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Topeka city government selected two final candidate for city manager. Alan Howze and Robert Perez will again interview with council members.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – On Thursday, the City of Topeka announced it had narrowed down the applicants for city manager. The City of Topeka has narrowed down the field of candidates to Alan Howze and Robert Perez. The search started with 42 candidates. The two finalists were selected by the City Council for follow-up interviews during […]

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The City of Topeka will hold a special meeting to interview and discuss the two final candidates for Topeka’s city manager position. The special meeting will be held on Friday, April 12. The final candidates were Jeffrey Dingman, Alan Howze, William Jones, Robert Perez, Abbe Yacoben. The city didn’t specify which of […]

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the five city manager finalists participated in an interview panel with Topeka’s governing body. UPDATE: Alan Howze and Robert Perez are the two finalists for the position, according to an email from a City of Topeka spokeswoman. TOPEKA (KSNT) – The City of Topeka will hold […]

Five Topeka city manager finalists interview for the post, meet the public and share what their priorities would be if given the job.

TOPEKA (KSNT) — The city of Topeka is one step closer to finding its newest city manager.Five Topeka city manager finalists met up Monday evening at Hotel Topeka to meet community members. Beforehand, they spoke about why they feel they’re the best choice to lead the city. Working for you, 27 News asked the hard […]

The city of Topeka announced five finalists for the open city manager position, including two who were former finalists in previous searches.

This morning we ran a story on Committee for a Better Arlington chairman Mike Staples declining to participate in a planned debate over the group's change-of-government proposal. Since there will be no "debate" tonight, we decided to ask two fresh voices from each side of the issue to make their case to Arlington residents here,

It’s a figure advocates and city leaders believe could begin to transform the historic site, but it’s unclear exactly how it will be spent.

A near-capacity crowd packed into Mad Rose Tavern in Clarendon Wednesday night for a Democratic showdown between County Board member Libby Garvey and primary challenger Erik Gutshall. The Arlington Young Democrats-hosted debate was perhaps not the battle royale some were expecting, but there were a few pointed barbs from Gutshall and an assertive defense from Garvey of