mean for those in the community. The Rescue Mission Executive Director touched on the city's ordinance, saying it []
A SCOTUS decision could impact Topeka’s homeless.
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A group of local college students helped restore a Topeka cemetery over the weekend for Earth Day. Washburn University Professor of Archaeology Dr. Laura Murphy brought a group of 18 students to the Curtis Family Cemetery in north Topeka on Saturday, April 20. Their mission was to pull weeds, rake, pick up []