City officials say Topeka is teaming up with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to talk broadband access later this week. City of Topeka spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker said in a press release that a joint listening session for stakeholder agencies will be held, courtesy of Topeka and the FCC, to discuss the topic of broadband access on Thursday. This is part of a push by the FCC to gain more information from different communities across the U.S. as to what challenges they are facing when trying to access broadband services. Broadband access is under discussion across the U.S., from the highest levels [...]

One Kansas community shares its plan if leaders in Washington, D.C. can't come to an agreement on the national budget. Saturday, the United States House of Representatives, Senate and President Joe Biden agreed to a 45-day extension for the congress to come to an agreement on budget. KSNT 27 News spoke with the city manager of Junction City who says anytime there's uncertainty, it can trickle down to the community. "I think a family has angst when you may not get paid for a month and you have bills due," City Manager of Junction City Allen Dinkel said, "And of course [...]

A downtown Topeka street construction project has uncovered a piece of Kansas history. In September, crews working along Jackson Street came across buried railing from the Capital City's long-retired streetcar system. Schuetz Construction foreman Scott Schuetz said workers found the rails as they replaced the existing street. "There's a set of trolley tracks we were told down Jackson Street that we dug across several times connecting the services to the buildings, and then there's a set of tracks that we dug across in 10th Street as well as in Eighth Street." Katie Keckeisen is a local history librarian at the Topeka [...]