Latest Kansas Headlines
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Hacking of Small Kansas Water Utility System Highlights Risks
Apr 13 2021 // A former Kansas utility worker has been charged with remotely tampering with a public water system’s cleaning procedures, highlighting the difficulty smaller utilities face in protecting against hackers. Wyatt...
Medical Marijuana Bill Advances in Kansas
Mar 31 2021 // Kansas medical marijuana supporters have found support from some conservative Republican legislators, allowing a proposal to advance on March 29 after weeks of deliberations. Some Republicans say they have been motivated...
Kansas AG: Roofer Fined $110K, Must Repay More Than $8.3K in Resititution
Mar 26 2021 // A Salina roofer has been ordered to pay more than $8,300 in restitution and fined $110,000 for violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act, including the Kansas Roofing Registration Act, Kansas Attorney General Derek...
Former Kansas Insurance Agent Sentenced in Fraud Case
Mar 21 2021 // A former Johnson County, Kansas, insurance agent has been sentenced to 24 months of probation on insurance fraud charges and ordered to repay nearly $86,000 in restitution, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt...
Cluster of Earthquakes Rattles South-Central Kansas
Mar 16 2021 // A cluster of earthquakes with epicenters in east Wichita have rattled south-central Kansas over two days, the strongest one about a magnitude 3.9. The Kansas Geological Survey reported on its website five quakes Sunday and...
Homes Damaged by Kansas Tornado
Mar 16 2021 // Severe thunderstorms rolled through the Kansas City area on March 15, spawning at least one brief tornado touchdown that damaged homes and downed fences and tree limbs. The National Weather Service said on Twitter that law...
Topeka, Kansas, to Settle 2016 Police Crash Lawsuit for $335K
Mar 16 2021 // The city of Topeka, Kansas, has settled a lawsuit over a 2016 crash involving a police cruiser that left two people injured, according to a city official. The city has agreed to pay $335,000 to settle the case, Topeka City...
Kansas Businesses Hurt by COVID Closures Could Get Help Under Bills
Mar 15 2021 // Businesses that were ordered to shut down or limit capacity because of the pandemic could receive financial relief under two bills in the state Legislature that would address pending litigation but have riled up county...
Kansas Governor Issues Disaster Declaration Due to Fire Hazard
Mar 9 2021 // Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has issued an emergency disaster declaration as weather conditions bring a high risk of fires this week. Kelly said in a news release that elevated to critical fire weather is expected for the next...
Kansas Lawmakers Look to Extend COVID-19 Liability Shield for Businesses
Mar 4 2021 // Kansas lawmakers moved on March 2 to extend protections for businesses from lawsuits over COVID-19. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would give businesses an extra year of protection, until March 31,...
Kansas Bill Would Change Method for Filling Insurance Commissioner Post
Feb 18 2021 // A House committee has passed a bill that would end a governor’s authority to fill the offices of state treasurer and insurance commissioner if those posts become vacant in the middle of a term. The legislation...
Kansas Governor Extends Pandemic Disaster Declaration
Jan 26 2021 // Gov. Laura Kelly has signed a bill that extends the state’s disaster emergency declaration, allowing Kansas to continue to tap into resources for its pandemic response efforts. The legislation, which extends the...
Kansas Insurance Agent to Repay $86K After Guilty Plea
Jan 21 2021 // A former Kansas insurance agent from Johnson County has pleaded guilty to insurance fraud charges and agreed to repay nearly $86,000 in restitution, the state’s attorney general’s office reported. Kansas...
Bage Appointed CEO at MAX Insurance in Kansas
Jan 21 2021 // Overland Park, Kansas-based MutualAid eXchange (MAX) has named Dr. Lisa Bage, currently chief operating officer at MAX, as CEO and president effective Feb. 15, 2021. She will succeed current President and CEO David M....
Veteran Awarded $1M in Kansas VA Hospital Abuse Case
Jan 19 2021 // A federal judge has awarded more than $1 million in damages to another veteran who says he was sexually abused by a former physician assistant at a Veterans Administration hospital in Kansas. It’s the third time...
Kansas Supreme Court Backs Workers’ Compensation Law
Jan 11 2021 // The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a state law that governs how much money workers who are injured on the job can collect. The court ruled that an amendment to the Kansas Workers’ Compensation Act was constitutional...
Kansas Regulators: Recent Wichita Quakes Not Caused by Oil, Gas Activity
Dec 30 2020 // A Kansas regulatory agency has determined that the oil and gas industry wasn’t to blame for a recent spate of Wichita earthquakes. The Kansas Corporation Commission looked at wastewater injection wells located within...
J.M. Wilson Promotes Goecker to Branch Manager in Kansas City
Dec 22 2020 // Managing general agency and surplus lines insurance broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Tyler Goecker to branch manager in its Kansas City, Mo., office. He will plan the day to day operations of the Kansas City office,...
Wichita, Kansas, Records More Quakes, Including Largest in 5 Years
Dec 21 2020 // Multiple earthquakes rattled Wichita, Kan., on Dec. 19, with the largest measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale. That makes the trembler the largest on record in the city in the last five years, although it’s still is...
Kansas Fitness Studio Sues State Over COVID-19 Restrictions, Losses
Dec 14 2020 // A Wichita fitness studio’s owner and his business are suing Kansas for compensation for being forced to shut down and reopen with restrictions this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that the state...
